Restaurants jobs: who is hiring and what it pays
Restaurant companies and the operations, culinary, franchise and corporate teams that run them. 931 open jobs at 173 employers, with a median stated pay of $105k. Every job on this page is in the United States, taken from the employer’s own career site or job system and checked to still be open.
931
open restaurant jobs
173
employers hiring
$105k
median stated pay (92 jobs)
November 2026
first month tracked
All restaurant lists
Employers with the most open restaurant jobs
Chipotle Mexican Grill, Starbucks and Mcdonalds lead the restaurant employers on our board. The ten with the most openings post 57% of the 931 open restaurant jobs.
| # | Employer | Open jobs |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chipotle Mexican GrillCA | 159 open |
| 2 | StarbucksWA · Median pay $81k | 79 open |
| 3 | McdonaldsIL | 55 open |
| 4 | Restaurant Brands InternationalFL | 53 open |
| 5 | Yum! BrandsTX | 37 open |
| 6 | Chick-fil-AGA | 36 open |
| 7 | Cheesecake FactoryCA | 33 open |
| 8 | Texas RoadhouseKY | 29 open |
| 9 | Dave & Buster's EntertainmentVA | 25 open |
| 10 | Compass GroupKY | 23 open |
Highest-paying restaurant roles
Among restaurant jobs that state yearly pay, General and Operations Managers pay the most at the median, against $105k for the segment as a whole.
| # | Role | Median pay |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | General and Operations Managers187 open · With pay 12 | $109k |
Skills employers ask for
forecasting, excel and supply chain are the skills most often named in restaurant job postings, read from each posting's own text.
Where the restaurant jobs are
CA, FL and KY have the most open restaurant jobs.
New restaurant jobs this week
25 restaurant jobs were posted in the last seven days.
- General Manager
Chipotle Mexican Grill · Englewood, CO
Nov 9
- Vice President, Meta Data Center
Sodexo · Austin, TX
$181k–$281k · Nov 8
- Assistant General Manager
Chipotle Mexican Grill · Baxter, MN
Nov 8
- Junior Software Developer SaaS / AWS
Huckle Burger · Plymouth, NC
Nov 7
- Senior Director, Operational Excellence
Sodexo · Aubrey, TX
$156k–$243k · Nov 7
- Director, Public Relations & Partnerships - Global Growth
Wingstop · Arlington, TX
Nov 7
- Director, Patient Transportation & Operations
Compass Group · New York, NY
Nov 7
- Senior HR Manager Hospitality Culture & Engagement
Levy Restaurants · Inglewood, CA
Nov 7
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How these lists are made
- Every job on this page is in the United States, taken from the employer’s own career site or job system and checked to still be open.
- A job is counted in restaurant when its employer is on our list of restaurant employers, or its title names restaurant work. A job can sit in more than one segment.
- Pay figures use only jobs that state a yearly salary range in dollars; the figure is the middle of the range, and the median is across jobs. A pay list is shown only when enough jobs state pay.
- The same employer under different spellings is counted once. A city where one employer posts half the openings is not ranked.
- Lists are rebuilt weekly from our job board and kept by month. Professional and management roles; hourly roles are not on our board.
Built November 9, 2026.
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