300+ Hospitality & Food Service Jobs in Seattle, WA

Government data shows the broad local occupation family at a $46,480 annual median and $50,770 annual mean in 2025, while the broader food-preparation-and-serving group averaged $24.41 per hour and $17.86 at the 10th percentile. Current live posting signals are higher at the top end: hourly-paid postings center on about $21 to $24 / hour, while salaried postings center on about $82k to $94k because the active sample includes more managers and specialized supervisors than the field as a whole.

Full September 2026 market report

Advertised pay

Across the 305 openings that disclose pay, the advertised range midpoint runs $44,304 at the 25th percentile, $48,537 at the median and $54,080 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

Seattle is still a workable market for hospitality and food-service job seekers, especially for on-site frontline roles, but it is not an easy high-pay market. Metro leisure and hospitality employment reached 214.8 thousand in August 2026, up 1.8975% year over year, while the metro unemployment rate was 4.8%. The catch is pay is uneven: the broad food-preparation-and-serving group averaged $24.41 per hour in May 2025, and the broader occupation family had a $46,480 annual median, while some current posted salary bands are much higher because they are skewed toward management-heavy salaried openings.

Best positioned: Candidates with recent shift-based experience, a food handler's permit, and evidence of food safety, cash handling, inventory discipline, and schedule flexibility have the best odds because most local openings are entry-level and on-site.

Main caution: Do not read the headline salaried posting band as typical server, barista, bartender, or line-cook pay; government wage benchmarks for the occupation family are much lower than the management-skewed live posting sample.

From the September 2026 market report

Who is hiring here

Counted across all 341 openings in this market. 10 of the employers below are hiring for more than one role right now.

1. Compass Group: 30 open roles
2. Aegis Living: 19 open roles
3. Marriott International: 10 open roles
4. Columbia Hospitality, Inc.: 9 open roles
5. Eurest USA: 8 open roles
6. Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc.: 8 open roles
7. Merrill Gardens: 7 open roles
8. GENCARE INC.: 6 open roles
9. Hyatt Regency: 6 open roles
10. Snoqualmie Casino: 6 open roles

Where the openings are

• Seattle: 119
• Bellevue: 41
• Kirkland: 21
• Renton: 17
• Redmond: 17
• Lynnwood: 13
• Snoqualmie: 13
• Tukwila: 11

Work arrangement

on-site 319 (100%), remote 1 (0%)

Where the demand is

Real opportunity is spread across a long tail of employers rather than locked up by a few marquee brands. We observed more than 600 postings across more than 200 companies over the last 90 days, and the employer base in the sample is fragmented. Starbucks Corp. is the clearest named volume hirer with more than 75 postings, but the broader picture is many employers hiring smaller batches. Within the sample, hospitality accounts for about 35% of postings, retail about 20%, hospitals and health care about 15%, restaurants about 10%, and food and beverage services about 10%. That matters because the best odds are not limited to independent restaurants: coffee, hotel, hospital, and retail-attached food service all show up, and about 95% or more of roles are on-site while about 75% are entry level. Recent local openings and expansions also support a live hiring pipeline, including Solette Rooftop's approximately 225-seat opening, Hyatt chef appointments across three Seattle hotels, and planned openings for SUDA and Bar Dojo. A Seattle Times roundup also pointed to multiple recent restaurant debuts and approximately two dozen additional food-and-drink venues expected at Woodinville's Harvest development over six months.

• Hotels and multi-property hospitality (high): Hospitality itself makes up about 35% of the local posting mix, and Hyatt's September appointments across Hyatt Regency Seattle, Hyatt at Olive 8, and Grand Hyatt Seattle suggest continuing demand for supervisory and culinary leadership depth.
• Coffee, cafés, and retail-attached food service (high): Retail accounts for about 20% of the sample, Starbucks Corp. shows more than 75 postings, and cash handling plus beverage preparation are common local requirements.
• Hospital and institutional food service (moderate): Hospitals and health care represent about 15% of the local posting mix, making this a useful target for candidates who want steadier operations than restaurant-only search paths.
• Independent restaurants and new openings (moderate): Openings such as Solette Rooftop, SUDA, and Bar Dojo create bursts of hiring, and the regional opening pipeline includes approximately two dozen expected Harvest venues, but this segment is more timing-dependent than chain or hotel hiring.

