Turnover Cost: Retail Salespersons, Florida (2025)

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

Estimated cost of turnover

Retail Salespersons · Florida, United States

$18,000 – $72,000estimated range, 2025-may

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Estimated from a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics annual mean wage of $36,000 for Retail Salespersons in Florida, 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 Florida, 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

Replacing a Retail Salesperson in Florida costs money beginning with the annual mean wage of $36,000, per the Bureau of Labor Statistics (May 2025). SHRM's framework (50% to 200% of salary) yields an estimated replacement-cost range of $18,000 to $72,000. This is a baseline estimate; real-world costs shift based on your local hiring market, training duration, and customer impact during the gap.

Estimated cost of turnover: Retail Salespersons vs regional average

Estimated cost of turnover in Florida, United States, 2025-may. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
MeasureRetail SalespersonsRegional average
Estimated cost of turnover$36,000$81,915