Turnover Cost: Retail Salespersons, Iowa (2025)

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

Estimated cost of turnover

Retail Salespersons · Iowa, United States

$17,200 – $69,000estimated range, 2025-may

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Estimated from a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics annual mean wage of $34,480 for Retail Salespersons in Iowa, 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 Iowa, United States

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

  • Computer and Information Systems Managers
  • Restaurant Cooks
  • Retail Salespersons
  • Waiters and Waitresses

What this means

Retail Salespersons in Iowa earn an annual mean wage of $34,480. When one of these employees leaves, the estimated replacement cost runs $17,200 to $69,000 based on SHRM's 50% to 200% range applied to that salary. Your real replacement cost depends on how long it takes to fill the job and train the new hire.

Estimated cost of turnover: Retail Salespersons vs regional average

Estimated cost of turnover in Iowa, United States, 2025-may. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
MeasureRetail SalespersonsRegional average
Estimated cost of turnover$34,480$75,472

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