Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop job market in Florida

Name: Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop in Florida: occupation-weighted industry context
Creator: JobMarketHealth

Industry trends, wages and hiring signals.

The headline

Florida industry employment tracked close to the U.S. benchmark

A data-driven view of the industries that employ Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop in Florida.

Verified QCEW 2026 Q1January to March 2026 · State coverage 100% · BLS QCEWCitation Evidence record

Occupation pay

What Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop earn in Florida

BLS OEWS occupation-level pay estimates for this role — separate from the industry wage trends used elsewhere in this report.

BLS OEWS source

Median annual wage

$29,810Florida

Middle 50% of published wages: $28,540 – $35,680
U.S. median annual wage: $31,200
Reference period: May 2025

The middle 50% is the 25th-to-75th percentile wage range, not an experience-level band. Suppressed or unavailable BLS values remain unpublished rather than being estimated.

Pay around Florida

How median pay varies by metro area

Published BLS OEWS metro estimates for Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop, compared with the Florida median of $29,810.

Florida median$29,810

Naples-Marco Island, FL$33,960+13.9% vs. state

Middle 50%$30,440 – $36,250Published employment1,030

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL$32,280+8.3% vs. state

Middle 50%$28,820 – $36,920Published employment10,440

North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL$30,010+0.7% vs. state

Middle 50%$29,150 – $35,440Published employment1,590

Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL$29,940+0.4% vs. state

Middle 50%$29,110 – $34,830Published employment1,330

Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL$29,890+0.3% vs. state

Middle 50%$29,190 – $36,200Published employment700

Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL$29,880+0.2% vs. state

Middle 50%$29,170 – $35,420Published employment5,810

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Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL$29,640−0.6% vs. state

Middle 50%$28,240 – $35,300Published employment5,620

Jacksonville, FL$29,440−1.2% vs. state

Middle 50%$28,300 – $34,500Published employment2,690

Port St. Lucie, FL$29,390−1.4% vs. state

Middle 50%$28,570 – $34,880Published employment720

Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL$29,320−1.6% vs. state

Middle 50%$28,530 – $35,240Published employment890

Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL$29,180−2.1% vs. state

Middle 50%$28,500 – $33,990Published employment270

Punta Gorda, FL$29,170−2.1% vs. state

Middle 50%$28,560 – $34,700Published employment300

Gainesville, FL$28,970−2.8% vs. state

Middle 50%$27,960 – $33,930Published employment500

Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL$28,780−3.5% vs. state

Middle 50%$28,050 – $34,660Published employment760

Wildwood-The Villages, FL$28,690−3.8% vs. state

Middle 50%$27,990 – $33,570Published employment190

Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL$28,680−3.8% vs. state

Middle 50%$27,650 – $34,140Published employment430

Ocala, FL$28,650−3.9% vs. state

Middle 50%$27,600 – $30,790Published employment430

Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL$28,540−4.3% vs. state

Middle 50%$27,630 – $33,760Published employment970

Areas are ordered by published median wage for readability, not as an overall job-market ranking. The vertical marker is the Florida median. Some BLS metropolitan areas cross state lines, so a metro estimate can cover workers in more than one state.

Verified snapshot

Market at a Glance

Key changes in Florida’s weighted industry mix.

+0.9%Industry employmentFlorida industry employmentU.S. +0.7%vs. +0.7% U.S.

+4.2%Establishments in weighted industriesFlorida establishments in weighted industriesU.S. +2.1%vs. +2.1% U.S.

+3.7%Avg. weekly industry wageFlorida avg. weekly industry wageU.S. +2.7% · not occupation payvs. +2.7% U.S. · not occupation pay

+0.2 ppGap vs. U.S. industry employmentState minus U.S. industry employment change

Percentage-point gaps use the original published values and are rounded once; subtracting the rounded percentages can give a slightly different result.

Published coverage: 70,425 represented establishments, 96.99% of the published industry mix.

Local research

What the data shows for hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop in Florida

Findings describe the published observation periods shown below. Research published Oct 11, 2026.

