Turnover Cost: Retail Salespersons, New York (2025)

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

Estimated cost of turnover

Retail Salespersons · New York, United States

$21,300 – $85,200estimated range, 2025-may

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Estimated from a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics annual mean wage of $42,580 for Retail Salespersons in New York, 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 New York, 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

For retail salespersons in New York, the annual mean wage sits at $42,580, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Replacing one of them costs between $21,300 and $85,200, applying SHRM's replacement-cost multiple (50% to 200% of annual salary) to that wage. That's a planning estimate; real costs depend on time-to-fill, training duration, and lost output during the transition.

Estimated cost of turnover: Retail Salespersons vs regional average

Estimated cost of turnover in New York, United States, 2025-may. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
MeasureRetail SalespersonsRegional average
Estimated cost of turnover$42,580$98,119

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