650+ Hospitality & Food Service Jobs in Miami, FL

Observed local wage data is modest for frontline work: the BLS put Miami food preparation and serving jobs at a $18.44 mean hourly wage in May 2025, and the broader food preparation and serving occupation family at a $35,280 annual median, $29,200 at the 25th percentile, and $55,060 at the 90th percentile in 2025. By contrast, the local posting sample centers much higher for salary-listed jobs—about $64k to $70k, with a broader band of about $50k to $85k—while hourly postings center on about $16 to $18 / hour.

Full September 2026 market report

Advertised pay

Across the 333 openings that disclose pay, the advertised range midpoint runs $31,200 at the 25th percentile, $36,400 at the median and $41,600 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

Miami is still a workable market for hospitality job seekers, but it is not an easy one. Metro leisure and hospitality employment was 343.7 thousand in August 2026, up 1.1775% year over year, while the metro unemployment rate was 3.7%. At the same time, statewide proxy data for this occupation family shows Florida hospitality, food service & travel employment down 0.7% year over year and active postings down 10.5% year over year in September 2026, which points to tighter competition than the local payroll number alone suggests. In the local posting sample, we observed more than 1,400 postings across more than 350 companies over the last 90 days, and hiring was fragmented rather than dominated by one employer.

Best positioned: Candidates with recent on-site restaurant or hotel experience, flexible nights/weekends availability, and food safety credentials have the best odds because local postings are about 95% or more on-site, about 65% entry level, and food safety certification is the most common named credential.

Main caution: The biggest trap is reading headline posted salary bands as typical frontline pay; government wage data for the occupation family is much lower than management-heavy posting medians, and Miami housing costs remain high.

From the September 2026 market report

Who is hiring here

Counted across all 693 openings in this market. 10 of the employers below are hiring for more than one role right now.

1. Marriott International, Inc.: 36 open roles
2. Flanigan: 30 open roles
3. Pincho: 16 open roles
4. Compass Group: 15 open roles
5. FirstService Residential: 15 open roles
6. Four Seasons group: 14 open roles
7. Motek New York: 14 open roles
8. Omni Hotels: 13 open roles
9. Loews Hotels & Co: 11 open roles
10. Think Hospitality: 10 open roles

Where the openings are

• Miami: 194
• Fort Lauderdale: 121
• Miami Beach: 97
• Hollywood: 42
• Coral Gables: 29
• Pompano Beach: 20
• Pembroke Pines: 18
• Aventura: 16

Work arrangement

on-site 663 (100%), remote 2 (0%)

Where the demand is

Real opportunity is spread across a long tail of employers, not a single dominant brand. We observed more than 1,400 postings across more than 350 companies in the last 90 days, and the sample is fragmented rather than concentrated. Within those postings, the heaviest activity sits in hospitality itself at about 50% of the sample, followed by food & beverage at about 15%, restaurants at about 15%, retail at about 5%, and food and beverage services at about 5%. That mix matters because it says the market is broader than standalone restaurants. Hotels, hotel food-and-beverage outlets, coffee and counter-service operators, and venue-style staffing all matter here. The named employers most consistently active in the sample were Flanigan with more than 125 postings and Starbucks Corp. with more than 75. The local mix is also heavily on-site and front-line: about 95% or more of postings are on-site, about 65% are entry level, and about 25% are mid level. There is also a launch-and-expansion pattern worth watching. The City of Miami and EmpHire hosted in-person interviews for cooks, bartenders, cashiers, and ushers with pay starting at $15+. Omni Fort Lauderdale added a seventh food-and-beverage outlet, and planned openings like Sweetwaters in Fort Lauderdale, aAO in Buena Vista, Vicky Bakery in Pompano Beach, Sanguich in Doral, and Pho Bar in Pompano Beach point to localized hiring bursts around new-unit openings rather than one metro-wide hiring wave.

• Hotels, resorts, and hotel food-and-beverage operations (high): This is the clearest concentration point because hospitality accounts for about 50% of the local posting mix, and recent hotel-linked outlet launches add kitchen and service demand.
• Restaurants, bars, cafes, and bakery/counter service (high): Food & beverage and restaurant postings together make up about 30% of the sample, with Flanigan and Starbucks among the most consistently active employers and several new restaurant concepts signaling additional hiring pockets.
• Chef, supervisor, and manager tracks (limited): These paths can pay materially better, but only about 5% of postings are senior and about 5% are lead+, so the volume is much thinner than frontline hiring.

Where to focus: Focus on expanding hotel and restaurant groups, especially Broward and central Miami operators adding outlets, and apply first to on-site entry-to-mid roles that can turn into supervisory tracks.

