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Restaurant Manager Career Market Report 2026

791 active jobs. 65 companies. Median salary $60K. Data from Greenhouse, Lever, Workday, Ashby, SmartRecruiters, Workable, and 14 additional ATS sources. Last computed: 2026-06-01.

791
Active Job Openings
65
Companies Hiring
$60K
Median Salary (US)
79%
With Salary Data

About This Report

The Restaurant Manager 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: 79% of positions include salary data.

Key Findings

Median salary: $60K in the US

Middle 50% of salaries range from $54K to $100K.

Customer Service is the most-demanded skill at 27%

Customer Service demand rose +21.0pp — fastest-growing skill

Churchs leads hiring with 202 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
Manager148$54K$60K$100K

Salary by Country

CountryJobsMedianCurrency
United States91$60KUSD
Australia7$75KUSD

Work Mode

ModeShare
On-Site0.4%
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

Customer Service
27%
Food Safety
26%
Culinary
22%
Inventory Management
8%
Scheduling
6%
Hotel Management
3%
Cash Handling
2%
CPR / First Aid
1%
Point of Sale
1%

Skills on the Rise

Customer Service ↑+21.0ppScheduling ↑+3.2pp

Declining in Demand

Journalism ↓-30.8ppExcel ↓-12.1ppCulinary ↓-9.1ppFood Safety ↓-4.9pp

Top Companies Hiring

CompanyOpeningsShare
Churchs20225.5%
Guzmanygomez13116.6%
Shakeshack11314.3%
Hillstonerestaurantgroup344.3%
Accorhotel273.4%
Joey Restaurants243.0%
Local172.1%
butler172.1%

Top Countries by Job Volume

CountryJobs
United States303
Australia131
Canada43
Singapore15
United Kingdom14
Greece10
Saudi Arabia7
Italy5

Education Requirements

LevelSharePositions
Associate Degree90.8%565
Bachelor's Degree2.1%13
Master's Degree1.3%8
High School / GED0.2%1

Certifications

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

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