Turnover Cost: Retail Salespersons, Texas (2025)

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

Estimated cost of turnover

Retail Salespersons · Texas, United States

$17,000 – $68,100estimated range, 2025-may

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Estimated from a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics annual mean wage of $34,050 for Retail Salespersons in Texas, 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 Texas, 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

Texas retail positions carry an annual mean wage of $34,050 according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Replacing an employee in this role costs $17,000 to $68,100, based on SHRM and Gallup's 50-to-200-percent salary multiples. The final number depends on vacancy length, training time, and lost sales during the open period.

Estimated cost of turnover: Retail Salespersons vs regional average

Estimated cost of turnover in Texas, United States, 2025-may. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
MeasureRetail SalespersonsRegional average
Estimated cost of turnover$34,050$83,466