Turnover Cost: Retail Salespersons, Kansas (2025)

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

Estimated cost of turnover

Retail Salespersons · Kansas, United States

$17,500 – $69,900estimated range, 2025-may

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Estimated from a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics annual mean wage of $34,970 for Retail Salespersons in Kansas, 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 Kansas, 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

The annual mean wage for Retail Salespersons in Kansas is $34,970. Replacing a departing employee costs an estimated $17,500 to $69,900, based on applying the SHRM replacement-cost range of 50% to 200% of salary. What you'll actually pay depends on your time-to-fill and how quickly the new hire ramps up.

Estimated cost of turnover: Retail Salespersons vs regional average

Estimated cost of turnover in Kansas, United States, 2025-may. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
MeasureRetail SalespersonsRegional average
Estimated cost of turnover$34,970$76,403