Turnover Cost: Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers, Kansas
Verified cost of employee turnover for the selected Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers population in Kansas, United States, drawn from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2025-may).
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers · Kansas, United States
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Estimated from a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics annual mean wage of $93,900 for Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers in Kansas, 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 Kansas, United States
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What this means
At $93,900, the annual mean wage for Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers in Kansas reflects the state's tech workforce costs (May 2025). Losing one to turnover triggers an estimated replacement cost of $47,000 to $187,800 when applying the SHRM multiple of 50% to 200% of salary. The wider your actual ramp-up timeline or the higher your lost-productivity estimate, the closer you'll be to the upper bound.
Estimated cost of turnover: Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers vs regional average
| Measure | Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers | Regional average |
|---|---|---|
| Estimated cost of turnover | $93,900 | $76,403 |