Turnover Cost: Restaurant Cooks, North Carolina (2025)
Verified cost of employee turnover for the selected Restaurant Cooks population in North Carolina, United States, drawn from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2025-may).
Restaurant Cooks · North Carolina, United States
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Estimated from a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics annual mean wage of $35,140 for Restaurant Cooks in North Carolina, 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 North Carolina, United States
Annual mean wage — the input to the estimate above, compared directly rather than as a derived range. See all 32 industries.
What this means
North Carolina restaurants pay their cooks an annual mean wage of $35,140 on average. The cost to replace a departing cook falls between $17,600 and $70,300, using the Work Institute estimate that turnover can run 33% to 200% of salary. Your actual cost hinges on local hiring timelines, how long training takes, and revenue lost during the gap.
Estimated cost of turnover: Restaurant Cooks vs regional average
| Measure | Restaurant Cooks | Regional average |
|---|---|---|
| Estimated cost of turnover | $35,140 | $82,246 |