Turnover Cost: Retail Salespersons, Mississippi (2025)

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

Estimated cost of turnover

Retail Salespersons · Mississippi, United States

$15,600 – $62,300estimated range, 2025-may

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Estimated from a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics annual mean wage of $31,150 for Retail Salespersons in Mississippi, 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 Mississippi, 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

In Mississippi, retail salespersons earn an annual mean wage of $31,150, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Replacing one of these workers costs an estimated $15,600 to $62,300, based on applying the SHRM 50%-to-200% replacement-cost multiplier to annual salary. Actual costs depend on your local labor market and how long onboarding takes.

Estimated cost of turnover: Retail Salespersons vs regional average

Estimated cost of turnover in Mississippi, United States, 2025-may. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
MeasureRetail SalespersonsRegional average
Estimated cost of turnover$31,150$66,966

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