Turnover Cost: Retail Salespersons, North Dakota (2025)

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

Estimated cost of turnover

Retail Salespersons · North Dakota, United States

$19,300 – $77,100estimated range, 2025-may

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Estimated from a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics annual mean wage of $38,530 for Retail Salespersons in North Dakota, 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 Dakota, 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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  • Waiters and Waitresses

What this means

The annual mean wage for retail salespersons in North Dakota is $38,530, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Replacing a departed employee costs an estimated $19,300 to $77,100, derived using Gallup's 50%-to-200% replacement-cost multiple. The figure varies by how quickly you hire and what it costs to get a new person productive.

Estimated cost of turnover: Retail Salespersons vs regional average

Estimated cost of turnover in North Dakota, United States, 2025-may. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
MeasureRetail SalespersonsRegional average
Estimated cost of turnover$38,530$75,814

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