350+ Hospitality & Food Service Jobs in Minneapolis, MN

Government wage data for the broad local food-preparation-and-serving group shows a mean of $17.41 per hour in May 2025, and the broader occupational family had a $35,000 annual median, with a $29,520 25th percentile and $39,310 75th percentile. Separate local posting data shows a split market: hourly postings center on about $16 to $18 / hour, while salary postings center on about $62k to $70k.

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Advertised pay

Across the 285 openings that disclose pay, the advertised range midpoint runs $34,122 at the 25th percentile, $39,707 at the median and $44,824 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

Minneapolis-St. Paul is a balanced market for hospitality, food service, and travel work over the next 3-6 months. Metro leisure and hospitality payroll employment was 201.4 thousand in August 2026, up 1.1044% year over year, and local postings show opportunities spread across more than 200 companies rather than one dominant employer. But the metro unemployment rate was 4.7% in August 2026 and up 17.5000% year over year, while earlier Minnesota hospitality surveys showed much of hiring was still replacement hiring rather than net expansion. That means entry-level and dependable on-site applicants should still find openings, but generic applications will have a harder time converting into offers.

Best positioned: Candidates who can work on-site and show food safety, food preparation, cash handling, inventory management, and customer-service strength—especially for entry-to-mid roles in restaurants, hospitality venues, hospital food service, and senior living—have the best odds right now.

Main caution: The biggest mistake is assuming lots of openings mean easy hiring everywhere: nearly 70% of hiring Minnesota hospitality businesses earlier in 2026 said they were replacing turnover, and employers reported more difficulty filling senior roles.

From the September 2026 market report

Who is hiring here

Counted across all 364 openings in this market. 10 of the employers below are hiring for more than one role right now.

1. StoryPoint Group: 18 open roles
2. Presbyterian Homes & Services, Inc.: 13 open roles
3. Compass Group: 12 open roles
4. Hy-Vee: 11 open roles
5. Morrissey Hospitality Inc.: 10 open roles
6. Perkins Engines Company Limited: 8 open roles
7. The Waters: 8 open roles
8. Yona Solutions: 8 open roles
9. Cassia: 7 open roles
10. Cassia: 6 open roles

Where the openings are

• Minneapolis: 48
• Saint Paul: 40
• Bloomington: 31
• Plymouth: 16
• Maple Grove: 13
• Roseville: 13
• Eden Prairie: 12
• Richfield: 10

Work arrangement

on-site 346 (99%), hybrid 2 (1%), remote 1 (0%)

Where the demand is

Real opportunity is concentrated in on-site, frontline operations rather than remote travel work. In the local posting mix, hospitality accounts for about 35%, restaurants about 15%, hospitals and health care about 15%, retail about 10%, and food & beverage about 5%, with about 95% or more of roles on-site. The employer base is fragmented, which helps applicants because openings are spread across many operators instead of one gatekeeper. The hiring mix also skews junior. About 70% of local postings are entry level and about 20% are mid level, while only about 5% are senior and about 5% are lead+. That makes it easier to enter the field than to land higher-paid management jobs, especially because Minnesota hospitality employers reported more difficulty hiring senior roles earlier in 2026. Travel-specific roles are still in scope for this category, but the clearest local evidence is centered on food service, lodging operations, and institutional dining. If you are open to restaurants, coffee, hotel operations, hospital dining, and senior-living food service, you have a much wider target list than if you search only for travel-specialist roles.

• Restaurants and quick-service (high): Recent local activity includes CAVA's first Minnesota restaurant in Minneapolis and Chick-fil-A's two Twin Cities openings with approximately 180 projected jobs combined, alongside other local openings and reopenings.
• Institutional food service and senior living (high): Hospitals and health care account for about 15% of the local posting mix, and active employers include Compass Group and StoryPoint Group.
• Hotels and front-of-house hospitality (moderate): Hospitality makes up about 35% of the local posting mix, which supports front desk, housekeeping, and guest-service openings, though many roles are still on-site and shift-based.
• Travel-specific service roles (limited): This is the thinnest-evidence slice of the market in this report, so search volume appears narrower and more selective than restaurant or lodging operations.

Where to focus: Prioritize on-site operators in restaurants, institutional dining, senior living, and hotel operations before narrowing your search to travel-only roles.

