Turnover Cost: Restaurant Cooks, New Hampshire (2025)

Verified cost of employee turnover for the selected Restaurant Cooks population in New Hampshire, United States, drawn from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2025-may).

Estimated cost of turnover

Restaurant Cooks · New Hampshire, United States

$21,000 – $84,000estimated range, 2025-may

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Estimated from a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics annual mean wage of $41,990 for Restaurant Cooks in New Hampshire, 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 New Hampshire, United States

Annual mean wage — the input to the estimate above, compared directly rather than as a derived range. See all 33 industries.

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What this means

At $41,990 annually, New Hampshire's restaurant sector reports its annual mean wage for restaurant cooks. Turnover in this role carries an estimated replacement cost of $21,000 to $84,000 based on the Work Institute analysis of 33% to 200% of salary. The gap between those figures reflects real differences in how quickly positions get filled and how soon new staff reach independence.

Estimated cost of turnover: Restaurant Cooks vs regional average

Estimated cost of turnover in New Hampshire, United States, 2025-may. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
MeasureRestaurant CooksRegional average
Estimated cost of turnover$41,990$85,774