{
  "slug": "global-hospitality-workforce",
  "name": "Hospitality Workforce & Staffing",
  "updated": "2026-10-04",
  "page": "https://godofstartups.com/atlas/markets/global-hospitality-workforce",
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "facts": [
    {
      "metric": "Establishments that took action on understaffed departments, accommodation and food services, Japan",
      "value": "60",
      "unit": "percent of establishments",
      "geo": "JP",
      "period": "2026-Q2",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://www.mhlw.go.jp/toukei/itiran/roudou/koyou/keizai/2608/dl/4kekkagaiyo.pdf"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Employment judgement diffusion index for regular employees, accommodation and food services, Japan (decrease exceeds inc",
      "value": "8",
      "unit": "points",
      "geo": "JP",
      "period": "2026-Q2",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://www.mhlw.go.jp/toukei/itiran/roudou/koyou/keizai/2608/dl/4kekkagaiyo.pdf"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Establishments reporting understaffed departments, accommodation and food services, Japan",
      "value": "74",
      "unit": "percent of establishments",
      "geo": "JP",
      "period": "2026-Q2",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://www.mhlw.go.jp/toukei/itiran/roudou/koyou/keizai/2608/dl/4kekkagaiyo.pdf"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Job openings rate, retail trade, US",
      "value": "4.7",
      "unit": "percent",
      "geo": "US",
      "period": "2026-08",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://www.bls.gov/news.release/jolts.t01.htm"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Average weekly earnings, all employees, leisure and hospitality, US",
      "value": "603.00",
      "unit": "USD/week",
      "geo": "US",
      "period": "2026-08",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.t19.htm"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Regular-employee shortage diffusion index, accommodation and food services, Japan",
      "value": "32",
      "unit": "points",
      "geo": "JP",
      "period": "2026-08",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://www.mhlw.go.jp/toukei/itiran/roudou/koyou/keizai/2608/dl/4kekkagaiyo.pdf"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Job openings rate, leisure and hospitality (NAICS 70), US",
      "value": "5.9",
      "unit": "percent",
      "geo": "US",
      "period": "2025-08",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://www.bls.gov/news.release/jolts.t01.htm"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Hires rate, accommodation and food services (NAICS 72), US",
      "value": "5.5",
      "unit": "percent",
      "geo": "US",
      "period": "2025-08",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://www.bls.gov/news.release/jolts.t02.htm"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Hourly-paid workers earning at or below the federal minimum wage, Leisure and hospitality",
      "value": "5.7",
      "unit": "percent of hourly-paid workers",
      "geo": "US",
      "period": "2025",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://www.bls.gov/cps/cpsaat45.pdf"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Hospitality enterprises judging AI not useful for their business (NACE I), EU27",
      "value": "22.92",
      "unit": "percent of enterprises",
      "geo": "EU",
      "period": "2025",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/api/dissemination/statistics/1.0/data/isoc_eb_ain2?format=JSON&lang=EN&geo=EU27_2020&time=2025&unit=PC_ENT_AI_TANY&unit=PC_ENT_AI_EC&nace_r2=I&nace_r2=C10-S951_X_K&nace_r2=J&nace_r2=G"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Enterprises using AI for marketing or sales, accommodation and food service (NACE I), EU27",
      "value": "5.76",
      "unit": "percent of enterprises",
      "geo": "EU",
      "period": "2025",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/api/dissemination/statistics/1.0/data/isoc_eb_ain2?format=JSON&lang=EN&geo=EU27_2020&time=2025&nace_r2=I&nace_r2=C10-S951_X_K&nace_r2=J&unit=PC_ENT"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Enterprises using at least one AI technology, accommodation and food service (NACE I), EU27",
