Turnover Cost: Restaurant Cooks, Wyoming (2025)
Verified cost of employee turnover for the selected Restaurant Cooks population in Wyoming, United States, drawn from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2025-may).
Restaurant Cooks · Wyoming, United States
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Estimated from a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics annual mean wage of $37,950 for Restaurant Cooks in Wyoming, 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 Wyoming, United States
Annual mean wage — the input to the estimate above, compared directly rather than as a derived range. See all 30 industries.
What this means
Restaurant Cooks in Wyoming have an annual mean wage of $37,950 (Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2025). Using the Work Institute's turnover-cost estimate of 33% to 200% of annual salary, the cost to replace one of these cooks ranges from $19,000 to $75,900. Time-to-fill, ramp-up period, and lost productivity all factor into the real number.
Estimated cost of turnover: Restaurant Cooks vs regional average
| Measure | Restaurant Cooks | Regional average |
|---|---|---|
| Estimated cost of turnover | $37,950 | $72,378 |