Hospitality Jobs in San Antonio, TX

Observed local government pay is modest: food preparation and serving averaged $15.02 per hour in May 2025, with a broader annual mean of $31,250, median of $29,100, and 90th-percentile pay of $44,010 for the local food preparation and serving occupational family. In the recent posting sample, hourly-paid roles centered on about $15 to $17 / hour, with a broader 25th-75th band of about $15 to $20 / hour; treat that posting band as directional rather than a metro-wide wage census.

Full September 2026 market report

Advertised pay

Across the 139 openings that disclose pay, the advertised range midpoint runs $31,200 at the 25th percentile, $32,760 at the median and $36,400 at the 75th. These are advertised ranges, not earned pay.

Active openings as of November 10, 2026

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What our analysts see this month

Balanced market | next 3-6 months

San Antonio is a balanced market for hospitality, food service, and travel right now. Metro leisure and hospitality employment was 149.5 thousand in August 2026 and up just 0.2683% year over year, so jobs are present but not surging. The metro unemployment rate was 4.5% in August 2026 versus 4.2% nationally in September, which points to slightly tighter competition locally than the national backdrop. Still, this category matters a lot in San Antonio: food preparation and serving represented 10.6% of local employment, and we observed more than 450 postings across more than 175 companies over the last 90 days. The catch is pay: local food prep and serving mean pay was $15.02 per hour in May 2025, while Texas statewide hospitality postings were down 7.3% year over year in September 2026.

Best positioned: The best odds go to candidates who can work on-site and show food preparation, customer service, cash handling, food safety, inventory, or TABC readiness from day one; experienced managers and chefs should also lean in because operators report those roles are hard to fill.

Main caution: Do not confuse lots of entry-level openings with strong earnings power: most local postings cluster around about $15 to $17 / hour and about 80% of the sample is entry level.

From the September 2026 market report

Who is hiring here

Counted across all 260 openings in this market. 10 of the employers below are hiring for more than one role right now.

1. White Lodging: 12 open roles
2. 54th Street: 10 open roles
3. Landry's, Inc.: 9 open roles
4. Aramark: 8 open roles
5. Brinker: 8 open roles
6. Marriott International: 8 open roles
7. Brookdale Senior Living: 5 open roles
8. Compass Group: 5 open roles
9. Hyatt Regency: 5 open roles
10. Omni Hotels: 5 open roles

Where the openings are

• San Antonio: 241
• Somerset: 3
• Hollywood Park: 3
• Schertz: 3
• Bulverde: 2
• Selma: 2
• Bandera: 1
• Marion: 1

Work arrangement

on-site 245 (100%)

Where the demand is

Real opportunity is concentrated in the big everyday service engine of the metro, not in a small luxury niche. Food preparation and serving accounted for 10.6% of local employment in May 2025, and BLS counted 119,350 workers in the local food preparation and serving family, while metro leisure and hospitality employment stood at 149.5 thousand in August 2026. In the recent job sample, we observed more than 450 postings across more than 175 companies, and hiring was fragmented rather than dominated by one employer. The employer mix leans toward mainstream operating environments. About 50% of sampled postings sat in hospitality, with about 10% each in retail, food & beverage, and restaurants, plus about 5% in real estate. Active names include Starbucks Corp., Landry's, Inc., and White Lodging, and recent openings around the Pearl, Broadway, La Cantera, and Bandera Road suggest pockets of hiring around lifestyle districts, hotels, and chain formats rather than one single hiring wave.

• Hotels and front-desk operations (high): White Lodging appears among the most active local employers, and BLS counted 2,070 hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks locally, making hotel operations a durable source of openings even when restaurant demand softens.
• Chain coffee, quick-service, and casual dining (high): Starbucks Corp. and Landry's, Inc. are consistently active in the local sample, which usually favors candidates who can start quickly, work shifts, and handle customer flow and cash transactions.
• Travel and reservations support (moderate): This is a smaller niche, but it pays better than the broad food-service average locally: BLS counted 1,350 reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks at a mean $27.81 per hour, with a location quotient of 1.57.
• Opening teams at new concepts (moderate): Recent launches and service expansions at (a)mar, SeaSpice, Captain D's, and Bitelo create short-term opportunities for candidates willing to join opening teams or take nonstandard shifts.

Where to focus: If you need work in the next 30 days, start with on-site hotel and multi-unit food-service employers, then layer in targeted applications to new venue clusters around the Pearl, Broadway, and La Cantera.