      "value": "11.98",
      "unit": "percent of enterprises",
      "geo": "EU",
      "period": "2025",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/api/dissemination/statistics/1.0/data/isoc_eb_ain2?format=JSON&lang=EN&geo=EU27_2020&time=2025&nace_r2=I&nace_r2=C10-S951_X_K&nace_r2=J&unit=PC_ENT"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Accession rate, all 16 major industries combined, Japan",
      "value": "14.7",
      "unit": "percent of employees",
      "geo": "JP",
      "period": "2025",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://www.mhlw.go.jp/toukei/itiran/roudou/koyou/doukou/26-2/dl/gaikyou.pdf"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Accession rate, accommodation and food services, all employment forms, Japan",
      "value": "27.8",
      "unit": "percent of employees",
      "geo": "JP",
      "period": "2025",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://www.mhlw.go.jp/toukei/itiran/roudou/koyou/doukou/26-2/dl/gaikyou.pdf"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Incompatibility with existing equipment and software as AI blocker, hospitality (NACE I), EU27",
      "value": "43.84",
      "unit": "percent of enterprises",
      "geo": "EU",
      "period": "2025",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/api/dissemination/statistics/1.0/data/isoc_eb_ain2?format=JSON&lang=EN&geo=EU27_2020&time=2025&unit=PC_ENT_AI_TANY&unit=PC_ENT_AI_EC&nace_r2=I&nace_r2=C10-S951_X_K&nace_r2=J&nace_r2=G"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Separation rate, accommodation and food services, Japan",
      "value": "23.7",
      "unit": "percent of regular employees",
      "geo": "JP",
      "period": "2025",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://www.mhlw.go.jp/toukei/itiran/roudou/koyou/doukou/26-2/dl/gaikyou.pdf"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Enterprises using no AI technology, accommodation and food service (NACE I), EU27",
      "value": "86.15",
      "unit": "percent of enterprises",
      "geo": "EU",
      "period": "2025",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/api/dissemination/statistics/1.0/data/isoc_eb_ain2?format=JSON&lang=EN&geo=EU27_2020&time=2025&nace_r2=I&nace_r2=C10-S951_X_K&nace_r2=J&unit=PC_ENT"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Average actual weekly hours worked, total, accommodation and food service (NACE I), EU27",
      "value": "34.6",
      "unit": "hours/week",
      "geo": "EU",
      "period": "2025",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/api/dissemination/statistics/1.0/data/lfsa_ewhan2?format=JSON&lang=EN&time=2025&nace_r2=I&wstatus=EMP&worktime=TOTAL&worktime=PT&worktime=FT&age=Y_GE15&sex=T&geo=EU27_2020&geo=DE&geo=FR&geo=IT&geo=ES&geo=PL&geo=NL&geo=CZ&geo=EL&geo=PT&geo=AT&geo=RO&geo=SE&geo=HU"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Employed persons aged 15-24 in accommodation and food service (NACE I), Netherlands",
      "value": "276.5",
      "unit": "thousand persons",
      "geo": "NL",
      "period": "2025",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/api/dissemination/statistics/1.0/data/lfsa_egan2?geo=NL&unit=THS_PER&sex=T&nace_r2=I&sinceTimePeriod=2021&untilTimePeriod=2025&lang=EN"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Labour costs per person employed, accommodation (I55), EU27",
      "value": "20.32",
      "unit": "EUR thousand per person employed",
      "geo": "EU",
      "period": "2024",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/api/dissemination/statistics/1.0/data/sbs_ovw_act?format=JSON&lang=EN&time=2024&nace_r2=I&nace_r2=I55&nace_r2=I56&indic_sbs=LABPRY_TEUR&indic_sbs=WAGE_LABPRY_PC&indic_sbs=LC_EMP_TEUR&indic_sbs=GOR_PC&indic_sbs=EMP_ENT_NR&geo=EU27_2020&geo=DE&geo=FR&geo=IT&geo=ES&geo=PL&geo=NL&geo=CZ&geo=HU&geo=RO&geo=PT&geo=EL&geo=AT&geo=SE&geo=BG"
    }
  ],
  "note": "status: ready = two or more independent sources or an official series; proxy = one source; context = macro background, not a validation figure."
}