Turnover Cost: Software Developers, Tennessee (2025)

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

Estimated cost of turnover

Software Developers · Tennessee, United States

$60,300 – $241,100estimated range, 2025-may

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Estimated from a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics annual mean wage of $120,560 for Software Developers in Tennessee, 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 Tennessee, United States

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

  • Computer and Information Systems Managers
  • Computer Network Architects
  • Software Developers
  • Database Architects
  • Waiters and Waitresses

What this means

The replacement cost for a software developer in Tennessee begins with their annual mean wage of $120,560. Using the 50% to 200% multiple that SHRM and Gallup cite, the estimated cost to backfill is $60,300 to $241,100. How close your firm lands to that range depends on hiring speed, how fast the new developer gets productive, and productivity loss during the vacancy.

Estimated cost of turnover: Software Developers vs regional average

Estimated cost of turnover in Tennessee, United States, 2025-may. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
MeasureSoftware DevelopersRegional average
Estimated cost of turnover$120,560$77,144

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