Employee turnover rate calculator
Total, voluntary and involuntary turnover based on average headcount. It opens on a worked example — change any number. Nothing you enter is saved.
Total turnover rate
25%
- Average headcount
- 84
- Voluntary turnover
- 16.7%
- Involuntary turnover
- 6%
- Other separations
- 2.4%
The formula
- Turnover rate = separations during the period ÷ average number of employees × 100
- Average number of employees = (headcount at the start + headcount at the end) ÷ 2
How to read it
Splitting voluntary from involuntary turnover tells you whether people are choosing to leave. Compare the same period length each time.
Definitions, a full worked example and common pitfalls are in our guide: Employee Turnover Rate: Separations, Quits and Retention.
General information, not accounting, tax or financial advice. Definitions vary between companies — match the formula to how your own systems count.