Turnover Cost: Waiters and Waitresses, Pennsylvania (2025)

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

Estimated cost of turnover

Waiters and Waitresses · Pennsylvania, United States

$19,100 – $76,200estimated range, 2025-may

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Estimated from a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics annual mean wage of $38,110 for Waiters and Waitresses in Pennsylvania, 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 Pennsylvania, United States

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

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What this means

$38,110 marks the annual mean wage for waiters and waitresses in Pennsylvania, per the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Replacing one of them will cost $19,100 to $76,200 using the Work Institute's cited 50% to 200% range for replacement cost as a multiple of salary. Your actual expense depends on position-fill time, ramp-up period, and customer impact.

Estimated cost of turnover: Waiters and Waitresses vs regional average

Estimated cost of turnover in Pennsylvania, United States, 2025-may. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
MeasureWaiters and WaitressesRegional average
Estimated cost of turnover$38,110$80,393

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