Turnover Cost: Restaurant Cooks, Oregon (2025)
Verified cost of employee turnover for the selected Restaurant Cooks population in Oregon, United States, drawn from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2025-may).
Restaurant Cooks · Oregon, United States
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Estimated from a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics annual mean wage of $44,130 for Restaurant Cooks in Oregon, 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 Oregon, 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
$44,130 is the annual mean wage for Restaurant Cooks in Oregon according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Replacing one cook runs an estimated $22,100 to $88,300 when you apply Gallup's cited range of one-half to two times the departing employee's annual salary to that wage. The actual cost varies by time-to-fill, training demands, and lost output while the kitchen is understaffed.
Estimated cost of turnover: Restaurant Cooks vs regional average
| Measure | Restaurant Cooks | Regional average |
|---|---|---|
| Estimated cost of turnover | $44,130 | $90,225 |