250+ Hospitality & Food Service Jobs in Baltimore, MD

Government wage data for the Baltimore metro pegs food preparation and serving work at $18.90 per hour on average in May 2025, with a broader local occupation-family median of $35,670 a year, a 25th-percentile wage of $32,150, and a 90th-percentile wage of $52,620. Separate posting-based signals are higher: local posted salary ranges center on about $65k to $75k for salaried roles and about $16 to $18 / hour for hourly roles, which likely reflects a mix that includes managers and other higher-paid openings.

Full September 2026 market report

Advertised pay

Across the 188 openings that disclose pay, the advertised range midpoint runs $34,029 at the 25th percentile, $37,242 at the median and $41,795 at the 75th. These are advertised ranges, not earned pay.

Active openings as of October 17, 2026

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What our analysts see this month

Balanced market | next 3-6 months

Baltimore's market is balanced rather than weak: metro leisure and hospitality employment reached 140.2 thousand in August 2026, up 1.1544% year over year, even as total metro nonfarm employment fell -0.4697%. The metro unemployment rate was 3.9% in August 2026, and the local job sample still showed more than 450 postings across more than 175 companies over the last 90 days, so openings are real and spread across many employers. The caution is that statewide occupation-specific signals are cooler than the local supersector headline: Maryland hospitality, food service and travel postings were down 9.3% year over year in September 2026 and employment was essentially flat statewide.

Best positioned: Your best odds right now are as an on-site operator who can prove food safety, inventory, cash-handling, guest-service, or housekeeping skill, especially if you already have management or chef experience that operators say is hard to find.

Main caution: Do not mistake the category's posted salary center of about $65k to $75k for the typical frontline wage: government data puts local food-preparation-and-serving pay at $18.90 per hour on average, with a category median of $35,670 a year.

From the September 2026 market report

Who is hiring here

Counted across all 258 openings in this market. 10 of the employers below are hiring for more than one role right now.

1. Healthcare Services Group: 14 open roles
2. Brightview Senior Living, LLC: 11 open roles
3. Crescent Hotels & Resorts: 8 open roles
4. Texas Roadhouse, Inc.: 8 open roles
5. WinStar World Casino Resort: 8 open roles
6. Compass Group: 7 open roles
7. Sunrise Senior Living Management, LLC: 6 open roles
8. Aramark: 5 open roles
9. FutureCare Health & Management: 5 open roles
10. Hygea: 5 open roles

Where the openings are

• Baltimore: 77
• Towson: 23
• Annapolis: 18
• Columbia: 14
• Bel Air: 11
• Bowie: 9
• Ellicott City: 9
• Owings Mills: 8

Work arrangement

on-site 241 (100%), remote 1 (0%)

Where the demand is

Real opportunity is concentrated in everyday operating roles, not glamorous travel work. Local postings are heavily on-site and entry-skewed, with hospitality about 30% of sampled postings, restaurants about 15%, retail about 15%, hospitals and health care about 15%, and food and beverage about 10%. That points to the biggest near-term openings being kitchen, counter-service, barista, front-desk, housekeeping, and institutional food-service jobs rather than remote travel planning. The employer base is broad rather than dominated by one chain. Over the last 90 days, the sample captured more than 450 postings across more than 175 companies, and hiring was described as fragmented. Starbucks Corp. had more than 40 postings and Compass Group around 15, which is a strong clue that coffee, convenience, campus, healthcare, and contract-food-service employers are worth as much attention as independent restaurants.

• Institutional food service and healthcare dining (high): Hospitals and health care account for about 15% of sampled postings, and Compass Group is one of the most active named employers.
• Coffee, quick-service, and chain operators (high): Starbucks Corp. led named employers with more than 40 postings, suggesting steady demand for barista, shift lead, and store-ops talent.
• Hotels and broader hospitality operations (moderate): Hospitality accounted for about 30% of sampled postings, supporting front desk, housekeeping, banquet, and guest-service roles.
• Independent and full-service restaurants (moderate): Restaurants made up about 15% of sampled postings, and recent openings such as STK plus other new casual spots show opportunity, but hiring is more scattered venue by venue.