Roles worth searching next

• Retail shift supervisor: It uses many of the same skills already showing up in local hospitality postings, especially cash handling, inventory management, customer service, and teamwork.
• Customer service representative or receptionist: This is a practical bridge for people with host, front desk, cashier, or guest-service experience because communication and customer service are already core market signals here.
• Patient access representative or medical front office coordinator: The work still rewards customer service, communication, and on-site workflow discipline, and education and health services employment nationally was up 1.9% year over year in September 2026.
• Inventory or purchasing coordinator: Inventory management is already a repeated local skill signal, so experienced restaurant or hotel operators can reposition that work into back-office operations support.

What postings ask for

• Food safety certification (table_stakes | immediate): Food safety certification is the most common named credential in local postings, and food safety itself is one of the top requested hard skills. Who: Entry-level kitchen candidates, career switchers, and anyone trying to move from service into prep or line work.
• Food safety and sanitation (table_stakes | immediate): Local postings most often ask for food safety at about 25% and sanitation at about 10%, making compliance fluency a basic screen-in factor for kitchen and service employers. Who: Cooks, prep staff, dish teams, shift leads, and hotel food-and-beverage applicants.
• Food preparation, knife skills, and recipe adherence (table_stakes | immediate): Food preparation shows up in about 25% of local postings, while knife skills and recipe adherence each appear in about 10%, so employers are signaling production consistency more than creativity for many roles. Who: Line cooks, prep cooks, bakery candidates, and anyone trying to move toward sous chef work.
• Cash handling and front-counter workflow (differentiator | immediate): Cash handling appears in about 20% of local postings, which makes it a strong bridge skill for barista, counter-service, host, cashier, and some front desk roles. Who: Entry-level applicants and career switchers coming from retail or customer-facing work.
• Inventory management (differentiator | near-term): Inventory management also appears in about 20% of local postings, and it is one of the clearest signals that you can handle more than pure guest-facing work. Who: Shift leads, assistant managers, sous chefs, and candidates trying to break into salaried operations roles.
• Customer service and communication (differentiator | immediate): Customer service is explicitly requested in local postings, and national restaurant research also highlights customer service and communication as core career-building skills in the industry. Who: Front desk, host, server support, travel-adjacent service, and guest-facing career switchers.

Questions about this market

What do Hospitality, Food Service & Travel roles pay in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL?

Observed local wage data is modest for frontline work: the BLS put Miami food preparation and serving jobs at a $18.44 mean hourly wage in May 2025, and the broader food preparation and serving occupation family at a $35,280 annual median, $29,200 at the 25th percentile, and $55,060 at the 90th percentile in 2025. By contrast, the local posting sample centers much higher for salary-listed jobs—about $64k to $70k, with a broader band of about $50k to $85k—while hourly postings center on about $16 to $18 / hour. For most cooks, servers, baristas, front desk agents, and housekeepers, this is a moderate-pay market with broad access, not a high-wage one. That matters because Miami home prices were up 3.5% year over year as of July 2026, so jobs near the local occupation-family median can still feel tight without tips, overtime, shared housing, or a management track.

Where is demand for Hospitality, Food Service & Travel roles in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL concentrated?

Real opportunity is spread across a long tail of employers, not a single dominant brand. We observed more than 1,400 postings across more than 350 companies in the last 90 days, and the sample is fragmented rather than concentrated. Within those postings, the heaviest activity sits in hospitality itself at about 50% of the sample, followed by food & beverage at about 15%, restaurants at about 15%, retail at about 5%, and food and beverage services at about 5%. That mix matters because it says the market is broader than standalone restaurants. Hotels, hotel food-and-beverage outlets, coffee and counter-service operators, and venue-style staffing all matter here. The named employers most consistently active in the sample were Flanigan with more than 125 postings and Starbucks Corp. with more than 75. The local mix is also heavily on-site and front-line: about 95% or more of postings are on-site, about 65% are entry level, and about 25% are mid level. There is also a launch-and-expansion pattern worth watching. The City of Miami and EmpHire hosted in-person interviews for cooks, bartenders, cashiers, and ushers with pay starting at $15+. Omni Fort Lauderdale added a seventh food-and-beverage outlet, and planned openings like Sweetwaters in Fort Lauderdale, aAO in Buena Vista, Vicky Bakery in Pompano Beach, Sanguich in Doral, and Pho Bar in Pompano Beach point to localized hiring bursts around new-unit openings rather than one metro-wide hiring wave.

Which employers are hiring the most Hospitality, Food Service & Travel talent in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL?

Recent postings show the most activity from Flanigan (125 postings), Starbucks Corp. (75 postings). See the full market report for the complete employer landscape.

Can Hospitality, Food Service & Travel roles in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL be done remotely?

Of recent postings, 4% are remote and 4% hybrid, with 95% on-site. Use the Remote filter above to see only remote openings.

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