350+ Hospitality & Food Service Jobs in Tampa, FL

The clearest observed local wage anchor is BLS occupational pay: food preparation and serving roles in Tampa averaged about $17.86 to $18.23 an hour in May 2025, or roughly $37,140 annually. More current proxy data from the Callings.ai job database shows hourly postings centering on about $15 to $17 / hour and salaried postings on about $60k to $70k, while one September 2026 lead line cook ad from Pyramid Global Hospitality listed about $20 per hour.

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Advertised pay

Across the 192 openings that disclose pay, the advertised range midpoint runs $31,200 at the 25th percentile, $35,360 at the median and $38,480 at the 75th. These are advertised ranges, not earned pay.

Active openings as of September 25, 2026

Senior roles | Entry level | Remote | Posted this week

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What our analysts see this month

Competitive market | next 3-6 months

This is still a real hiring market, not a shutdown: Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater had 168,200 leisure and hospitality jobs in July 2026, and we observed more than 550 relevant postings across more than 200 companies over the last 90 days. But growth is thin—local leisure and hospitality employment was up only 0.1787% year over year, Florida occupation-level postings were down 2.3% year over year, and metro unemployment reached 4.8% in July. You can land a role here, but the easy-win phase is over; targeted applications and ready-to-use operational skills matter more than broad volume.

Best positioned: Candidates with recent on-site experience in high-volume kitchens, hotel front desk, or shift leadership—and who can show food safety, inventory, cash handling, or guest-service strength—have the best odds right now.

Main caution: The biggest trap is assuming hospitality volume means easy hiring: about 75% of sampled openings are entry level, pay often centers near about $15 to $17 / hour, and most roles are fully on-site.

From the August 2026 market report

Who is hiring here

Counted across all 376 openings in this market. 10 of the employers below are hiring for more than one role right now.

1. Healthcare Services Group: 26 open roles
2. Marriott International, Inc.: 24 open roles
3. Metro Diner: 16 open roles
4. Hard Rock International (USA), Inc.: 14 open roles
5. Compass Group: 12 open roles
6. Panda Express: 10 open roles
7. Hard Rock International: 9 open roles
8. The Lube: 9 open roles
9. Threeoakstampa: 7 open roles
10. BayCare Health System, Inc.: 6 open roles

Where the openings are

• Tampa: 164
• St. Petersburg: 35
• Clearwater: 34
• Saint Petersburg: 29
• Brandon: 11
• Dunedin: 10
• Largo: 10
• Wesley Chapel: 8

Work arrangement

on-site 351 (100%)

Where the demand is

Most opportunity is not in a single lane. In the local posting sample, about 50% of openings came from hospitality employers, about 15% from restaurants, about 15% from food & beverage, and about 10% from healthcare, which suggests this market includes hotels, attractions, coffee and quick-service brands, and institutional foodservice rather than just independent restaurants. The employer base is fragmented across more than 200 companies, reducing dependence on any one chain. Named local activity reinforces that mix: Busch Gardens Tampa, Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tampa, Wingstop Tampa Bay, Keel Farms, Le Méridien Tampa, and Pyramid Global Hospitality all surfaced with hiring signals in August or early September 2026. For a job seeker, that means the best search strategy is segment-specific—hotel guest services and hotel food and beverage if you have polished customer service, high-volume kitchens if you can show prep, safety, and speed, and institutional or healthcare foodservice if you want steadier operations.

• Hotels, resorts, and attractions (high): This is the strongest concentration of named demand: hospitality employers make up about 50% of sampled postings, Marriott International had more than 20 openings in the sample, and Busch Gardens Tampa, Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tampa, Le Méridien Tampa, and Pyramid Global Hospitality all showed active hiring signals.
• Restaurants, bars, and quick service (high): Restaurants and food & beverage together account for about 30% of sampled postings, Wingstop Tampa Bay was hiring for all restaurant positions, Keel Farms surfaced a line-cook need, and both Mary Margaret's and V Modern Italian point to near-term restaurant staffing demand.
• Institutional and healthcare foodservice (moderate): About 10% of sampled postings come from healthcare, which makes this a useful lane for steadier foodservice work if you are less focused on tips or nightlife.

