Hospitality Jobs in the US: Who's Hiring Right Now (Oct 2026)

You want a hospitality job in the US and you want to know who is actually hiring, not who claims to be. Here is the picture as of 14 October 2026, pulled from the JobRise live jobs feed, with counts of open listings rather than a market survey. Treat it as a snapshot of one feed on one day. It moves.

What the numbers show#

There are 269 open Hospitality jobs in United States on JobRise right now. Of those, 171 were posted in the last 30 days and 106 in the last 7 days. So roughly two thirds of the slice is fresh, and a big chunk of that landed in the past week.

Fresh listings matter more than the headline number. A job posted six weeks ago may already be filled even if it still shows as open. Sort your search by newest first and move fast on anything from the last 7 days.

Who is hiring#

A handful of names dominate the slice. Here is what the listings show.

• LV Petroleum has 112 open listings. Its roles include "Restaurant Team Member (Cashier & Kitchen) - Miss J's Cafe and Sbarro" and "Prep Cook". That is one company accounting for a large share of the whole slice, mostly food service inside convenience and fuel locations.
• Rebel Convenience Stores has 12 open listings. Same general lane: quick-service food and store operations.
• Experience Senior Living has 11 open listings, including "Line Cook-Part-Time". Senior living runs on dining services, and kitchens there hire steadily.
• National Star Services has 11 open listings, including "Front Desk Assistant". Think front-of-house and facilities support.
• Riot Hospitality Group has 10 open listings. Restaurant and nightlife group work, mostly Arizona-based on the surface of these listings.
• Millennium Hotels and Resorts has 10 open listings. Classic hotel operations.
• Lafrance Hospitality has 7 open listings, and Ovation has 7.
• Navion Senior Solutions has 6, and Ocean Casino Resort has 4.

Two other named employers appear in the example roles: Shegerian & Associates, with a "Relations Specialist" listing, and Desert Parkway Behavioral Healthcare Hospital, with both "Environmental Services (EVS) / Housekeeping - On Call" and "Environmental Services (EVS) / Housekeeping - Full Time". Jack Brown's Beer & Burger Joint shows a "Line Cook" role.

Read the employer mix carefully. LV Petroleum and Rebel Convenience Stores are retail and fuel operators, not hotels. Experience Senior Living, Navion Senior Solutions, and Desert Parkway are care settings that still need cooks, housekeepers, and front desk staff. Millennium Hotels and Resorts and Ocean Casino Resort are the traditional hospitality names. This slice is not one industry. It is any employer that runs a kitchen, a front desk, or a housekeeping crew.

Where the jobs are#

Las Vegas leads with 16 listings. Then Des Plaines with 9, Scottsdale with 7, Nashville with 5, and Washington with 5.

Las Vegas, Scottsdale, and Nashville fit the casino, resort, and nightlife pattern. Des Plaines points to the Chicago metro, where LV Petroleum and convenience food operations cluster. Washington mixes hotel, government-adjacent, and event work.

If you live near none of these, do not stop. The top five cities account for 42 of 269 listings. The rest sit in towns and suburbs across the map, which is where a lot of line cook, housekeeping, and cashier work actually lives.

What the job-type mix says#

Full-time roles are 225. Part-time roles are 44. That is about 5 to 1 in favor of full-time, which is unusual for food service and worth noticing.

Two readings, both plausible. Employers may be staffing up for a busy season and want reliable heads on shifts. Or turnover is high enough that they post full-time to attract people who would otherwise take gig work. Either way, if you need full-time hours, this slice is skewed your way.

One number stands out: 0 of 269 listings carry entry-level looking titles such as intern, graduate, junior, or trainee. Do not read that as "no one will hire you with no experience". Line cook, cashier, prep cook, and housekeeping roles are open to beginners all the time. Read it as "nobody is packaging a training program". You apply to the real job title and show you can do the work.

Also note: no listing in this slice shows a salary. That is common in hourly hospitality postings and it is annoying. Ask about pay range in your first reply or at the top of the interview. Do not accept a vague answer.

