Turnover Cost: Restaurant Cooks, Nebraska (2025)
Verified cost of employee turnover for the selected Restaurant Cooks population in Nebraska, United States, drawn from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2025-may).
Restaurant Cooks · Nebraska, United States
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Estimated from a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics annual mean wage of $37,190 for Restaurant Cooks in Nebraska, 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 Nebraska, 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
Hiring a replacement cook in Nebraska means accounting for an annual mean wage of $37,190, the baseline figure from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The full cost of that turnover event ranges from $18,600 to $74,400 when you apply SHRM's 50% to 200% replacement rule. Whether you land near the low or high end depends on how your kitchen handles staffing gaps and training pace.
Estimated cost of turnover: Restaurant Cooks vs regional average
| Measure | Restaurant Cooks | Regional average |
|---|---|---|
| Estimated cost of turnover | $37,190 | $76,434 |