Turnover Cost: Retail Salespersons, District of Columbia
Verified cost of employee turnover for the selected Retail Salespersons population in District of Columbia, United States, drawn from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2025-may).
Retail Salespersons · District of Columbia, United States
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Estimated from a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics annual mean wage of $42,380 for Retail Salespersons in District of Columbia, 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 District of Columbia, United States
Annual mean wage — the input to the estimate above, compared directly rather than as a derived range. See all 32 industries.
What this means
Calculating the cost to replace a Retail Salesperson in the District of Columbia starts with the annual mean wage of $42,380, as reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (May 2025). Applying SHRM's replacement-cost multiplier (50% to 200% of annual salary), the range is $21,200 to $84,800. That band represents a planning estimate; the real cost in your business hinges on time-to-hire, ramp-up speed, and revenue lost during the vacancy.
Estimated cost of turnover: Retail Salespersons vs regional average
| Measure | Retail Salespersons | Regional average |
|---|---|---|
| Estimated cost of turnover | $42,380 | $99,584 |