Turnover Cost: Wholesale and Manufacturing Sales Representatives, Delaware

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

Estimated cost of turnover

Wholesale and Manufacturing Sales Representatives · Delaware, United States

$37,400 – $149,400estimated range, 2025-may

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Estimated from a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics annual mean wage of $74,720 for Wholesale and Manufacturing Sales Representatives in Delaware, 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 Delaware, United States

Annual mean wage — the input to the estimate above, compared directly rather than as a derived range. See all 31 industries.

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What this means

Delaware reports an annual mean wage of $74,720 for Wholesale and Manufacturing Sales Representatives. Using SHRM's replacement-cost benchmark of 50% to 200% of salary, the cost to replace one of these employees runs $37,400 to $149,400. That's the direct-cost estimate; opportunity cost from lost sales and interrupted customer relationships often pushes total impact higher.

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

Estimated cost of turnover in Delaware, United States, 2025-may. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
MeasureWholesale and Manufacturing Sales RepresentativesRegional average
Estimated cost of turnover$74,720$86,199

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