Turnover Cost: Retail Salespersons, Connecticut (2025)

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

Estimated cost of turnover

Retail Salespersons · Connecticut, United States

$20,300 – $81,200estimated range, 2025-may

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Estimated from a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics annual mean wage of $40,610 for Retail Salespersons in Connecticut, 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 Connecticut, 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

At $40,610, Connecticut's annual mean wage for Retail Salespersons (Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2025) anchors the replacement-cost calculation. Using SHRM's replacement-cost framework (50% to 200% of annual salary), the cost to fill that gap ranges from $20,300 to $81,200. Your specific cost will vary based on how you hire, how fast people become productive, and the sales you lose while the position is open.

Estimated cost of turnover: Retail Salespersons vs regional average

Estimated cost of turnover in Connecticut, United States, 2025-may. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
MeasureRetail SalespersonsRegional average
Estimated cost of turnover$40,610$92,164

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