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Employee Turnover Rate · Engineering Firms

Employee Turnover Rate for Engineering Firms.

The talent cost no one wants to measure.

Engineering practices, engineered to scale.

Operations & Retention · Engineering Firms

Why engineering firms operators use the employee turnover rate.

Calculate annual employee turnover and voluntary turnover rates. Industry average is ~18%; under 10% is excellent.

Engineering firms — civil, structural, mechanical, electrical — are professional services businesses with unique constraints: project-based revenue, deep specialization, and complex stakeholder management. SAZ helps engineering firms scale revenue, productize services, and embed AI across project delivery.

Benchmarks

What good looks like — typical ranges to compare against.

< 10%
Excellent — strong retention
10–15%
Healthy
15–25%
Industry average
> 25%
High — diagnose causes
The formula

How employee turnover rate is calculated.

Turnover = Separations ÷ Average Headcount × 100
Industry context

What changes when employee turnover rate is applied to engineering firms.

Project-based revenue volatility

Productization of recurring services

Talent leverage and utilization

Document, drawing, and report production

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