Employment

Hotels and other lodging places employ many different types of managers to direct and coordinate the activities of the front office, kitchen, dining room, and other departments such as housekeeping, accounting, personnel, purchasing, publicity, sales, security, and maintenance. Lodging managers, typically the general manager and assistant managers, make decisions that affect the general operations of the hotel, including setting room rates, establishing credit policy, and having ultimate responsibility for resolving problems. Lodging managers held about 50,400 jobs nationally in 2012. Employment is expected to remain steady from 2012 through 2022.

Food service managers held about 321,400 jobs nationally in 2012. The majority of managers are salaried, but about 40 percent were self-employed as owners of independent restaurants or other small food service establishments. Food service manager jobs are expected to remain steady from 2012 through 2022.

Source:

Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2014-2015 edition, Lodging Managers and Food Service Managers.