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Bartender Career Market Report 2026

920 active jobs. 129 companies. Median salary $40K. Data from Greenhouse, Lever, Workday, Ashby, SmartRecruiters, Workable, and 14 additional ATS sources. Last computed: 2026-06-01.

920
Active Job Openings
129
Companies Hiring
$40K
Median Salary (US)
75%
With Salary Data

About This Report

The Bartender market data on this page is updated daily from 800,000+ active job postings across 20 ATS platforms.

Greenhouse Lever Workday Ashby SmartRecruiters Workable + 14 more ATS sources

Salary: Extracted via NLP. Only USD $5K-$3M included. Skills: Named entity recognition, noise-filtered (generic soft skills excluded). Experience: Inferred from title + description. Coverage: 75% of positions include salary data.

Key Findings

Median salary: $40K in the US

Middle 50% of salaries range from $29K to $83K.

Bartending is the most-demanded skill at 100%

Customer Service demand rose +18.1pp — fastest-growing skill

Asmglobal leads hiring with 125 open positions

AI automation risk: medium-high (score 70/100)

Score: 70/100 · AI/LLM demand: 0% of postings

Week-over-week changes reflect dataset expansion, not market surge

Recent growth in tracked postings is from adding new data sources, not a one-week hiring boom. Interpret trend data with this in mind.

Salary by Experience Level

LevelJobsP25MedianP90
Junior25$17K$28K$35K

Salary by Country

CountryJobsMedianCurrency
United States54$46KUSD
Canada4$44KUSD

Work Mode

ModeShare
On-Site0.9%
Remote0.0%
Hybrid0.0%

~80% of postings do not specify work mode. Figures show only positions where it is explicitly stated.

Top Skills in Demand

Bartending
100%
Customer Service
34%
Cash Handling
20%
Scheduling
16%
Culinary
12%
Point of Sale
8%
Food Safety
7%
Inventory Management
4%
Hotel Management
4%
CPR / First Aid
3%
AI/LLM
2%
HTML/CSS
1%

Skills on the Rise

Customer Service ↑+18.1ppScheduling ↑+13.7ppFood Safety ↑+3.4ppCPR / First Aid ↑+3.2pp

Declining in Demand

Sustainability ↓-23.9ppIntellectual Property ↓-10.4ppJournalism ↓-7.6ppLabor Law ↓-7.0ppMental Health ↓-6.9pp

Top Companies Hiring

CompanyOpeningsShare
Asmglobal12513.6%
Accorhotel10010.9%
Pfchangs9510.3%
Benchmark596.4%
Livenation363.9%
Sohohouseco323.5%
Hillstonerestaurantgroup262.8%
starsandstrikes222.4%

Top Countries by Job Volume

CountryJobs
United States422
United Kingdom50
Canada44
Greece32
Spain12
Australia7
Thailand6
Saudi Arabia5

Education Requirements

LevelSharePositions
Associate Degree82.9%573
Master's Degree1.9%13
High School / GED1.9%13
Bachelor's Degree0.3%2

Certifications

All certifications below 1% threshold. Certifications carry minimal weight in this profession's hiring decisions.

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