Turnover Cost: Retail Salespersons, California (2025)

Verified cost of employee turnover for the selected Retail Salespersons population in California, United States, drawn from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2025-may).

Estimated cost of turnover

Retail Salespersons · California, United States

$21,500 – $85,900estimated range, 2025-may

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Estimated from a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics annual mean wage of $42,950 for Retail Salespersons in California, 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 Retail Salespersons compares in California, United States

Annual mean wage — the input to the estimate above, compared directly rather than as a derived range. See all 33 industries.

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What this means

In California, Retail Salespersons earn the highest annual mean wage in this dataset: $42,950 according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (May 2025). Applying SHRM's replacement-cost estimate (50% to 200% of annual salary) gives an estimated range of $21,500 to $85,900. This is a rough guide, not a fixed cost; your number will shift based on hiring velocity, training time, and lost business.

Estimated cost of turnover: Retail Salespersons vs regional average

Estimated cost of turnover in California, United States, 2025-may. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
MeasureRetail SalespersonsRegional average
Estimated cost of turnover$42,950$104,696

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