Where to focus: Prioritize institutional food service, chain coffee or quick-service, and hotel operations first, then treat independent restaurant openings as upside targets rather than your only path.

Roles worth searching next

• Retail supervisor or store lead: Cash handling, customer service, inventory control, opening and closing routines, and staffing coordination transfer well.
• Administrative or medical front-desk coordinator: Front-desk, concierge, and reservation skills translate into scheduling, check-in, communication, and conflict handling.
• Customer support or reservations specialist: Guest problem-solving, service recovery, and booking experience transfer directly.
• Inventory, purchasing, or supply coordinator: Kitchen, hotel, and café experience gives you practical knowledge of stock, waste, vendor timing, and replenishment.

What postings ask for

• Food safety and sanitation management (table_stakes | immediate): Food safety and sanitation show up repeatedly in local skills data and remain a nationally in-demand hospitality skill. Who: Anyone targeting kitchen, banquet, café, hotel food-service, or shift-lead work.
• ServSafe (differentiator | immediate): ServSafe is the most commonly named certification in local postings, so it can help you clear early screening for kitchen and supervisory roles. Who: Entry-level kitchen applicants, line cooks, catering staff, and anyone trying to move into lead roles.
• Inventory management (differentiator | immediate): Inventory management is the most-requested hard skill in local postings, which makes it a strong separator for shift leads, kitchen leads, and café or hotel operators. Who: Mid-career candidates and career switchers who want more than pure service-floor work.
• Cash handling and POS accuracy (table_stakes | immediate): Cash handling appears in about 20% of sampled postings and transfers across cafés, counter service, front desk, and retail-food environments. Who: Entry-level applicants, baristas, hosts, and front-desk candidates.
• Customer service and guest experience (premium | immediate): Customer service shows up locally, and restaurant operators say guest experience and team culture are major hiring priorities, which helps candidates with visible service results. Who: Front-of-house candidates, hotel staff, and career switchers coming from any service-heavy job.
• Beverage preparation (differentiator | near-term): Beverage preparation is a recurring local ask and matters most in coffee, bar, and quick-service settings. Who: Baristas, bartenders, café workers, and applicants targeting chain beverage brands.

Questions about this market

What do Hospitality, Food Service & Travel roles pay in Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD?

Government wage data for the Baltimore metro pegs food preparation and serving work at $18.90 per hour on average in May 2025, with a broader local occupation-family median of $35,670 a year, a 25th-percentile wage of $32,150, and a 90th-percentile wage of $52,620. Separate posting-based signals are higher: local posted salary ranges center on about $65k to $75k for salaried roles and about $16 to $18 / hour for hourly roles, which likely reflects a mix that includes managers and other higher-paid openings. This is a market where frontline pay is real but modest. Baltimore pays a bit above the national food-prep-and-serving mean of $17.86 per hour, yet the local average still sits $17.82 below the metro-wide all-occupation hourly mean.

Where is demand for Hospitality, Food Service & Travel roles in Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD concentrated?

Real opportunity is concentrated in everyday operating roles, not glamorous travel work. Local postings are heavily on-site and entry-skewed, with hospitality about 30% of sampled postings, restaurants about 15%, retail about 15%, hospitals and health care about 15%, and food and beverage about 10%. That points to the biggest near-term openings being kitchen, counter-service, barista, front-desk, housekeeping, and institutional food-service jobs rather than remote travel planning. The employer base is broad rather than dominated by one chain. Over the last 90 days, the sample captured more than 450 postings across more than 175 companies, and hiring was described as fragmented. Starbucks Corp. had more than 40 postings and Compass Group around 15, which is a strong clue that coffee, convenience, campus, healthcare, and contract-food-service employers are worth as much attention as independent restaurants.

Which employers are hiring the most Hospitality, Food Service & Travel talent in Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD?

Recent postings show the most activity from Starbucks Corp. (more than 40 postings), Compass Group (around 15 postings). See the full market report for the complete employer landscape.

Can Hospitality, Food Service & Travel roles in Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD be done remotely?

Of recent postings, 5% are remote and 0% hybrid, with 95% on-site. Use the Remote filter above to see only remote openings.

How current are these listings?

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