# Summer sales rep attrition, only where a study printed a figure

Summer sales rep attrition is the share of a seasonal crew that leaves before the summer ends. Knockdesk is field sales software, and it does not publish a quit curve. A university honors thesis on door-to-door summer sales compared pay with other summer jobs and did not print a quit rate. A direct-selling turnover study describes relatively high turnover and does not print one summer canvassing percentage. A free trial is not open.

## What the summer sales study actually compared

The honors thesis found higher financial benefit for door-to-door summer sales than for other summer employment, with that mean W-2 gap. It also tied participation to extroversion. It did not publish summer sales rep attrition as a percentage. This page will not invent one.

**Pay.** Mean W-2 of $18,817 against $11,937 in the other summer jobs group.

**Who joins.** The thesis points at extroversion as the trait that separated participants.

**What is missing.** A quit rate for the first month of a canvassing summer. These papers do not print one.

## Direct selling is not a summer roster

The turnover study describes relatively high turnover among direct sellers, especially people who joined for a short purchase. Its model sorted current and former sellers for 63 percent of that sample. That is not summer sales rep attrition for a door-to-door crew.

| Label | Figure |
| --- | --- |
| Direct sellers described | 5.3 million |
| Part-time in that count | 4.5 million |
| Full-time in that count | 800,000 |
| Status the model sorted | 63 percent of the combined sample |

## What you can see without a fake curve

You can watch who is still logging knocks on the turf you assigned. That is coverage, not a national attrition rate. Onboarding does not block knocks. A contest can require finished onboarding.

## Where to go next

- [Resources](/resources): The hub that lists this research with the pricing index.

- [Summer sales programs](/solutions/summer-sales-programs): How a seasonal crew runs on the desk.

- [How to reduce sales rep turnover](/guides/how-to-reduce-sales-rep-turnover): The guide for the first solo turf.

- [Knockdesk pricing](/pricing): Full desk is on the pricing page. A free trial is not open.

- [Field sales software pricing](/research/field-sales-software-pricing-index): Public seat prices. A different dataset.

## FAQ

### What is summer sales rep attrition?

The share of a seasonal crew that leaves before the summer ends. These published sources do not print that percentage for a door-to-door crew.

### Does Knockdesk publish a quit curve?

No. Knockdesk is field sales software. This page does not invent an attrition curve.

### What pay figures are on this page?

A thesis mean W-2 of $18,817 for door-to-door summer sales and $11,937 for other summer employment. Those are not Knockdesk customers.

### What does the direct-selling study say?

It describes relatively high turnover and a model that sorted 63 percent of its sample. It is not a summer canvassing quit rate.

### Can I use a social post percentage?

No. If the paper did not print it, this page does not print it.

### How much does Knockdesk cost?

Full desk is on the pricing page. A free trial is not open.