Turnover Cost: Retail Salespersons, Georgia (2025)

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

Estimated cost of turnover

Retail Salespersons · Georgia, United States

$17,000 – $68,000estimated range, 2025-may

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Estimated from a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics annual mean wage of $33,980 for Retail Salespersons in Georgia, 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 Georgia, 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

Understanding Retail Salesperson turnover in Georgia begins with the annual mean wage of $33,980, as reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (May 2025). The replacement-cost range using SHRM's multiplier (50% to 200% of annual salary) comes to $17,000 to $68,000. Your actual cost will be shaped by how quickly you find a candidate, how long they need to ramp up, and what business stalls during the vacancy.

Estimated cost of turnover: Retail Salespersons vs regional average

Estimated cost of turnover in Georgia, United States, 2025-may. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
MeasureRetail SalespersonsRegional average
Estimated cost of turnover$33,980$83,454