Turnover Cost: Retail Salespersons, North Carolina (2025)

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

Estimated cost of turnover

Retail Salespersons · North Carolina, United States

$17,100 – $68,500estimated range, 2025-may

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Estimated from a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics annual mean wage of $34,230 for Retail Salespersons in North Carolina, 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 North Carolina, United States

Annual mean wage — the input to the estimate above, compared directly rather than as a derived range. See all 32 industries.

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What this means

When a retail salesperson in North Carolina departs, you lose someone earning an annual mean wage of $34,230, per the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The replacement cost for that role runs $17,100 to $68,500, calculated using SHRM's 50%-to-200% replacement-cost multiplier against salary. Actual expenses depend on your local hiring market and training timeline.

Estimated cost of turnover: Retail Salespersons vs regional average

Estimated cost of turnover in North Carolina, United States, 2025-may. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
MeasureRetail SalespersonsRegional average
Estimated cost of turnover$34,230$82,246

Related benchmarks

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