Turnover Cost: Waiters and Waitresses, Texas (2025)

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

Estimated cost of turnover

Waiters and Waitresses · Texas, United States

$14,900 – $59,500estimated range, 2025-may

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Estimated from a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics annual mean wage of $29,750 for Waiters and Waitresses in Texas, 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 Texas, United States

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

  • Computer and Information Systems Managers
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What this means

Texas restaurants employ waiters and waitresses at an annual mean wage of $29,750 per Bureau of Labor Statistics data. The cost to replace one falls between $14,900 and $59,500 when applying Gallup's 50% to 200% replacement multiple to that wage. Actual turnover cost depends on how fast the role fills, how quickly new staff gets up to speed, and lost revenue during the gap.

Estimated cost of turnover: Waiters and Waitresses vs regional average

Estimated cost of turnover in Texas, United States, 2025-may. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
MeasureWaiters and WaitressesRegional average
Estimated cost of turnover$29,750$83,466

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