950+ Hospitality & Food Service Jobs in Los Angeles, CA

For the broad frontline occupation family, the clearest local wage anchor is still the BLS figure: $17.86 per hour, or about $37,148 annually, for food preparation and serving related occupations in the metro. Newer market signals look higher, but they are not measuring the same thing: hourly postings center on about $19 to $21 per hour, salary-listed postings center on about $75k to $85k, and Revelio Public Labor Statistics puts California's mean offered salary on new openings at about $46,148 in August 2026 (n=6,300).

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Advertised pay

Across the 832 openings that disclose pay, the advertised range midpoint runs $38,418 at the 25th percentile, $43,680 at the median and $51,587 at the 75th. These are advertised ranges, not earned pay.

Active openings as of September 25, 2026

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What our analysts see this month

Balanced market | next 3-6 months

This is a large, active market, but not an easy one. Food preparation and serving roles accounted for 9.4% of all metro employment in May 2025, and Los Angeles leisure and hospitality employment reached 792.3 thousand in July 2026, up 2.3908% year over year. At the same time, California-wide category data show hospitality, food service and travel employment down 1.0% year over year even as active postings rose 2.5%, which usually looks more like turnover and selective backfilling than a simple hiring boom. More than 2,000 postings across more than 500 companies were observed locally over the last 90 days, but the mix is overwhelmingly on-site and entry-level.

Best positioned: Candidates with recent on-site restaurant, hotel, coffee, or kitchen experience, especially cash handling, beverage prep, inventory, and food-safety skills, have the best odds right now.

Main caution: Do not assume this market is remote-friendly or sponsorship-friendly: about 95% or more of postings are on-site, and less than 5% of postings that state a policy mention visa sponsorship.

From the August 2026 market report

Who is hiring here

Counted across all 989 openings in this market. 10 of the employers below are hiring for more than one role right now.

1. Panda Express: 82 open roles
2. Compass Group: 35 open roles
3. Marriott International, Inc.: 28 open roles
4. Healthcare Services Group: 26 open roles
5. Oakmont Senior Living: 17 open roles
6. Eurest USA: 12 open roles
7. Maggiano's, Inc.: 12 open roles
8. Montage International: 12 open roles
9. Bon App Tit Management Company: 11 open roles
10. Hyatt Hotels Corporation: 11 open roles

Where the openings are

• Los Angeles: 219
• Newport Beach: 56
• Anaheim: 46
• Irvine: 45
• Ontario: 38
• Beverly Hills: 29
• Long Beach: 28
• Santa Monica: 25

Work arrangement

on-site 865 (100%), hybrid 1 (0%)

Where the demand is

Real opportunity is concentrated in the huge frontline service base rather than a few elite employers. Food preparation and serving roles accounted for 9.4% of all metro employment in May 2025, and the metro's leisure and hospitality sector employed 792.3 thousand people in July 2026, up 2.3908% year over year. Over the last 90 days, more than 2,000 postings across more than 500 companies were observed locally, and the hiring sample is fragmented rather than dominated by one employer. The mix is also not evenly distributed. Within recent postings, hospitality and restaurants each made up about 30% of demand, with food & beverage around 15% and smaller shares in retail and healthcare settings. Skills signals point to day-to-day operating roles such as cash handling, beverage preparation, inventory management, food safety, and food preparation, while the seniority mix leans heavily entry level at about 75%. That means job seekers should think in lanes, not in the broad category label. If you need fast access, target high-volume frontline operators. If you need better pay, move toward hotel kitchens, supervisory food-service roles, and chef tracks where experience barriers are higher but wage potential is better.

• Coffee and quick-service chains (high): This is one of the clearest high-volume lanes. Starbucks Corp. alone showed more than 450 postings in the local sample, and the dominant local skills match service-counter work: cash handling and beverage preparation.
• Hotels, resorts, and lodging operations (moderate): Hospitality accounted for about 30% of recent postings, and the better-paying hotel kitchen path tends to require direct property experience rather than generic food-service background.
• Restaurants and back-of-house kitchens (high): Restaurants made up about 30% of local postings, with food & beverage adding another about 15%, so kitchen and service-floor roles remain a major hiring engine.
• Institutional and nontraditional food service (moderate): Retail and healthcare each represented about 5% of postings, which is smaller than the restaurant lane but can offer steadier employers and transferable operating routines.

