Turnover Cost: Retail Salespersons, Minnesota (2025)

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

Estimated cost of turnover

Retail Salespersons · Minnesota, United States

$19,200 – $76,800estimated range, 2025-may

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Estimated from a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics annual mean wage of $38,380 for Retail Salespersons in Minnesota, 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 Minnesota, 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

A Retail Salesperson in Minnesota has an annual mean wage of $38,380. The cost to replace one runs an estimated $19,200 to $76,800 when applying SHRM's 50% to 200% replacement-cost range to that wage. Actual cost depends on your time-to-hire and the new person's productivity ramp.

Estimated cost of turnover: Retail Salespersons vs regional average

Estimated cost of turnover in Minnesota, United States, 2025-may. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
MeasureRetail SalespersonsRegional average
Estimated cost of turnover$38,380$86,308

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