Turnover Cost: Retail Salespersons, Missouri (2025)
Verified cost of employee turnover for the selected Retail Salespersons population in Missouri, United States, drawn from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2025-may).
Retail Salespersons · Missouri, United States
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Estimated from a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics annual mean wage of $36,310 for Retail Salespersons in Missouri, 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 Missouri, 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
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports an annual mean wage of $36,310 for retail salespersons in Missouri. Replacing a departing employee costs an estimated $18,200 to $72,600, a range SHRM derives by applying a 50%-to-200% replacement-cost multiplier to annual salary. Actual costs depend on hiring timelines, training investment, and lost sales during the vacancy.
Estimated cost of turnover: Retail Salespersons vs regional average
| Measure | Retail Salespersons | Regional average |
|---|---|---|
| Estimated cost of turnover | $36,310 | $75,771 |