350+ Hospitality & Food Service Jobs in San Francisco, CA

The cleanest local pay floor is the City of San Francisco minimum wage of $19.61/hour. In the local posting sample, hourly-paid roles center on about $20 to $22 / hour, while broader posted salaries center on about $80k to $90k; that split suggests the category is mixing frontline hourly jobs with salaried management roles. For a direct local management benchmark, food service managers averaged $41.03/hour in metro wage data, though that figure is older and not a current posting median.

Full July 2026 market report

Advertised pay

Across the 303 openings that disclose pay, the advertised range midpoint runs $41,600 at the 25th percentile, $47,840 at the median and $54,080 at the 75th. These are advertised ranges, not earned pay.

Active openings as of September 10, 2026

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What our analysts see this month

Balanced market | next 3-6 months

This is a balanced market: local leisure and hospitality employment reached 264 thousand in June 2026 and was up 3.0043% year over year, while the metro unemployment rate was 4.2%. The harder part is that California hospitality employment is essentially flat year over year and active postings for the field are down 3.8% statewide, so openings exist but the pace is not especially loose. In the local posting sample, we still observed more than 650 postings across more than 200 companies over the last 90 days, which supports a workable market if you target the right employer types and apply quickly.

Best positioned: Candidates with recent on-site experience in chain coffee, hotel food-and-beverage, club dining, or restaurant shift leadership have the best odds right now because enterprise employers account for about 70% of sampled postings and about 95% or more of roles are on-site.

Main caution: Do not confuse Bay Area pay headlines with easy living: the City of San Francisco minimum wage is $19.61/hour, hourly postings center on about $20 to $22 / hour, and San Francisco's cost of living is 77.9% above the national average.

From the July 2026 market report

Who is hiring here

Counted across all 358 openings in this market. 10 of the employers below are hiring for more than one role right now.

1. Compass Group: 35 open roles
2. Oakmont Senior Living: 17 open roles
3. Bon App Tit Management Company: 15 open roles
4. Marriott International, Inc.: 12 open roles
5. Hyatt Hotels Corporation: 9 open roles
6. Compass Group: 8 open roles
7. Sauced BBQ & Spirits: 8 open roles
8. Atria Senior Living, Inc.: 7 open roles
9. Dnata: 7 open roles
10. Marriott International: 7 open roles

Where the openings are

• San Francisco: 140
• Walnut Creek: 34
• Oakland: 18
• Berkeley: 14
• South San Francisco: 13
• San Mateo: 11
• San Rafael: 9
• Brisbane: 8

Work arrangement

on-site 327 (99%), hybrid 2 (1%), remote 2 (1%)

Where the demand is

Real opportunity is concentrated, not evenly spread. In the local posting sample, we observed more than 650 postings across more than 200 companies over the last 90 days, but hiring was fragmented across employers rather than dominated by one name. Enterprise operators account for about 70% of postings, about 75% of roles are entry-level, and about 95% or more are on-site. By industry mix, the most active pockets were hospitality at about 30%, restaurants at about 25%, food & beverage at about 15%, and healthcare at about 10%. The strongest practical targets are hotel food-and-beverage, chain coffee, club dining, healthcare food service, and restaurant groups that are actively opening or staffing. Recent local examples include HHM Hotels accepting applications for hourly hotel and food-and-beverage roles, Marriott showing Executive Sous Chef and Restaurant Supervisor openings, Hi Neighbor Group hiring for a late-summer restaurant opening, Green Hills Country Club recruiting a Food & Beverage Manager, and Spire Hospitality tying hiring to a recently opened property with a new food-and-beverage outlet. Independent restaurants can still be good bets, but Oakland's recent closures show why job seekers should favor venues with clear expansion or stronger operator backing.

• Chain coffee and enterprise food service (high): This is one of the clearest volume plays because Starbucks Corp. was the most consistently active named employer with more than 125 postings, and local skill demand heavily favors cash handling, beverage preparation, and customer service.
• Hotels, clubs, and hotel food-and-beverage (high): Recent local signals from HHM Hotels, Marriott, Fairmont San Francisco, Green Hills Country Club, and Spire Hospitality point to steady demand for hourly hotel roles plus supervisory food-and-beverage talent.
• Independent restaurants and new openings (moderate): New openings are still happening, including Hi Neighbor Group's late-summer restaurant launch, but this segment is more volatile because several Oakland restaurants have also closed or announced closure plans.
• Healthcare and institutional dining (moderate): Healthcare accounted for about 10% of the local posting mix, making it a useful stability play for candidates who want food-service work with steadier demand than independent restaurants.

