Turnover Cost: Restaurant Cooks, Nevada (2025)
Verified cost of employee turnover for the selected Restaurant Cooks population in Nevada, United States, drawn from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2025-may).
Restaurant Cooks · Nevada, United States
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Estimated from a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics annual mean wage of $42,130 for Restaurant Cooks in Nevada, 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 Nevada, 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
Nevada's hospitality market faces an annual mean wage of $42,130 for restaurant cooks. When a cook leaves, the replacement cost ranges from $21,100 to $84,300 using the Work Institute model of 33% to 200% of salary. Your final cost will reflect how many weeks the role stays open and how your operation manages service quality during transition.
Estimated cost of turnover: Restaurant Cooks vs regional average
| Measure | Restaurant Cooks | Regional average |
|---|---|---|
| Estimated cost of turnover | $42,130 | $84,147 |