Turnover Cost: Registered Nurses, Wisconsin (2025)

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

Estimated cost of turnover

Registered Nurses · Wisconsin, United States

$47,300 – $189,400estimated range, 2025-may

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Estimated from a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics annual mean wage of $94,690 for Registered Nurses in Wisconsin, 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 Wisconsin, United States

Annual mean wage — the input to the estimate above, compared directly rather than as a derived range. See all 32 industries.

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What this means

Wisconsin's Registered Nurses carry an annual mean wage of $94,690, according to May 2025 Bureau of Labor Statistics data. Turnover costs between $47,300 and $189,400 per nurse when you apply SHRM's 50% to 200% replacement-cost multiple to that wage. Time-to-fill, onboarding speed, and lost productivity during vacancy all factor into your actual replacement expense.

Estimated cost of turnover: Registered Nurses vs regional average

Estimated cost of turnover in Wisconsin, United States, 2025-may. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
MeasureRegistered NursesRegional average
Estimated cost of turnover$94,690$81,266

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