Turnover Cost: Retail Salespersons, Illinois (2025)

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

Estimated cost of turnover

Retail Salespersons · Illinois, United States

$19,300 – $77,400estimated range, 2025-may

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Estimated from a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics annual mean wage of $38,680 for Retail Salespersons in Illinois, 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 Illinois, 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
  • Home Health and Personal Care Aides
  • Waiters and Waitresses

What this means

Illinois posts an annual mean wage of $38,680 for Retail Salespersons. To replace one costs between $19,300 and $77,400, applying the SHRM estimate of 50% to 200% of salary to the Illinois figure. Your real cost depends on how long the role stays open and how long onboarding takes.

Estimated cost of turnover: Retail Salespersons vs regional average

Estimated cost of turnover in Illinois, United States, 2025-may. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
MeasureRetail SalespersonsRegional average
Estimated cost of turnover$38,680$86,267

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