Restaurants jobs: who is hiring and what it pays
Restaurant companies and the operations, culinary, franchise and corporate teams that run them. 953 open jobs at 162 employers, with a median stated pay of $83k. 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.
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953
open restaurant jobs
162
employers hiring
$83k
median stated pay (105 jobs)
November 2026
first month tracked
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Employers with the most open restaurant jobs
Chipotle Mexican Grill, Shake Shack and Starbucks lead the restaurant employers on our board. The ten with the most openings post 56% of the 953 open restaurant jobs.
| # | Employer | Open jobs |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chipotle Mexican GrillCA | 117 open |
| 2 | Shake ShackNY | 80 open |
| 3 | StarbucksWA | 54 open |
| 4 | Restaurant Brands InternationalFL | 53 open |
| 5 | Chick-fil-AGA | 49 open |
| 6 | McdonaldsIL | 47 open |
| 7 | Cheesecake FactoryCA | 35 open |
| 8 | The Habit Burger GrillTX | 35 open |
| 9 | Yum! BrandsTX | 35 open |
| 10 | Texas RoadhouseKY | 30 open |
Highest-paying restaurant roles
Among restaurant jobs that state yearly pay, General and Operations Managers and First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers pay the most at the median, against $83k for the segment as a whole.
| # | Role | Median pay |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | General and Operations Managers215 open · With pay 15 | $115k |
| 2 | First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers12 open · With pay 11 | $73k |
Skills employers ask for
forecasting, excel and project management 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 TX have the most open restaurant jobs.
New restaurant jobs this week
25 restaurant jobs were posted in the last seven days.
- General Manager
Taco Bell · Frankfort, KY
Nov 2
- Corporate Paralegal
Round Table Pizza · Arlington, VA
Nov 2
- Vice President 1, NorAm Operations - Government
Sodexo · Philadelphia, PA
Nov 2
- Production Planner III
Westrock Coffee Company · Conway, AR
Nov 1
- Transportation Manager - Yosemite National Park
Aramark · Yosemite National Park, CA
$70k–$75k · Nov 1
- Vice President, Sales - InReach
Sodexo · New York, NY
$156k–$243k · Nov 1
- Vice President, Sales - InReach
Sodexo · Worcester, MA
$156k–$243k · Nov 1
- Vice President, Sales - InReach
Sodexo · Philadelphia, PA
$156k–$243k · Nov 1
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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.
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