Roles worth searching next

• Retail shift supervisor: Local hospitality postings already overlap with retail activity, and the shared skill base includes cash handling, customer service, inventory, and opening/closing routines.
• Patient access representative / medical front desk: Guest-facing hospitality skills transfer well to scheduling, check-in, service recovery, and front-desk work, and U.S. education and health services employment was up 1.9% year over year in September 2026.
• Leasing consultant / resident services coordinator: Real estate accounted for about 5% of sampled local postings inside this category, which signals crossover between hospitality-style service and property operations.
• Office services / facilities coordinator: Hospitality strengths in customer service, supply tracking, and day-to-day operational coordination map well into office services, and Texas professional and business services employment was up 3.2% year over year in August 2026.

What postings ask for

• Food safety (table_stakes | immediate): Food safety appears in about 15% of local postings and also shows up in local in-demand skill signals, so it functions more like a minimum-readiness signal than a bonus skill. Who: Entry-level cooks, line staff, dish/prep workers, and career switchers.
• Customer service / guest relations (table_stakes | immediate): Customer service appears in about 15% of local postings, and guest relations is also called out among the most in-demand local skills. Who: Front desk, host, server, barista, concierge, and switcher profiles.
• Cash handling (table_stakes | immediate): Cash handling shows up in about 20% of local postings, which makes it one of the clearest ways to prove you can operate in fast-turnover service settings. Who: Baristas, counter staff, hosts, quick-service candidates, and retail-to-hospitality switchers.
• Inventory management (differentiator | near-term): Inventory management appears in about 15% of local postings, and restaurant operations are increasingly using software for inventory forecasting and integrated operations, so this skill helps candidates move beyond basic service work. Who: Mid-career candidates, supervisors, kitchen leads, and career switchers with stockroom or retail operations experience.
• TABC (differentiator | immediate): TABC is the most commonly named certification in the local sample, even if only about 5% of postings state it explicitly, so it can help bartenders, servers, and managers clear screening faster. Who: Anyone targeting bar, late-night, hotel beverage, or full-service restaurant work.
• Sanitation and cleaning discipline (table_stakes | immediate): Cleaning and sanitation each appear in about 10% of local postings, which signals that employers still screen for reliability on the least glamorous but most operationally important tasks. Who: Entry-level candidates and anyone without formal hospitality experience.

Questions about this market

What do Hospitality, Food Service & Travel roles pay in San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX?

Observed local government pay is modest: food preparation and serving averaged $15.02 per hour in May 2025, with a broader annual mean of $31,250, median of $29,100, and 90th-percentile pay of $44,010 for the local food preparation and serving occupational family. In the recent posting sample, hourly-paid roles centered on about $15 to $17 / hour, with a broader 25th-75th band of about $15 to $20 / hour; treat that posting band as directional rather than a metro-wide wage census. This is a broad-access market, not a high-wage one. San Antonio has an unusually large hospitality footprint, but the pay profile remains well below the overall Texas new-opening average, with Texas hospitality openings at about $34,206 versus about $67,467 across all Texas occupations.

Where is demand for Hospitality, Food Service & Travel roles in San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX concentrated?

Real opportunity is concentrated in the big everyday service engine of the metro, not in a small luxury niche. Food preparation and serving accounted for 10.6% of local employment in May 2025, and BLS counted 119,350 workers in the local food preparation and serving family, while metro leisure and hospitality employment stood at 149.5 thousand in August 2026. In the recent job sample, we observed more than 450 postings across more than 175 companies, and hiring was fragmented rather than dominated by one employer. The employer mix leans toward mainstream operating environments. About 50% of sampled postings sat in hospitality, with about 10% each in retail, food & beverage, and restaurants, plus about 5% in real estate. Active names include Starbucks Corp., Landry's, Inc., and White Lodging, and recent openings around the Pearl, Broadway, La Cantera, and Bandera Road suggest pockets of hiring around lifestyle districts, hotels, and chain formats rather than one single hiring wave.

Which employers are hiring the most Hospitality, Food Service & Travel talent in San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX?

Recent postings show the most activity from Starbucks Corp. (40 postings), Landry's, Inc. (20 postings), White Lodging (15 postings). See the full market report for the complete employer landscape.

Can Hospitality, Food Service & Travel roles in San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX 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.

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