What this means next to the national picture#

For scale, the whole US feed on JobRise shows 13,720 open listings across all categories, with 8,471 posted in the last 30 days. The JobRise Hiring Report: the US tracks those numbers and updates as the feed moves.

Hospitality is 269 of 13,720. That is a thin slice, so treat any single company's count as noise-prone. LV Petroleum's 112 listings could drop to 40 next week if they fill a hiring push. Check again before you plan your week around it.

How to apply this week#

Apply direct whenever you can. Find the employer's own careers page and apply there, then note in your cover line that you also saw the listing on JobRise. Staffing firms and recruiters in the data, such as National Star Services, are worth applying through, but a direct application to the operating company usually gets read faster.

Mirror the listing's keywords. If the posting says "Restaurant Team Member (Cashier & Kitchen)", use those exact words in your resume title line and first bullet. If it says "Environmental Services (EVS) / Housekeeping", write "Environmental Services (EVS) / Housekeeping" somewhere in your resume, not just "cleaner". Many employers filter resumes on those strings before a human sees them.

Before you send anything, run your resume through a free ATS resume checker to catch formatting that gets dropped in parsing. A resume that reads fine to you can arrive as blank boxes to their system.

A worked example

Say you are applying to the "Prep Cook" role at LV Petroleum. A weak bullet reads: "Helped out in the kitchen."

Rewrite it to mirror the listing and name the work:

"Prep Cook: prepped vegetables, proteins, and sauces to daily par levels for a high-volume convenience food counter, kept walk-in at temp, and rotated stock using FIFO labels."

Same job. Now it contains the job title, the tasks, and a detail that shows you know the standards.

A script for asking about pay

"Thanks for the call. Before we go further, could you share the pay range and whether this is hourly or salaried? I want to make sure we are aligned."

Short, polite, and it gets the number on the table.

Your 7-step plan#

• Pick 5 employers from the list above that hire in your area or near a city you can reach. LV Petroleum, Experience Senior Living, National Star Services, Millennium Hotels and Resorts, and Riot Hospitality Group are the obvious starting points.
• Pull their newest listings first. Anything posted in the last 7 days gets priority, since 106 of the 269 landed in that window.
• Rewrite your resume for each role. Copy the exact job title into your summary line and reuse the listing's task words in your bullets.
• Run each version through the free ATS resume checker before you send. Fix anything that parses as empty or garbled.
• Apply direct on the employer site when one exists, then apply through the listing. Two touches, one candidate record, and it shows you are serious.
• Track everything in a simple sheet: company, role, date applied, contact name, pay range asked, next step. Hospitality hiring moves fast and you will lose track otherwise.
• Follow up 3 to 5 business days later with a two-line email. "Checking in on the Prep Cook application I sent Monday. I am available for a shift trial this week if that helps."

Do the seven steps in one sitting and you will have 10 to 15 live applications out. That is the right volume for this slice.

FAQ#

Which company has the most hospitality openings right now?

LV Petroleum shows 112 open listings in the 14 October 2026 snapshot, well ahead of Rebel Convenience Stores at 12. That is a single feed on a single day, and a big employer's count can change fast, so recheck before you plan around it.

Are these jobs mostly full-time or part-time?

Full-time listings are 225 and part-time listings are 44. If you want guaranteed hours, the current mix leans your way, but always confirm the schedule in the interview since hospitality postings can shift after hiring.

Do any of these listings show pay?

No. None of the 269 listings in this slice shows a salary. Ask for the pay range early, in your first reply or on the first call, and do not move forward on a vague answer.

I have no experience. Should I still apply?

Yes. The 0 entry-level titled listings just means no one is packaging a formal training program. Line cook, prep cook, cashier, and housekeeping roles hire beginners regularly, so apply to the real title and show you can work the shift.

Where are most of these jobs located?

Las Vegas leads with 16 listings, followed by Des Plaines with 9, Scottsdale with 7, Nashville with 5, and Washington with 5. The top five cities hold 42 of the 269 listings, so plenty of the work sits in smaller towns and suburbs too.