What Turnover Costs a 50-Person Company in 2026

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If you run a 50-person company and you lost eight employees last year, you probably spent somewhere between $120,000 and $200,000 replacing them. That's not a guess pulled from a motivational poster. The Society for Human Resource Management has consistently estimated that replacing an individual employee costs six to nine months of that person's salary, and a 2023 Gallup analysis pegged the cost of replacing a single employee at one-half to two times annual salary depending on role complexity. For a company where the average salary sits around $45,000, losing one person means $22,500 to $90,000 once you account for recruiting, onboarding, lost productivity, and the ripple effect on the team left behind.

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