500+ Hospitality & Food Service Jobs in Philadelphia, PA

Observed government pay for the broad local occupation family sits well below the eye-catching salaried postings. Philadelphia food preparation and serving jobs averaged $18.11 per hour in May 2025, and the wider SOC 35-0000 family had a 2025 annual median wage of $34,710, with the 25th to 75th percentile running from $29,960 to $41,390. New-opening pay in Pennsylvania from Revelio Public Labor Statistics was ~$35,031 in September 2026 (n=1,034), which lines up more closely with the government wage picture than with the highest advertised management postings.

Full September 2026 market report

Advertised pay

Across the 333 openings that disclose pay, the advertised range midpoint runs $33,280 at the 25th percentile, $37,440 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

This is a workable but selective market for Hospitality, Food Service & Travel job seekers. Philadelphia metro leisure and hospitality employment was 300.2 thousand in August 2026, up 2.6676% year over year, while metro unemployment was 4.4% and lower than a year earlier. At the same time, Pennsylvania-wide Hospitality, Food Service & Travel postings were down 8.6% year over year in September 2026, and statewide employment in the occupation family was down 0.9%. More than 1,000 postings across more than 300 companies show real breadth, but the mix is still overwhelmingly on-site and entry-heavy rather than easy high-pay mobility.

Best positioned: Candidates who can work nights and weekends on-site and can show food safety, cash handling, or inventory experience have the best odds, especially with multi-unit operators and institutional employers.

Main caution: Do not mistake the visible salaried manager postings for the typical market; government wage data for the broad occupation family still centers near the mid-$30,000s, and many current hourly postings cluster in the high teens.

From the September 2026 market report

Who is hiring here

Counted across all 547 openings in this market. 10 of the employers below are hiring for more than one role right now.

1. Compass Group: 32 open roles
2. Healthcare Services Group: 22 open roles
3. Sunrise Senior Living Management, LLC: 15 open roles
4. Legend Senior Living: 13 open roles
5. Acts Retirement-Life Communities, Inc.: 11 open roles
6. Nudys Cafe: 10 open roles
7. Aramark: 9 open roles
8. Red Lobster, Inc.: 9 open roles
9. : 8 open roles
10. Aramark Corporation: 8 open roles

Where the openings are

• Philadelphia: 144
• King of Prussia: 45
• Wilmington: 28
• Camden: 15
• Cherry Hill: 15
• West Chester: 14
• Upper Merion Township: 12
• Malvern: 10

Work arrangement

on-site 503 (100%), hybrid 1 (0%), remote 1 (0%)

Where the demand is

The biggest practical takeaway is that this is a broad but not centralized market. Over the last 90 days, the Callings.ai job database observed more than 1,000 hospitality postings across more than 300 companies, and the sample is fragmented rather than dominated by one chain. The mix also skews toward accessible roles: about 70% of postings are entry-level, about 25% mid-level, and about 95% or more are on-site. Opportunity is not just in independent restaurants. In the posting mix, hospitality accounts for about 30%, hospitals and health care about 15%, restaurants about 15%, healthcare about 10%, and book and periodical publishing about 10%, which points to real openings in institutional dining, venue operations, and branded guest-service settings as well as neighborhood operators. Near-term local signals back that up: Rivers Casino Philadelphia is hiring across food-and-beverage roles, airport restaurant operators are active enough to be in union negotiations, and Four Green Cats Cafe is staffing a larger Haddonfield flagship while the region tracks about 60 planned fall restaurant openings.

• Restaurants, cafes, and multi-unit food service (high): Local postings show hospitality at about 30% of the mix and restaurants at about 15%, while the region also has about 60 planned fall restaurant openings and active cafe hiring in Haddonfield.
• Institutional dining and healthcare-linked food service (high): Hospitals and health care account for about 15% of the posting mix, healthcare about 10%, and Compass Group appears among the most active named employers with more than 40 postings in the sample.
• Casino, hotel, and airport guest operations (moderate): Rivers Casino Philadelphia is actively hiring for cooks, servers, bartenders, managers, and greeters, airport restaurant operators are active enough to be in labor organizing, and Four Seasons Hotel Philadelphia made a named chef leadership appointment that signals ongoing top-end culinary activity.

Where to focus: For the next 90 days, focus first on recurring-volume, on-site employers such as casino food-and-beverage, institutional dining, coffee chains, and airport or venue operators before chasing prestige independents.

