Turnover Cost: Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers, Arizona

Verified cost of employee turnover for the selected Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers population in Arizona, United States, drawn from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2025-may).

Estimated cost of turnover

Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers · Arizona, United States

$50,900 – $203,600estimated range, 2025-may

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Estimated from a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics annual mean wage of $101,790 for Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers in Arizona, 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 Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers compares in Arizona, United States

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What this means

$101,790 is the annual mean wage for Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers in Arizona per the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The estimated replacement cost ranges from $50,900 to $203,600, based on SHRM's 50% to 200% replacement-cost estimate applied to the wage. Actual cost in your organization will depend on hiring speed, onboarding pace, and productivity loss during vacancy.

Estimated cost of turnover: Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers vs regional average

Estimated cost of turnover in Arizona, United States, 2025-may. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
MeasureSoftware Quality Assurance Analysts and TestersRegional average
Estimated cost of turnover$101,790$84,280

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