Turnover Cost: Software Developers, New York (2025)

Verified cost of employee turnover for the selected Software Developers population in New York, United States, drawn from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2025-may).

Estimated cost of turnover

Software Developers · New York, United States

$81,900 – $327,600estimated range, 2025-may

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Estimated from a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics annual mean wage of $163,820 for Software Developers in New York, 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 Software Developers compares in New York, United States

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

  • Computer and Information Systems Managers
  • General and Operations Managers
  • Software Developers
  • Computer Network Architects
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What this means

New York Software Developers earn the highest annual mean wage in this cluster at $163,820. Replacing one costs $81,900 to $327,600 using Gallup's 50% to 200% cost-of-replacement multiple applied to that wage. This estimate accounts for recruitment time, training duration, productivity ramp-up, and transition costs.

Estimated cost of turnover: Software Developers vs regional average

Estimated cost of turnover in New York, United States, 2025-may. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
MeasureSoftware DevelopersRegional average
Estimated cost of turnover$163,820$98,119

Related benchmarks

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