Roles worth searching next

• Customer support specialist: The communication, customer service, problem-solving, adaptability, and time-management skills developed in restaurant and guest-service work transfer cleanly into support roles.
• Receptionist or front office coordinator: Hospitality candidates already bring guest-facing communication, conflict handling, and check-in style workflow habits that fit office reception work.
• Retail shift supervisor: Cash handling, inventory management, customer service, and cleaning or standards enforcement are already common asks in local hospitality postings.
• Environmental services supervisor: Cleaning, sanitation, standards compliance, and team coordination overlap strongly with hospitality housekeeping and back-of-house discipline.
• Administrative services coordinator: Hospitality workers often have the real-world scheduling, vendor coordination, multitasking, and service-recovery instincts that support operations teams need.

What postings ask for

• Food safety and sanitation (table_stakes | immediate): Food safety appears in about 20% of local postings, and sanitation appears in about 15%, making both core screen-in skills for kitchen and service roles. Who: Entry-level kitchen staff, baristas, line cooks, prep cooks, and anyone changing over from retail or another service job.
• Cash handling and POS discipline (table_stakes | immediate): Cash handling shows up in about 20% of local postings, which makes it one of the clearest practical filters for front-of-house, cafe, and counter-service roles. Who: Hosts, baristas, servers, counter staff, and career switchers coming from retail.
• Inventory management (differentiator | immediate): Inventory management appears in about 20% of local postings, which is unusually valuable because it bridges hourly work and supervisory trust. Who: Shift leads, assistant managers, sous chefs, and applicants trying to move from hourly roles into mid-level operations.
• ServSafe (differentiator | immediate): ServSafe is the certification most often required in local postings, even though it appears in less than 5% of them, so it can help you clear screens without requiring a long credential path. Who: New entrants, kitchen candidates, and applicants competing for roles with many similar resumes.
• Customer service, communication, and problem-solving (premium | immediate): Customer service is explicitly requested in local postings, and national restaurant career research highlights teamwork, communication, problem-solving, adaptability, and time management as core skills built in this field. Who: Front desk, concierge, host, server, and guest-services candidates, plus career switchers from retail, call centers, or healthcare support.
• Technology fluency with AI-supported operations (premium | near-term): Hotels are adopting chatbots, dynamic pricing, personalized recommendations, and AI-assisted housekeeping or security workflows, and hospitality professionals are increasingly expected to pair service skills with technology fluency. Who: Hotel-front-office candidates, supervisors, managers, and anyone targeting branded properties or larger operators.

Questions about this market

What do Hospitality, Food Service & Travel roles pay in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD?

Observed government pay for the broad local occupation family sits well below the eye-catching salaried postings. Philadelphia food preparation and serving jobs averaged $18.11 per hour in May 2025, and the wider SOC 35-0000 family had a 2025 annual median wage of $34,710, with the 25th to 75th percentile running from $29,960 to $41,390. New-opening pay in Pennsylvania from Revelio Public Labor Statistics was ~$35,031 in September 2026 (n=1,034), which lines up more closely with the government wage picture than with the highest advertised management postings. This is a moderate-pay market with broad access at the lower end and selective access at the higher end. The metro's broad food prep and serving wage was slightly above the national comparison in May 2025 at $18.11 versus $17.86, but that still leaves limited room once inflation is running at +3.0% year over year nationally.

Where is demand for Hospitality, Food Service & Travel roles in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD concentrated?

The biggest practical takeaway is that this is a broad but not centralized market. Over the last 90 days, the Callings.ai job database observed more than 1,000 hospitality postings across more than 300 companies, and the sample is fragmented rather than dominated by one chain. The mix also skews toward accessible roles: about 70% of postings are entry-level, about 25% mid-level, and about 95% or more are on-site. Opportunity is not just in independent restaurants. In the posting mix, hospitality accounts for about 30%, hospitals and health care about 15%, restaurants about 15%, healthcare about 10%, and book and periodical publishing about 10%, which points to real openings in institutional dining, venue operations, and branded guest-service settings as well as neighborhood operators. Near-term local signals back that up: Rivers Casino Philadelphia is hiring across food-and-beverage roles, airport restaurant operators are active enough to be in union negotiations, and Four Green Cats Cafe is staffing a larger Haddonfield flagship while the region tracks about 60 planned fall restaurant openings.

Which employers are hiring the most Hospitality, Food Service & Travel talent in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD?

Recent postings show the most activity from Philadelphia Magazine, Inc. (75 postings), Starbucks Corp. (50 postings), Philadelphia, PA (50 postings), Compass Group (40 postings). See the full market report for the complete employer landscape.

Can Hospitality, Food Service & Travel roles in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD be done remotely?

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

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