Turnover Cost: Retail Salespersons, Pennsylvania (2025)
Verified cost of employee turnover for the selected Retail Salespersons population in Pennsylvania, United States, drawn from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2025-may).
Retail Salespersons · Pennsylvania, United States
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Estimated from a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics annual mean wage of $34,530 for Retail Salespersons in Pennsylvania, 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 Pennsylvania, United States
Annual mean wage — the input to the estimate above, compared directly rather than as a derived range. See all 32 industries.
What this means
In Pennsylvania, the retail salesperson role carries an annual mean wage of $34,530 according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The cost to replace someone in this position ranges from $17,300 to $69,100, calculated from the 50-to-200-percent replacement multiple cited by SHRM and Gallup. Your real replacement cost varies based on vacancy duration, training period, and revenue impact while the role is unfilled.
Estimated cost of turnover: Retail Salespersons vs regional average
| Measure | Retail Salespersons | Regional average |
|---|---|---|
| Estimated cost of turnover | $34,530 | $80,393 |