Turnover Cost: Waiters and Waitresses, New Jersey (2025)
Verified cost of employee turnover for the selected Waiters and Waitresses population in New Jersey, United States, drawn from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2025-may).
Waiters and Waitresses · New Jersey, United States
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Estimated from a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics annual mean wage of $50,260 for Waiters and Waitresses in New Jersey, 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 New Jersey, 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
Positioned at the top of the wage scale, New Jersey's annual mean wage for servers is $50,260. Replacing a server carries an estimated cost of $25,100 to $100,500 by applying Gallup's 50% to 200% multiple to that wage. In a tight labor market, the real cost of turnover grows with how long the role stays vacant and how much business is lost in the gap.
Estimated cost of turnover: Waiters and Waitresses vs regional average
| Measure | Waiters and Waitresses | Regional average |
|---|---|---|
| Estimated cost of turnover | $50,260 | $97,203 |