The highest-paying metro has a smaller employment market

Among 22 comparable metro estimates associated with Florida in OEWS May 2025, the pay leader and employment-size leader differ. Naples-Marco Island, FL has the highest median annual pay at $33,960, with estimated employment of 1,030. Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL has the largest employment estimate at 10,440, with median pay of $32,280. The pay leader's median is 5.2% higher; estimated employment describes existing jobs, not available vacancies.

OEWS May 2025 · BLS OEWS

Some metro estimates cross state lines. Higher nominal pay does not establish better living standards or better chances of finding a job.

This occupation is more concentrated in the state

Florida's share of employment in hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop differs from the national share in OEWS May 2025. The published location quotient of 1.34 expresses the state share as 1.34 times the national share. The state estimate is 37,100 jobs, 8.6% of the national employment estimate for this occupation. It represents 3.74 jobs per thousand jobs in the state's OEWS employment universe. The ratio describes employment concentration, not current hiring or future growth.

OEWS May 2025 · BLS OEWS

OEWS employment estimates describe covered wage-and-salary jobs and exclude self-employed workers; location quotients do not measure vacancies or worker demand.

Leisure and hospitality has the largest positive weighted contribution

The leading industry groups examined cover 99.5% of this occupation's national industry mix. Within that comparison for Florida in January to March 2026, Leisure and hospitality accounts for 97.8% of the positive weighted contributions, with its own employment changing +0.9% year over year. These contributions weight industry growth by the national industry mix and do not count occupation jobs created.

January to March 2026 · BLS QCEW

Industry measures describe the industries associated with this occupation. They are not direct occupation employment, current openings or a state-level Job Market Health score. Findings describe published data and do not establish causes. Methodology

Employment trends

Florida industry employment over time

Year-over-year change in the weighted industries. The U.S. line is the latest-quarter benchmark because a comparable national quarterly history is not published here.

Latest published values

Florida · 2026 Q1+0.9%
U.S. · latest-quarter benchmark+0.7%

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Quarterly Florida industry employment changes and coverage
Quarter	Florida	Coverage
2024 Q2	+2.5%	100%
2024 Q3	+1.4%	100%
2024 Q4	+0.5%	100%
2025 Q1	+0.8%	100%
2025 Q2	+1.1%	100%
2025 Q3	+0.9%	100%
2025 Q4	+2.6%	100%
2026 Q1	+0.9%	100%

How to read this chart

State trend and national reference

The solid line follows Florida’s published year-over-year industry employment changes by quarter. The dashed U.S. line is a latest-quarter reference, not a second time series.

Published quarters: 8
Earliest quarter: 2024 Q2
Latest quarter: 2026 Q1
U.S. benchmark: +0.7%

Quarters with no published value are omitted rather than interpolated.

Industry context

Where Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop Work

The occupation mix determines which Florida industries are weighted into this view.

Industries weighted into the Florida Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop context
Industry group	Occupation mix	Employment change	Establishments	Avg. weekly industry wage
Leisure and hospitality	96.8%	+0.9%	70,425	$779
Private education and health services	0.9%	+2.1%	113,483	$1,338
Manufacturing	0.6%	-0.4%	28,099	$1,925
State and local	0.6%	+0.1%	3,860	$1,292
Professional and business services	0.3%	-0.3%	230,018	$1,859
Trade, transportation, and utilities	0.3%	-0.1%	150,834	$1,343

Which industries are growing?

3 weighted industries are growing

Only weighted industries with a published positive Florida employment change are listed.

Private education and health services+2.1%
Leisure and hospitality+0.9%
State and local+0.1%

The remaining weighted industries published a flat or negative change in January to March 2026.

Current Florida context

Current Florida Market Signals

Statewide indicators for all occupations in Florida. They are not Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop demand and are not part of the Job Market Health score.