Roles worth searching next

• Retail shift supervisor or store associate: Cash handling, customer service, and inventory skills transfer directly, and retail already shows up in about 10% of the local posting mix around this category.
• Customer service representative: Communication, problem-solving, customer service, adaptability, and time management all transfer well from restaurant and lodging work.
• Patient access representative: Hospitals and health care account for about 15% of the local posting mix around this category, and education and health services employment nationally was up +1.9% year over year in September 2026.
• Operations coordinator or scheduler: Inventory tracking, digital scheduling, and workflow discipline are becoming more common in hospitality, which makes operations support a realistic next move for organized leads and supervisors.

What postings ask for

• Food safety and sanitation (table_stakes | immediate): Food safety and sanitation are among the most-requested hard skills locally, and local proxy evidence also flags sanitation and food-safety certification as core operating needs. Who: Anyone targeting kitchens, catering, banquet, coffee, or institutional food service.
• Food preparation and line cooking (table_stakes | immediate): Food preparation shows up as a leading hard skill in local postings, and line cooking remains a named high-demand operational capability in the Twin Cities market. Who: Entry-level cooks, prep staff, cafeteria workers, and career switchers trying to move into back-of-house roles.
• Cash handling and register/POS workflow (table_stakes | immediate): Cash handling is one of the most common hard-skill asks in local postings, which makes it a basic screening item for barista, counter, host, and quick-service roles. Who: Front-of-house candidates and switchers coming from retail or service work.
• Inventory management (differentiator | immediate): Inventory management is a frequent local requirement and also shows up in local proxy reporting as one of the most in-demand operational skills. Who: Mid-career applicants, shift leads, kitchen leads, and anyone trying to move above pure frontline work.
• Customer service and problem-solving (differentiator | immediate): Customer service is a recurring hard-skill ask locally, and national restaurant research highlights communication, problem-solving, adaptability, and time management as core transferable strengths. Who: Front-desk, host, server, coffee, and career-switcher candidates.
• Food handler's certificate (differentiator | immediate): It is the certification most often explicitly required in local postings, so it helps remove a simple screening barrier even when not mandatory everywhere. Who: Entry-level applicants and anyone without recent local food-service experience.

Questions about this market

What do Hospitality, Food Service & Travel roles pay in Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI?

Government wage data for the broad local food-preparation-and-serving group shows a mean of $17.41 per hour in May 2025, and the broader occupational family had a $35,000 annual median, with a $29,520 25th percentile and $39,310 75th percentile. Separate local posting data shows a split market: hourly postings center on about $16 to $18 / hour, while salary postings center on about $62k to $70k. For most frontline applicants, this is a moderate-pay market; current hourly postings line up closely with the older BLS pay picture, and inside Minneapolis proper the city minimum wage is scheduled to rise to $17.02 per hour on January 1, 2027, which will compress the low end for city-based jobs.

Where is demand for Hospitality, Food Service & Travel roles in Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI concentrated?

Real opportunity is concentrated in on-site, frontline operations rather than remote travel work. In the local posting mix, hospitality accounts for about 35%, restaurants about 15%, hospitals and health care about 15%, retail about 10%, and food & beverage about 5%, with about 95% or more of roles on-site. The employer base is fragmented, which helps applicants because openings are spread across many operators instead of one gatekeeper. The hiring mix also skews junior. About 70% of local postings are entry level and about 20% are mid level, while only about 5% are senior and about 5% are lead+. That makes it easier to enter the field than to land higher-paid management jobs, especially because Minnesota hospitality employers reported more difficulty hiring senior roles earlier in 2026. Travel-specific roles are still in scope for this category, but the clearest local evidence is centered on food service, lodging operations, and institutional dining. If you are open to restaurants, coffee, hotel operations, hospital dining, and senior-living food service, you have a much wider target list than if you search only for travel-specialist roles.

Which employers are hiring the most Hospitality, Food Service & Travel talent in Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI?

Recent postings show the most activity from Starbucks Corp. (40 postings), Compass Group (30 postings), StoryPoint Group (15 postings). See the full market report for the complete employer landscape.

Can Hospitality, Food Service & Travel roles in Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI be done remotely?

Of recent postings, 2% are remote and 2% hybrid, with 95% on-site. Use the Remote filter above to see only remote openings.

How current are these listings?

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