Turnover Cost: Restaurant Cooks, Arizona (2025)
Verified cost of employee turnover for the selected Restaurant Cooks population in Arizona, United States, drawn from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2025-may).
Restaurant Cooks · Arizona, United States
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Estimated from a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics annual mean wage of $40,070 for Restaurant Cooks in Arizona, 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 Arizona, United States
Annual mean wage — the input to the estimate above, compared directly rather than as a derived range. See all 33 industries.
What this means
Arizona set its restaurant cooks at a $40,070 annual mean wage in May 2025, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Losing a cook to turnover carries a $20,000 to $80,100 replacement-cost estimate using SHRM's 50% to 200% rule. Whether you approach the low or high end depends on how quickly you fill the role and get staff productive.
Estimated cost of turnover: Restaurant Cooks vs regional average
| Measure | Restaurant Cooks | Regional average |
|---|---|---|
| Estimated cost of turnover | $40,070 | $84,280 |