Economics
Higher Wages, Signing Bonuses Help Fuel Restaurant Job Rebound
- Bar, restaurant payrolls rose the most of any industry in May
- Eateries compete for labor by paying more and loosening rules
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U.S. restaurant owners have been dangling unprecedented perks in an effort to attract back workers, and it’s starting to pay off.
After months of understaffing that’s hobbled the recovering food-service sector, bars and restaurants reported the largest payrolls increase of any industry last month, with a gain of 186,000 jobs, the Labor Department’s report showed Friday.