Turnover Cost: Registered Nurses, Washington (2025)

Verified cost of employee turnover for the selected Registered Nurses population in Washington, United States, drawn from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2025-may).

Estimated cost of turnover

Registered Nurses · Washington, United States

$60,800 – $243,100estimated range, 2025-may

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Estimated from a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics annual mean wage of $121,540 for Registered Nurses in Washington, United States (2025-may), multiplied by the 0.5×–2× cost of replacing an employee reported by SHRM and Gallup. The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes the wage, not the cost — the range is a planning estimate, and a real figure depends on time-to-fill, ramp-up, and lost productivity.

How Registered Nurses compares in Washington, United States

Annual mean wage — the input to the estimate above, compared directly rather than as a derived range. See all 33 industries.

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What this means

Washington state reports an annual mean wage of $121,540 for registered nurses, per the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Replacing a departing nurse costs between $60,800 and $243,100 using the SHRM model that pegs turnover expenses at 50% to 200% of salary. Your institution's actual expense will depend on how fast you can hire, how intensive training is, and how long service disruptions persist.

Estimated cost of turnover: Registered Nurses vs regional average

Estimated cost of turnover in Washington, United States, 2025-may. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
MeasureRegistered NursesRegional average
Estimated cost of turnover$121,540$103,874

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