Turnover Cost: Restaurant Cooks, Ohio (2025)

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

Estimated cost of turnover

Restaurant Cooks · Ohio, United States

$17,600 – $70,600estimated range, 2025-may

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Estimated from a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics annual mean wage of $35,280 for Restaurant Cooks in Ohio, 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 Ohio, 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

Turnover costs for restaurant cooks in Ohio begin with the annual mean wage of $35,280. A departing cook's replacement runs $17,600 to $70,600 using Gallup's assessment that costs range from 50% to 200% of annual salary. Whether you approach the lower or upper bound depends on position vacancy length, new-hire ramp time, and operational disruption.

Estimated cost of turnover: Restaurant Cooks vs regional average

Estimated cost of turnover in Ohio, United States, 2025-may. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
MeasureRestaurant CooksRegional average
Estimated cost of turnover$35,280$81,132

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