Turnover Cost: Software Developers, Wisconsin (2025)

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

Estimated cost of turnover

Software Developers · Wisconsin, United States

$61,300 – $245,200estimated range, 2025-may

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Estimated from a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics annual mean wage of $122,620 for Software Developers 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 Software Developers 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.

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

What this means

$122,620 is the annual mean wage for software developers in Wisconsin, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The estimated cost of replacement using the 50% to 200% multiple SHRM and Gallup cite is $61,300 to $245,200. Your actual figure will depend on how fast you hire, how quickly the new person gets productive, and work that stops during the gap.

Estimated cost of turnover: Software Developers vs regional average

Estimated cost of turnover in Wisconsin, United States, 2025-may. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
MeasureSoftware DevelopersRegional average
Estimated cost of turnover$122,620$81,266

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