Business
What you can do with Hospitality Management
Run hotels, restaurants, and events. Service, operations, and experience design in one degree.
- Careers
- 6
- Early career
- $45,000
- Mid-career
- $75,000
- Growing fast
- 5 of 6
How these numbers work: A major does not have its own salary. Early and mid-career pay is what people who hold this degree earn at the start of their careers and midway through them. Career pay comes from the 6 careers a Hospitality Management degree commonly leads to, and counts everyone in those jobs, including people who have been doing them for thirty years. The two answer different questions, which is why they do not match.
The New York Fed does not report Hospitality Management on its own. Its early and mid-career figures here are for Leisure and Hospitality, the broader group it places this major in.
5 of 6 careers this degree leads to are projected to grow faster than average from 2024 to 2034. Of those, Food Service Manager has the most openings, about 42,000 a year.
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6 careers this degree leads to
Entertainment / Recreation Manager
$79,520Run venues, parks, teams and recreation programs, from staffing to events to the books.
- Middle half of workers
- $61,060 to $104,770
- Growth
- Much faster than average
- Openings a year
- 5,500
- Operations
- Event Planning
- Budgeting
- Customer Service
Food Service Manager
$69,390Run restaurants and food operations end to end: staffing, service, inventory, and the guest experience.
- Middle half of workers
- $56,870 to $86,800
- Growth
- Faster than average
- Openings a year
- 42,000
Work-life66Remote0- Operations Management
- Staff Scheduling
- Food Safety
- Customer Service
Hotel Manager (Lodging)
$69,250Lead a hotel or resort: guest experience, occupancy, staff, and the operations that keep it all running.
- Middle half of workers
- $49,530 to $94,030
- Growth
- About average
- Openings a year
- 5,400
Work-life59Remote1- Hotel Operations
- Revenue Management
- Guest Relations
- Staff Leadership
Chef / Head Cook
$62,470Run a kitchen: the menu, the cooking, the team, the ordering and the standards.
- Middle half of workers
- $48,440 to $78,750
- Growth
- Much faster than average
- Openings a year
- 24,400
- Cooking
- Menu Planning
- Leadership
- Time Management
Event Planner
$61,160Design and deliver meetings, conferences, and events, coordinating venues, vendors, and clients under real deadlines.
- Middle half of workers
- $46,970 to $78,790
- Growth
- Faster than average
- Openings a year
- 15,500
Work-life58Remote17- Event Coordination
- Vendor Management
- Budgeting
- Negotiation
Tour Guide
$38,120Lead groups through historic sites, museums, cities and natural areas, and bring the story of a place to life.
- Growth
- Much faster than average
- Openings a year
- 13,000
- Public Speaking
- Storytelling
- Customer Service
- Local Knowledge
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Where these pay figures come from
Early and mid-career pay is the median annual wage of full-time workers who hold a bachelor's degree in that major, ages 22 to 27 and ages 35 to 45, from 2024 data. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (IPUMS). Published as Outcomes by Major by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
Career pay is the annual wage of everyone working in that occupation, not only recent graduates, so it includes people who have done the job for decades. The middle half is the 25th to the 75th percentile. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and O*NET OnLine (median and percentile annual wages May 2025; employment projections 2024-2034).
All figures are national. What you earn depends on where you work, who you work for, and how far you take the degree.