Turnover Cost: Restaurant Cooks, Tennessee (2025)

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

Estimated cost of turnover

Restaurant Cooks · Tennessee, United States

$18,300 – $73,100estimated range, 2025-may

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Estimated from a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics annual mean wage of $36,530 for Restaurant Cooks in Tennessee, 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 Tennessee, United States

Annual mean wage — the input to the estimate above, compared directly rather than as a derived range. See all 32 industries.

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What this means

Restaurant Cooks in Tennessee earn an annual mean wage of $36,530, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Replacing one of these workers costs an estimated $18,300 to $73,100. This comes from applying SHRM's cited replacement-cost range of 50% to 200% of annual salary to that wage. The range is a planning estimate; your actual replacement cost will depend on how long hiring takes, how long the new hire takes to ramp up, and productivity loss during the vacancy.

Estimated cost of turnover: Restaurant Cooks vs regional average

Estimated cost of turnover in Tennessee, United States, 2025-may. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
MeasureRestaurant CooksRegional average
Estimated cost of turnover$36,530$77,144

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