Turnover Cost: Retail Salespersons, Kentucky (2025)
Verified cost of employee turnover for the selected Retail Salespersons population in Kentucky, United States, drawn from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2025-may).
Retail Salespersons · Kentucky, United States
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Estimated from a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics annual mean wage of $32,570 for Retail Salespersons in Kentucky, 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 Kentucky, United States
Annual mean wage — the input to the estimate above, compared directly rather than as a derived range. See all 32 industries.
What this means
Kentucky's annual mean wage for Retail Salespersons comes in at $32,570. The estimated replacement cost runs $16,300 to $65,100 based on SHRM's 50% to 200% replacement-cost multiple applied to that salary. Your actual expense hinges on how quickly you fill the opening and how fast the new hire reaches productivity.
Estimated cost of turnover: Retail Salespersons vs regional average
| Measure | Retail Salespersons | Regional average |
|---|---|---|
| Estimated cost of turnover | $32,570 | $74,981 |