Turnover Cost: Retail Salespersons, Maryland (2025)
Verified cost of employee turnover for the selected Retail Salespersons population in Maryland, United States, drawn from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2025-may).
Retail Salespersons · Maryland, United States
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Estimated from a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics annual mean wage of $37,950 for Retail Salespersons in Maryland, 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 Maryland, 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
Retail Salespersons in Maryland have an annual mean wage of $37,950. Replacing one carries an estimated cost of $19,000 to $75,900 when you apply SHRM's 50% to 200% replacement multiple to that wage. What you'll actually spend depends on how quickly you fill the vacancy and how long the new hire needs to reach full capacity.
Estimated cost of turnover: Retail Salespersons vs regional average
| Measure | Retail Salespersons | Regional average |
|---|---|---|
| Estimated cost of turnover | $37,950 | $93,226 |