Turnover Cost: Waiters and Waitresses, New York (2025)

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

Estimated cost of turnover

Waiters and Waitresses · New York, United States

$27,400 – $109,500estimated range, 2025-may

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Estimated from a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics annual mean wage of $54,750 for Waiters and Waitresses in New York, 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 York, United States

Annual mean wage — the input to the estimate above, compared directly rather than as a derived range. See all 33 industries.

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What this means

At the high end of the cluster, New York's annual mean wage for waiters and waitresses is $54,750. Losing a server at that wage produces an estimated replacement cost of $27,400 to $109,500 by applying SHRM's 50% to 200% multiple. In a competitive market, real costs depend on hiring velocity, ramp-up time, and service gaps during the transition.

Estimated cost of turnover: Waiters and Waitresses vs regional average

Estimated cost of turnover in New York, United States, 2025-may. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
MeasureWaiters and WaitressesRegional average
Estimated cost of turnover$54,750$98,119

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