Turnover Cost: Restaurant Cooks, Colorado (2025)
Verified cost of employee turnover for the selected Restaurant Cooks population in Colorado, United States, drawn from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2025-may).
Restaurant Cooks · Colorado, United States
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Estimated from a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics annual mean wage of $42,360 for Restaurant Cooks in Colorado, 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 Colorado, 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
An annual mean wage of $42,360 marked Colorado restaurant cooks in May 2025. Losing one to turnover carries a $21,200 to $84,700 replacement-cost estimate when the Work Institute's 33% to 200% formula is applied. The true figure shifts based on your market's competitiveness, training depth, and operational slack during the vacancy.
Estimated cost of turnover: Restaurant Cooks vs regional average
| Measure | Restaurant Cooks | Regional average |
|---|---|---|
| Estimated cost of turnover | $42,360 | $94,189 |