Where to focus: Prioritize enterprise hotel and food-and-beverage operators, chain coffee, club dining, and healthcare dining first; treat independent restaurants as selective bets unless they are clearly expanding.

Roles worth searching next

• Retail shift lead or store supervisor: The overlap is strong because local hospitality postings heavily emphasize cash handling, beverage preparation, customer service, and inventory management.
• Customer support specialist: Hospitality experience transfers well into customer support because local demand centers on customer service and communication, and service research suggests the human side of problem-solving is becoming more valuable as AI handles routine transactions.
• Operations coordinator: Restaurant and club leadership roles already involve labor control, inventory, team coaching, and daily operations, which map well into broader operations support work.
• Hospitality AI trainer or guest-experience analyst: New adjacent roles are emerging around hospitality AI training and AI hospitality analysis, rewarding deep industry knowledge plus documentation, prompts, and data literacy.

What postings ask for

• ServSafe (table_stakes | immediate): ServSafe is the most commonly named certification locally, even though it appears in less than 5% of postings, so it can help you clear compliance screens faster than candidates who do not list it. Who: Entry-level food prep, line cooks, shift leads, and career switchers.
• Food safety (table_stakes | immediate): Food safety shows up in about 10% of local postings and is one of the clearest signals that you can work kitchen, cafeteria, and multi-unit food-service environments safely. Who: Anyone targeting kitchens, healthcare dining, catering, or supervisory roles.
• Cash handling and POS accuracy (table_stakes | immediate): Cash handling is the most-requested local hard skill at about 30% of postings, making it one of the fastest ways to look job-ready for barista, counter, host, and service roles. Who: Entry-level applicants and career switchers coming from retail or customer-facing work.
• Beverage preparation (differentiator | immediate): Beverage preparation appears in about 20% of local postings and lines up well with the market's chain coffee, lounge, and hotel food-and-beverage demand. Who: Baristas, bartenders, lounge candidates, and hotel food-and-beverage applicants.
• Inventory management (differentiator | near-term): Inventory management appears in about 15% of local postings and becomes more valuable as you move into shift lead, AGM, wine, or food-and-beverage management work. Who: Mid-career candidates aiming for lead or supervisory roles.
• Leadership and team development (premium | near-term): Local higher-responsibility openings such as Executive Sous Chef, Restaurant Supervisor, and Food & Beverage Manager line up with national guidance that emphasizes leadership, menu execution, and team development for culinary progression. Who: Sous chefs, shift leads, restaurant supervisors, and mid-career operators.

Questions about this market

What do Hospitality, Food Service & Travel roles pay in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA?

The cleanest local pay floor is the City of San Francisco minimum wage of $19.61/hour. In the local posting sample, hourly-paid roles center on about $20 to $22 / hour, while broader posted salaries center on about $80k to $90k; that split suggests the category is mixing frontline hourly jobs with salaried management roles. For a direct local management benchmark, food service managers averaged $41.03/hour in metro wage data, though that figure is older and not a current posting median. San Francisco does pay above many markets, but the local wage anchor for all private employees was $50.65/hour in April 2026, so many hospitality wages still sit well below the area's broader earnings standard.

Where is demand for Hospitality, Food Service & Travel roles in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA concentrated?

Real opportunity is concentrated, not evenly spread. In the local posting sample, we observed more than 650 postings across more than 200 companies over the last 90 days, but hiring was fragmented across employers rather than dominated by one name. Enterprise operators account for about 70% of postings, about 75% of roles are entry-level, and about 95% or more are on-site. By industry mix, the most active pockets were hospitality at about 30%, restaurants at about 25%, food & beverage at about 15%, and healthcare at about 10%. The strongest practical targets are hotel food-and-beverage, chain coffee, club dining, healthcare food service, and restaurant groups that are actively opening or staffing. Recent local examples include HHM Hotels accepting applications for hourly hotel and food-and-beverage roles, Marriott showing Executive Sous Chef and Restaurant Supervisor openings, Hi Neighbor Group hiring for a late-summer restaurant opening, Green Hills Country Club recruiting a Food & Beverage Manager, and Spire Hospitality tying hiring to a recently opened property with a new food-and-beverage outlet. Independent restaurants can still be good bets, but Oakland's recent closures show why job seekers should favor venues with clear expansion or stronger operator backing.

Which employers are hiring the most Hospitality, Food Service & Travel talent in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA?

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

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