The C-List · The Retention Reset

What Is Your Turnover Actually Costing You?

Most organizations underestimate turnover cost by 40–60%. Enter your numbers and see the real figure... before you lose another person.

Average Employee Salary

Annual salary of the role(s) most at risk of leaving

$85K
per year
$20K$300K
Annual Turnover Rate

Percentage of staff who left in the past 12 months

18 %
Industry avg: 15–20%
2%60%
Total Team Size

Number of employees in the affected group or organization

75 people
101,000
Role Complexity Multiplier

Higher-skill roles cost more to replace — research puts this at 50–200% of annual salary

150%
Senior / Specialist
50% — Entry level200% — Executive
Estimated Annual Turnover Cost

Based on your inputs — using the SHRM / Gallup replacement cost methodology

Employees leaving / yr
14
at your current turnover rate
Cost per departure
$127,500
recruitment, onboarding & lost productivity
Retention improvement
$535,500
if turnover drops by just 30% after intervention
Total annual cost $1,785,000 / year

That's roughly 21× the investment of a Retention Reset Sprint — before a single person walks out the door.

Recruitment & Hiring
$714,000
Agency fees, job board costs, interview time, hiring manager hours
Onboarding & Training
$357,000
Ramp time, trainer hours, reduced output during first 90 days
Lost Productivity
$535,500
Vacant role productivity gap, team absorbing workload, manager bandwidth
Morale & Secondary Risk
$178,500
Team disengagement from watching colleagues leave — often triggers further attrition
These numbers are fixable.
Usually within 3–4 weeks.

The Retention Reset identifies the real drivers of your attrition — and delivers a stabilization plan your managers can use immediately. A free 20-minute Clarity Call with Brandy Zimmerman is where it starts.

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Methodology: Cost estimates based on SHRM, Gallup, and Josh Bersin research. Replacement cost ranges from 50%–200% of annual salary depending on role complexity. Breakdown: ~40% recruitment, ~20% onboarding, ~30% productivity loss, ~10% morale/secondary risk. Individual results will vary. This calculator provides a directional estimate, not a precise audit.

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Turnover Cost and Retention Risk Methodology

This calculator estimates the cost of employee turnover using salary, turnover rate, team size, and role complexity. It breaks the result into recruitment, onboarding, productivity loss, and morale or secondary attrition risk.

Results are directional and are intended to help leaders understand the business case for addressing retention before more people leave.