Turnover Cost: Retail Salespersons, Ohio (2025)

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

Estimated cost of turnover

Retail Salespersons · Ohio, United States

$17,300 – $69,200estimated range, 2025-may

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Estimated from a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics annual mean wage of $34,580 for Retail Salespersons in Ohio, 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 Ohio, 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

Ohio's retail salespersons earn an annual mean wage of $34,580, per the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The cost to replace a departing employee runs $17,300 to $69,200, applying Gallup's 50%-to-200% replacement-cost multiplier to annual salary. Actual costs depend on how quickly you hire locally and how long ramp-up takes.

Estimated cost of turnover: Retail Salespersons vs regional average

Estimated cost of turnover in Ohio, United States, 2025-may. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
MeasureRetail SalespersonsRegional average
Estimated cost of turnover$34,580$81,132

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