Turnover Cost: Wholesale and Manufacturing Sales Representatives, Iowa

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

Estimated cost of turnover

Wholesale and Manufacturing Sales Representatives · Iowa, United States

$38,200 – $153,000estimated range, 2025-may

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Estimated from a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics annual mean wage of $76,490 for Wholesale and Manufacturing Sales Representatives in Iowa, 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 Iowa, 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

The Bureau of Labor Statistics puts the annual mean wage for Wholesale and Manufacturing Sales Representatives in Iowa at $76,490 (May 2025). To replace one costs $38,200 to $153,000, using SHRM's 50% to 200% replacement-cost range applied to that wage. Your actual cost depends on hiring speed, ramp-up duration, and sales lost during the vacancy.

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

Estimated cost of turnover in Iowa, United States, 2025-may. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
MeasureWholesale and Manufacturing Sales RepresentativesRegional average
Estimated cost of turnover$76,490$75,472

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