Turnover Cost: Restaurant Cooks, Arkansas (2025)
Verified cost of employee turnover for the selected Restaurant Cooks population in Arkansas, United States, drawn from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2025-may).
Restaurant Cooks · Arkansas, United States
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Estimated from a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics annual mean wage of $31,650 for Restaurant Cooks in Arkansas, 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 Arkansas, United States
Annual mean wage — the input to the estimate above, compared directly rather than as a derived range. See all 31 industries.
What this means
May 2025 data put Arkansas restaurant cooks at an annual mean wage of $31,650. The estimated cost to replace one is $15,800 to $63,300, derived by applying the Work Institute's 33% to 200% replacement range to that wage. Whether you hit the low end or high end depends on how quickly you find and train new talent, and how much service suffers.
Estimated cost of turnover: Restaurant Cooks vs regional average
| Measure | Restaurant Cooks | Regional average |
|---|---|---|
| Estimated cost of turnover | $31,650 | $69,554 |