Where to focus: Focus first on repeat-volume on-site employers in hotels, coffee chains, hospitals, and retail-attached food service, then use pre-opening restaurants as upside applications rather than your whole search strategy.

Roles worth searching next

• Retail sales or shift supervisor: Cash handling, customer service, beverage preparation, and inventory transfer directly from the local hospitality skill mix, and retail already represents about 20% of related local postings.
• Patient access representative or medical receptionist: Hospitals and health care account for about 15% of the related local posting mix, so front-desk service habits can translate into healthcare admin support.
• Front office coordinator or administrative assistant: Hospitality builds communication, teamwork, problem-solving, adaptability, and time management, which are transferable to office-facing coordination work.
• Inventory or operations coordinator: Inventory management and safety compliance already show up in the local hospitality sample, so strong back-of-house candidates can pivot toward operations-heavy roles.

What postings ask for

• Food handler's permit (table_stakes | immediate): It is the most frequently named credential in the local sample, even if only about 5% of postings explicitly list it, so having it removes an avoidable screening barrier. Who: Entry-level kitchen, café, banquet, and bar applicants.
• Food safety and sanitation (table_stakes | immediate): Food safety appears in about 20% of sampled postings and sanitation in about 15%, making them recurring local hiring filters rather than nice-to-haves. Who: Anyone applying to kitchen, prep, catering, hotel, or institutional food-service roles.
• Cash handling and POS discipline (table_stakes | immediate): Cash handling shows up in about 30% of local postings, which makes it one of the most portable proofs of frontline trust and speed. Who: Baristas, bartenders, hosts, servers, and career switchers coming from retail.
• Inventory management (differentiator | near-term): Inventory management appears in about 20% of local postings and is one of the clearest signals that you can move beyond pure service execution into shift lead or supervisor responsibility. Who: Mid-career candidates aiming for lead, banquet, catering, or assistant-manager roles.
• Customer service, communication, and teamwork (differentiator | near-term): Customer service appears in about 20% of local postings, and the National Restaurant Association highlights communication, teamwork, problem-solving, adaptability, time management, and leadership as core transferable skills from restaurant and foodservice work. Who: Career switchers and anyone trying to move from hourly service into front-desk, lead, or guest-facing management tracks.
• Beverage preparation (differentiator | near-term): Beverage preparation appears in about 15% of local postings, making it a useful specialization for coffee, bar, hotel lounge, and quick-service employers. Who: Baristas, bartenders, café workers, and applicants targeting retail-attached food service.

Questions about this market

What do Hospitality, Food Service & Travel roles pay in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA?

Government data shows the broad local occupation family at a $46,480 annual median and $50,770 annual mean in 2025, while the broader food-preparation-and-serving group averaged $24.41 per hour and $17.86 at the 10th percentile. Current live posting signals are higher at the top end: hourly-paid postings center on about $21 to $24 / hour, while salaried postings center on about $82k to $94k because the active sample includes more managers and specialized supervisors than the field as a whole. This is not an automatically high-pay Seattle category. The metro-wide mean across all occupations was $44.13 per hour, so hospitality still sits well below the broader local wage structure.

Where is demand for Hospitality, Food Service & Travel roles in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA concentrated?

Real opportunity is spread across a long tail of employers rather than locked up by a few marquee brands. We observed more than 600 postings across more than 200 companies over the last 90 days, and the employer base in the sample is fragmented. Starbucks Corp. is the clearest named volume hirer with more than 75 postings, but the broader picture is many employers hiring smaller batches. Within the sample, hospitality accounts for about 35% of postings, retail about 20%, hospitals and health care about 15%, restaurants about 10%, and food and beverage services about 10%. That matters because the best odds are not limited to independent restaurants: coffee, hotel, hospital, and retail-attached food service all show up, and about 95% or more of roles are on-site while about 75% are entry level. Recent local openings and expansions also support a live hiring pipeline, including Solette Rooftop's approximately 225-seat opening, Hyatt chef appointments across three Seattle hotels, and planned openings for SUDA and Bar Dojo. A Seattle Times roundup also pointed to multiple recent restaurant debuts and approximately two dozen additional food-and-drink venues expected at Woodinville's Harvest development over six months.

Which employers are hiring the most Hospitality, Food Service & Travel talent in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA?

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

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