Statewide job postings

Indeed job postings · Florida

Recent hiring-demand context · separate from the health score

107.0Postings index · February 1, 2020 = 100Observation: Oct 23, 2026

+7.0%Versus the February 2020 baseline

+1.2%Change over about four weeksSep 25, 2026 to Oct 23, 2026

Total postings index (seasonally adjusted) by observation date · baseline 100

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View values: Indeed postings index

Indeed postings index
Observation date	Index (Feb 2020 = 100)
Jul 24, 2026	105.35
Jul 31, 2026	104.58
Aug 7, 2026	103.98
Aug 14, 2026	104.20
Aug 21, 2026	104.74
Aug 28, 2026	104.90
Sep 4, 2026	104.92
Sep 11, 2026	105.58
Sep 18, 2026	105.52
Sep 25, 2026	105.80
Oct 2, 2026	106.56
Oct 9, 2026	107.58
Oct 16, 2026	107.28
Oct 23, 2026	107.05

This is statewide demand across all occupations, not demand for this specific job. Postings are not a count of vacancies or hires, and Indeed does not cover the entire labor market.

Source: Indeed Hiring Lab · CC BY 4.0. Seven-day average, seasonally adjusted; publisher refreshes weekly and may revise history. Retrieved Nov 1, 2026 · saved source copy. JobMarketHealth calculates the displayed changes and samples weekly observations for the chart.

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Statewide layoff notices

Statewide layoff-notice filings

Florida statewide

22 notices in this source

Notice dates from Aug 5, 2026 to Nov 2, 2026 (UTC), a rolling 90-calendar-day period.

What this means: These are statewide totals from notices dated in this period in Florida’s official tracking system. Reported positions are the counts published in those notices, not a count of people confirmed to have lost their jobs. No employer is identified.

Notices describe planned workforce changes, not confirmed job losses. Notices may be amended or withdrawn. This statewide context is not occupation-specific and does not affect the Job Market Health score. Florida’s state tracking system also records smaller Rapid Response events that fall below federal WARN thresholds, so it is not a list of federal WARN filings only.

FloridaCommerce (Department of Commerce) About WARN data

Source last checked 2026-11-02 12:31 UTC

Career context

Related roles from the occupation’s published O*NET profile.

Questions answered by this release

Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop in Florida FAQs

Each answer is limited to what QCEW 2026 Q1 actually publishes for this state.

Is employment growing for Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop in Florida?

The available QCEW measure is not direct occupation employment. Employment across the Florida industries weighted to Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop changed +0.9% year over year in January to March 2026, compared with +0.7% nationwide.

Are wages for Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop rising in Florida?

QCEW does not publish pay for Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop in this view. Average weekly wages across the weighted industries changed +3.7% year over year; that must not be read as an occupation salary change.

How complete is this Florida industry view?

The three core state trends each meet the site’s coverage floor; the minimum published coverage is 100% of the occupation’s industry mix.

Does this page show current Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop openings?

No. QCEW measures industry employment, establishments and wages. Any postings, news or WARN figures shown here are statewide context and are not occupation-specific openings.

Methodology & sourcesQCEW 2026 Q1 · coverage 100% · full evidence record

Methodology & Sources

Derived by JobMarketHealth from BLS QCEW + published occupation industry mix. This is occupation-weighted industry context, not direct occupation employment and not a count of current job openings.

Occupation: Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop
SOC code: 35-9031
State: Florida
QCEW release label: QCEW 2026 Q1
Data period: 2026 Q1
State industry employment, year over year: +0.9%State data coverage 100%
U.S. benchmark, year over year: +0.7%
Difference from U.S. benchmark: +0.2 percentage pointsPercentage-point gaps use the original published values and are rounded once; subtracting the rounded percentages can give a slightly different result.
Establishments, year over year: +4.2%State data coverage 100%
Average weekly industry wage, year over year: +3.7%State data coverage 100%
Industry mix vintage: EP-2025-2035
BLS publication date: Aug 28, 2026
Source verification: Verified against the committed source snapshotVerified Sep 17, 2026
Canonical record URL: https://jobmarkethealth.com/occupations/hosts-and-hostesses-restaurant-lounge-and-coffee-shop/florida#evidence-record
Derived by: JobMarketHealth from BLS QCEW + published occupation industry mix

Methodology BLS QCEW How to cite QCEW state context release, 2026 Q1

Weighted industry conditions are not direct occupation employment, occupation wages, current openings or a state-level Job Market Health score. No causal explanation is inferred.