Where to focus: If speed matters, target coffee, quick-service, and high-volume restaurant employers first; if income growth matters, prioritize hotel kitchens, chef tracks, and supervisory operations roles.

Roles worth searching next

• Retail shift supervisor: It rewards the same core strengths as many hospitality roles: cash accuracy, customer pace, scheduling awareness, and inventory discipline.
• Customer support representative: Concierge, front-desk, reservation, and service-recovery experience transfer well into phone, chat, and email support environments.
• Office receptionist or front-office coordinator: Hotel front-desk and guest-service experience maps well to reception, scheduling, and visitor-facing office work.
• Facilities coordinator or workplace experience associate: Housekeeping, room-readiness, and hotel operations skills transfer into office and property support roles focused on space readiness and vendor coordination.

What postings ask for

• Cash handling (table_stakes | immediate): Cash handling appears in about 35% of recent local postings, making it one of the clearest filters for frontline hiring in this market. Who: Entry-level applicants, career switchers from retail, and anyone targeting host, cashier, barista, or counter-service roles.
• Beverage preparation (table_stakes | immediate): Beverage preparation shows up in about 25% of local postings, which makes it especially useful for coffee, cafe, bar, and fast-casual openings. Who: Applicants targeting barista, bartender-support, cafe, and service-counter roles.
• Inventory management (differentiator | near-term): Inventory management appears in about 20% of local postings, which signals that employers value workers who can do more than pure guest-facing service. Who: Mid-career candidates, shift leads, cooks moving upward, and applicants aiming for steadier employers.
• Food safety and sanitation (differentiator | immediate): Food safety appears in about 15% of local postings and sanitation in about 10%, so operational compliance is a real hiring screen rather than background detail. Who: Anyone applying to kitchen, prep, catering, hotel food-service, or institutional dining roles.
• Food handler certification (table_stakes | immediate): Food handler certification is the most commonly cited certification in local postings, even though it appears in less than 5% of listings that explicitly name a certification. Who: Entry-level kitchen candidates, switchers without recent food-service experience, and applicants who want a quick credibility boost.
• Customer service and teamwork (table_stakes | immediate): Customer service appears in about 15% of local postings and teamwork in about 10%, so service quality still matters even in highly standardized roles. Who: Career switchers and frontline applicants whose strongest experience is outside restaurants or hotels.

Questions about this market

What do Hospitality, Food Service & Travel roles pay in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA?

For the broad frontline occupation family, the clearest local wage anchor is still the BLS figure: $17.86 per hour, or about $37,148 annually, for food preparation and serving related occupations in the metro. Newer market signals look higher, but they are not measuring the same thing: hourly postings center on about $19 to $21 per hour, salary-listed postings center on about $75k to $85k, and Revelio Public Labor Statistics puts California's mean offered salary on new openings at about $46,148 in August 2026 (n=6,300). In practice, this is a moderate-pay market for frontline work and a meaningfully better-pay market for specialized culinary or management tracks. Chef-specific Los Angeles estimates put median pay around $69,990, with a 25th to 75th percentile band around $48,310 to $80,850.

Where is demand for Hospitality, Food Service & Travel roles in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA concentrated?

Real opportunity is concentrated in the huge frontline service base rather than a few elite employers. Food preparation and serving roles accounted for 9.4% of all metro employment in May 2025, and the metro's leisure and hospitality sector employed 792.3 thousand people in July 2026, up 2.3908% year over year. Over the last 90 days, more than 2,000 postings across more than 500 companies were observed locally, and the hiring sample is fragmented rather than dominated by one employer. The mix is also not evenly distributed. Within recent postings, hospitality and restaurants each made up about 30% of demand, with food & beverage around 15% and smaller shares in retail and healthcare settings. Skills signals point to day-to-day operating roles such as cash handling, beverage preparation, inventory management, food safety, and food preparation, while the seniority mix leans heavily entry level at about 75%. That means job seekers should think in lanes, not in the broad category label. If you need fast access, target high-volume frontline operators. If you need better pay, move toward hotel kitchens, supervisory food-service roles, and chef tracks where experience barriers are higher but wage potential is better.

Which employers are hiring the most Hospitality, Food Service & Travel talent in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA?

Recent postings show the most activity from Starbucks Corp. (450 postings). See the full market report for the complete employer landscape.

Can Hospitality, Food Service & Travel roles in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA be done remotely?

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

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