Turnover Cost: Waiters and Waitresses, South Dakota (2025)

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

Estimated cost of turnover

Waiters and Waitresses · South Dakota, United States

$15,400 – $61,700estimated range, 2025-may

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Estimated from a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics annual mean wage of $30,860 for Waiters and Waitresses in South Dakota, 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 South Dakota, 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
  • Restaurant Cooks
  • Waiters and Waitresses

What this means

South Dakota sets the annual mean wage for waiters and waitresses at $30,860, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics figures. The replacement cost runs $15,400 to $61,700 when the Work Institute's 50% to 200% range is applied to that wage. Actual cost shifts based on hiring timeline, training needs, and revenue loss during the vacancy.

Estimated cost of turnover: Waiters and Waitresses vs regional average

Estimated cost of turnover in South Dakota, United States, 2025-may. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
MeasureWaiters and WaitressesRegional average
Estimated cost of turnover$30,860$75,439

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