Turnover Cost: Retail Salespersons, Maine (2025)
Verified cost of employee turnover for the selected Retail Salespersons population in Maine, United States, drawn from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2025-may).
Retail Salespersons · Maine, United States
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Estimated from a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics annual mean wage of $40,050 for Retail Salespersons in Maine, 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 Maine, 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
Maine's Retail Salespersons earn an annual mean wage of $40,050. Replacing one costs an estimated $20,000 to $80,100 using SHRM's 50% to 200% replacement-cost estimate applied to that wage. Your actual cost will vary based on time-to-fill and how long before a new hire delivers at full effectiveness.
Estimated cost of turnover: Retail Salespersons vs regional average
| Measure | Retail Salespersons | Regional average |
|---|---|---|
| Estimated cost of turnover | $40,050 | $79,115 |