Turnover Cost: Wholesale and Manufacturing Sales Representatives, District of Columbia

Verified cost of employee turnover for the selected Wholesale and Manufacturing Sales Representatives population in District of Columbia, United States, drawn from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2025-may).

Estimated cost of turnover

Wholesale and Manufacturing Sales Representatives · District of Columbia, United States

$46,500 – $185,900estimated range, 2025-may

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Estimated from a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics annual mean wage of $92,960 for Wholesale and Manufacturing Sales Representatives in District of Columbia, 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 Wholesale and Manufacturing Sales Representatives compares in District of Columbia, United States

Annual mean wage — the input to the estimate above, compared directly rather than as a derived range. See all 32 industries.

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What this means

The annual mean wage for Wholesale and Manufacturing Sales Representatives in the District of Columbia is $92,960, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Replacing that role runs $46,500 to $185,900 using Gallup's model of one-half to two times annual salary. The spread captures both hiring delay and the gap between a departing employee's last day and a new hire hitting full productivity.

Estimated cost of turnover: Wholesale and Manufacturing Sales Representatives vs regional average

Estimated cost of turnover in District of Columbia, United States, 2025-may. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
MeasureWholesale and Manufacturing Sales RepresentativesRegional average
Estimated cost of turnover$92,960$99,584

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