Turnover Cost: Restaurant Cooks, Missouri (2025)
Verified cost of employee turnover for the selected Restaurant Cooks population in Missouri, United States, drawn from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2025-may).
Restaurant Cooks · Missouri, United States
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Estimated from a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics annual mean wage of $38,460 for Restaurant Cooks in Missouri, 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 Missouri, 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
In Missouri, restaurant cooks earn an annual mean wage of $38,460. When you factor in replacement costs, the expense of losing one cook ranges from $19,200 to $76,900, based on the SHRM rule of thumb that turnover costs 50% to 200% of annual salary. The final number depends on how long the position sits open and how much production drops during hiring and ramp-up.
Estimated cost of turnover: Restaurant Cooks vs regional average
| Measure | Restaurant Cooks | Regional average |
|---|---|---|
| Estimated cost of turnover | $38,460 | $75,771 |