Turnover Cost: Restaurant Cooks, Alaska (2025)

Verified cost of employee turnover for the selected Restaurant Cooks population in Alaska, United States, drawn from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2025-may).

Estimated cost of turnover

Restaurant Cooks · Alaska, United States

$20,900 – $83,500estimated range, 2025-may

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Estimated from a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics annual mean wage of $41,770 for Restaurant Cooks in Alaska, 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 Restaurant Cooks compares in Alaska, United States

Annual mean wage — the input to the estimate above, compared directly rather than as a derived range. See all 31 industries.

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  • Waiters and Waitresses

What this means

Restaurant cooks in Alaska earned an annual mean wage of $41,770 in May 2025, per the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Replacing one at that wage costs an employer $20,900 to $83,500 using SHRM's estimate that turnover runs 50% to 200% of salary. The range is a planning baseline; real costs shift with hiring speed, ramp-up time, and lost productivity during the vacancy.

Estimated cost of turnover: Restaurant Cooks vs regional average

Estimated cost of turnover in Alaska, United States, 2025-may. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
MeasureRestaurant CooksRegional average
Estimated cost of turnover$41,770$80,723

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