Turnover Cost: Retail Salespersons, Massachusetts (2025)
Verified cost of employee turnover for the selected Retail Salespersons population in Massachusetts, United States, drawn from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2025-may).
Retail Salespersons · Massachusetts, United States
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Estimated from a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics annual mean wage of $39,970 for Retail Salespersons in Massachusetts, 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 Massachusetts, United States
Annual mean wage — the input to the estimate above, compared directly rather than as a derived range. See all 33 industries.
What this means
Massachusetts pays an annual mean wage of $39,970 for Retail Salespersons. The estimated replacement cost runs $20,000 to $79,900 when you apply SHRM's 50% to 200% multiple to that wage. Actual cost depends on how quickly the position fills and the new hire's time to full productivity.
Estimated cost of turnover: Retail Salespersons vs regional average
| Measure | Retail Salespersons | Regional average |
|---|---|---|
| Estimated cost of turnover | $39,970 | $99,163 |