Turnover Cost: Restaurant Cooks, New Jersey (2025)
Verified cost of employee turnover for the selected Restaurant Cooks population in New Jersey, United States, drawn from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2025-may).
Restaurant Cooks · New Jersey, United States
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Estimated from a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics annual mean wage of $40,770 for Restaurant Cooks in New Jersey, 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 Jersey, 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
New Jersey's restaurant cooks command an annual mean wage of $40,770. Losing a cook to turnover creates a replacement cost between $20,400 and $81,500, using SHRM's calculation of 50% to 200% of that salary. The difference in your actual number hinges on recruitment speed, training days, and how long your kitchen runs short-staffed.
Estimated cost of turnover: Restaurant Cooks vs regional average
| Measure | Restaurant Cooks | Regional average |
|---|---|---|
| Estimated cost of turnover | $40,770 | $97,203 |