Turnover Cost: Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers, Iowa

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

Estimated cost of turnover

Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers · Iowa, United States

$45,800 – $183,300estimated range, 2025-may

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Estimated from a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics annual mean wage of $91,640 for Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers in Iowa, 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 Iowa, United States

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What this means

An estimated replacement cost of $45,800 to $183,300 applies to Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers in Iowa, based on an annual mean wage of $91,640, per the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. This range comes from applying SHRM's 50% to 200% replacement-cost estimate to the wage. Time-to-fill, onboarding duration, and lost productivity during transition will shape your organization's actual figure.

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

Estimated cost of turnover in Iowa, United States, 2025-may. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
MeasureSoftware Quality Assurance Analysts and TestersRegional average
Estimated cost of turnover$91,640$75,472

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