— Sources & Research

Every stat we cite. Publicly sourced.

TalentZilla never fabricates numbers. Every US hiring benchmark on this site traces back to a public report from SHRM, the BLS, Gallup, or peer-reviewed research. Actual costs vary by role and market — these are the industry references we anchor to.

US average cost per hire

SHRM — 2025 Talent Access Report / Human Capital Benchmarking (2025)

Cost to replace a departing employee

50–200% of annual salary

SHRM / Gallup — Turnover cost of an employee — meta analysis (2023)

US average time to fill

SHRM — Talent Acquisition Benchmarking Report (2024)

Accommodation & Food Services annual quits/separations

US Bureau of Labor Statistics — Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS) — Accommodation & Food Services (2024)

Retail Trade annual separations

US Bureau of Labor Statistics — JOLTS — Retail Trade (2024)

Healthcare & Social Assistance annual separations

US Bureau of Labor Statistics — JOLTS — Health Care and Social Assistance (2024)

Transportation & Warehousing annual separations

US Bureau of Labor Statistics — JOLTS — Transportation, Warehousing, and Utilities (2024)

Construction annual separations

US Bureau of Labor Statistics — JOLTS — Construction (2024)

US quits rate (voluntary separations)

Monthly, ~2.0–2.3% of employment

US Bureau of Labor Statistics — JOLTS — National Quits (2024)

Employee disengagement cost to US business

$1.9 trillion in lost productivity (2024)

Gallup — State of the Global Workplace (2024)

Response speed impact on interview show-up

Replying within 5 minutes materially lifts conversion vs. 30+ min

Harvard Business Review (Oldroyd, McElheran, Elkington) — The Short Life of Online Sales Leads (applied research on lead-response speed) (2011)

Turnover ripple: manager churn drives associate churn

Managers explain ~70% of the variance in team engagement

Gallup — State of the American Manager (2015)