Turnover Cost: Restaurant Cooks, Oklahoma (2025)
Verified cost of employee turnover for the selected Restaurant Cooks population in Oklahoma, United States, drawn from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2025-may).
Restaurant Cooks · Oklahoma, United States
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Estimated from a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics annual mean wage of $33,920 for Restaurant Cooks in Oklahoma, 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 Oklahoma, 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
The Bureau of Labor Statistics puts Restaurant Cooks in Oklahoma at an annual mean wage of $33,920. The estimated cost to replace one cook runs $17,000 to $67,800, calculated by applying SHRM's replacement-cost range of 50% to 200% of annual salary to that wage figure. Your actual cost will depend on how quickly you fill the position, ramp-up time, and productivity losses during transition.
Estimated cost of turnover: Restaurant Cooks vs regional average
| Measure | Restaurant Cooks | Regional average |
|---|---|---|
| Estimated cost of turnover | $33,920 | $74,288 |