Where to focus: Focus first on hotel, resort, attraction, and branded multi-site employers if you can handle on-site shift work; widen to healthcare or institutional foodservice if you want steadier scheduling and less dependence on seasonal traffic.

Roles worth searching next

• Retail store lead or assistant manager: Cash handling, inventory, team coverage, and customer-service skills transfer cleanly from cafés, quick service, and front-of-house work.
• Medical receptionist or patient services representative: Front desk, scheduling, check-in, and guest-calming skills from hotels and concierge work translate well.
• Customer support representative: Guest-service problem solving and complaint handling carry over, especially for candidates with polished communication.
• Event operations coordinator: Banquet, catering, and venue staff often already manage timing, vendor coordination, setup, and service execution.

What postings ask for

• Food preparation (table_stakes | immediate): Food preparation shows up in about 15% of local postings, and BLS lists it among the core skills for culinary progression. Who: Line cooks, prep cooks, banquet staff, career switchers entering kitchens.
• Food safety and safety regulations (table_stakes | immediate): Food safety appears in about 15% of local postings, and safety regulations are a core national requirement for cooks and chefs. Who: Anyone targeting kitchen, café, concession, or institutional foodservice work.
• Inventory management (differentiator | immediate): Inventory management is requested in about 20% of local postings, making it one of the clearest signals that you can move beyond pure entry-level execution. Who: Shift leads, baristas moving up, assistant managers, cooks seeking supervisory paths.
• Cash handling and POS discipline (table_stakes | immediate): Cash handling appears in about 20% of local postings, especially for barista, counter-service, and front-of-house roles. Who: Entry-level applicants, baristas, hosts, quick-service, concession, and café candidates.
• Customer service and guest recovery (differentiator | immediate): Customer service shows up in about 15% of local postings, and current front-desk hiring signals show that guest-facing roles still need cross-functional service strength. Who: Front desk, concierge-track, host, server, and career switchers from retail or admin.
• Food handler certification (table_stakes | immediate): It is the most commonly named certification in local postings, even though it appears in only about 5% of ads explicitly. Who: Anyone applying into kitchens, concessions, cafés, or institutional foodservice.

Questions about this market

What do Hospitality, Food Service & Travel roles pay in Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL?

The clearest observed local wage anchor is BLS occupational pay: food preparation and serving roles in Tampa averaged about $17.86 to $18.23 an hour in May 2025, or roughly $37,140 annually. More current proxy data from the Callings.ai job database shows hourly postings centering on about $15 to $17 / hour and salaried postings on about $60k to $70k, while one September 2026 lead line cook ad from Pyramid Global Hospitality listed about $20 per hour. That usually means Tampa is workable for entry into hospitality, but not a high-pay market unless you move into supervision or specialized culinary roles. National leisure-and-hospitality average hourly earnings were about $23.74 in August 2026, and Revelio Public Labor Statistics puts mean offered salary on new hospitality openings in Florida at about $39,194 (n=3,064) versus about $72,228 across all Florida openings (n=116,345), which shows how much lower-paid this category is than the average posted job.

Where is demand for Hospitality, Food Service & Travel roles in Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL concentrated?

Most opportunity is not in a single lane. In the local posting sample, about 50% of openings came from hospitality employers, about 15% from restaurants, about 15% from food & beverage, and about 10% from healthcare, which suggests this market includes hotels, attractions, coffee and quick-service brands, and institutional foodservice rather than just independent restaurants. The employer base is fragmented across more than 200 companies, reducing dependence on any one chain. Named local activity reinforces that mix: Busch Gardens Tampa, Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tampa, Wingstop Tampa Bay, Keel Farms, Le Méridien Tampa, and Pyramid Global Hospitality all surfaced with hiring signals in August or early September 2026. For a job seeker, that means the best search strategy is segment-specific—hotel guest services and hotel food and beverage if you have polished customer service, high-volume kitchens if you can show prep, safety, and speed, and institutional or healthcare foodservice if you want steadier operations.

Which employers are hiring the most Hospitality, Food Service & Travel talent in Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL?

Recent postings show the most activity from Starbucks Corp. (more than 50 postings), Marriott International (more than 20 postings). See the full market report for the complete employer landscape.

How current are these listings?

Openings come from the Callings.ai live index of over 13 million jobs, refreshed hourly. This page searches postings from the last 30 days; run the search yourself to filter by anything else in plain language.

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