Turnover Cost: Waiters and Waitresses, Maryland (2025)
Verified cost of employee turnover for the selected Waiters and Waitresses population in Maryland, United States, drawn from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2025-may).
Waiters and Waitresses · Maryland, United States
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Estimated from a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics annual mean wage of $43,950 for Waiters and Waitresses in Maryland, 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 Waiters and Waitresses compares in Maryland, 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
Maryland servers earn an annual mean wage of $43,950, per the Bureau of Labor Statistics' May 2025 report. If you apply the Work Institute's turnover-cost framework (33% to 200% of salary), replacing one of these workers costs between $22,000 and $87,900. Budget for actual costs to swing higher or lower based on your market, your hiring process, and the new hire's learning curve.
Estimated cost of turnover: Waiters and Waitresses vs regional average
| Measure | Waiters and Waitresses | Regional average |
|---|---|---|
| Estimated cost of turnover | $43,950 | $93,226 |