Turnover Cost: Waiters and Waitresses, Maine (2025)

Verified cost of employee turnover for the selected Waiters and Waitresses population in Maine, United States, drawn from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2025-may).

Estimated cost of turnover

Waiters and Waitresses · Maine, United States

$25,600 – $102,500estimated range, 2025-may

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Estimated from a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics annual mean wage of $51,260 for Waiters and Waitresses in Maine, 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 Maine, United States

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

  • Computer and Information Systems Managers
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  • Secretaries and Administrative Assistants
  • Retail Salespersons

What this means

Maine's servers earned the highest annual mean wage in this group, $51,260, per Bureau of Labor Statistics data for May 2025. Using SHRM's replacement-cost model (50% to 200% of annual salary), the estimated cost to replace one ranges from $25,600 to $102,500. This figure represents the salary-based component; actual costs vary depending on recruitment speed, training time, and operational disruption.

Estimated cost of turnover: Waiters and Waitresses vs regional average

Estimated cost of turnover in Maine, United States, 2025-may. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
MeasureWaiters and WaitressesRegional average
Estimated cost of turnover$51,260$79,115

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