Turnover Cost: Restaurant Cooks, Delaware (2025)
Verified cost of employee turnover for the selected Restaurant Cooks population in Delaware, United States, drawn from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2025-may).
Restaurant Cooks · Delaware, United States
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Estimated from a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics annual mean wage of $39,190 for Restaurant Cooks in Delaware, 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 Delaware, 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
Turning to Delaware, restaurant cooks averaged an annual mean wage of $39,190 in May 2025. The cost to replace a departing cook is $19,600 to $78,400 under the Work Institute's 33% to 200% replacement model. Real outcomes depend on local job market conditions, how intensive your training is, and how much work backlog builds during the gap.
Estimated cost of turnover: Restaurant Cooks vs regional average
| Measure | Restaurant Cooks | Regional average |
|---|---|---|
| Estimated cost of turnover | $39,190 | $86,199 |