Turnover Cost: Restaurant Cooks, Minnesota (2025)
Verified cost of employee turnover for the selected Restaurant Cooks population in Minnesota, United States, drawn from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2025-may).
Restaurant Cooks · Minnesota, United States
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Estimated from a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics annual mean wage of $40,210 for Restaurant Cooks in Minnesota, 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 Minnesota, 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
$40,210 is the annual mean wage for restaurant cooks in Minnesota according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Replacing one of them carries an estimated cost of $20,100 to $80,400 when you apply SHRM's 50% to 200% replacement-cost multiple to that wage. The actual figure for your kitchen depends on how long the vacancy lasts, how intensive training is, and the productivity impact during transition.
Estimated cost of turnover: Restaurant Cooks vs regional average
| Measure | Restaurant Cooks | Regional average |
|---|---|---|
| Estimated cost of turnover | $40,210 | $86,308 |