Facts
as of Nov 13, 2026
Compass Group USA is the US arm of British foodservice group Compass Group plc, headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, providing contract catering, vending, facilities and support services to businesses, schools, universities, hospitals, senior living communities and sports venues. Its operating companies include Bon Appetit, Canteen, Chartwells, Crothall, Eurest, Levy, Morrison, Unidine and Wolfgang Puck Catering, which together serve more than 14 million meals a day. It hires housekeepers, janitors, route drivers, service technicians, food service supervisors, concessions staff, general managers, operations directors and project managers across the US.
It is hiring: 1,638 open roles, 1,010 of them posted in the last 30 days. Its stated pay is 24% below the market estimate for the same roles.
- Headquarters
- Charlotte, United States
- Founded
- 1997
- Employees
- 5000+estimated range
- Open roles
- 1,638 in 672 citiesAlion job postings
- Website
- compass-usa.com
As of Nov 13, 2026, Alion lists 1,638 open roles at Compass Group USA. Compass Group USA is headquartered in Charlotte, United States. It was founded in 1997. The median pay stated in its open roles is $40k, across 1,409 postings that state pay.
Sources: company registers, GLEIF, Wikidata, the company's site, Alion job postingsReport a mistake
What the registers and the postings say about this employer.
Postings are real
Alion truth index: A
99/100
Ghost roles
re-checked against its careers site
0%
Sanctions lists
OFAC SDN, EU consolidated
No match
Phishing reports
OpenPhish, Phishing.Database
None
Layoff notices
US WARN notices on file
None
Domain and mail securitycompass-usa.com · Nov 13, 2026
Spoofed mail (DMARC)
Spoofed mail is rejected
Good
Who may send its mail (SPF)
Other senders fail (-all)
Good
HTTPS certificate
Valid certificate · Google Trust Services
Good
HTTPS enforced (HSTS)
Not enforced
Weak
Security contact (security.txt)
No security.txt
Weak
Encrypted mail delivery (MTA-STS)
No MTA-STS policy
Weak
Signed DNS (DNSSEC)
Not signed
Weak
Certificate issuers (CAA)
Any authority may issue certificates
Weak
Sources: company registers, the Alion truth index, OFAC and EU sanctions lists, US WARN notices The domain: its DNS records, its site's headers and certificate.
Hiring at full speed: most open roles are fresh.
Hospitality is the largest family, 57 of open roles.
1,010Posted in 30 days62% of open roles are fresh
3%Remote roles41 of 1,638
672Hiring offices
Can they hire you from United States?by your location
Likely
13,528 open roles are in your country: you apply locally, no move needed.
United States13,528On site
Puerto Rico21On site
United Kingdom19On site
Germany5On site
Brazil5On site
Australia1On site
Remote, from elsewhere41Possible
Some postings offer visa sponsorship. Remote roles: 41.
Time to fillmedian days to close a role
Compass Group USA4 days
Market, same roles28 days
Alion signals0-100
Demand85
Pay31
Your chance56
How badly they need people, whether they pay, how realistic getting in is.
Open roles over time−100%
Sep 28This week
Open roles a week: 136 then, 0 now
Are the postings real?
A
99 / 100Compass Group USA scores A on the Alion truth index (A is best, E worst), measured over 696 open roles re-checked against its own hiring board: 0% look like ghost listings, 0% have gone stale and 41% are the same role posted again. Its roles close in a median of 4 days.
Ghost roles0%
Gone stale0%
Reposted41%
Where the openings areshare of open roles · trend
Hospitality57▲
Field & Service19▼
Sales8▲
Industrial Engineering6▼
Management3▼
Administrative3▼
What postings ask forlanguages named in open roles
English282%
Spanish10%
French10%
Chinese10%
Degree asked
Bachelor's Degree 41%Associate's Degree 23%Doctoral Degree (PhD) 21%High School Diploma 14%Master's Degree 1%
Experience asked: 2.6 years on average, in 426 postings. 151 postings state a degree.
Benefits named in postingsshare of open roles
Wellness147090%
Life insurance146990%
Retirement plans142187%
Parental leave24515%
Flexible time off1066%
401k plan795%
Growth opportunities573%
Cafeteria503%
Vision insurance473%
Contract type
Full-Time 971Part-Time 196Internship 25Contract 14
Visa sponsorship in some rolesRelocation offered
Source: the company's careers site, read by Alion several times a day; market medians from all open roles of the same family
Pays 24% below the market estimate for the same roles.
$40kMedianmarket estimate $53k
$34k – $50kTypical rangeUSD a year
$250kHighest paying roleSenior Vice President of Restaurant Operations
Pay by levelmiddle half of stated pay, median marked · dashed: market median $53k
Intern9$46k$40k – $46k
Junior304$38k$32k – $46k
Middle74$70k$50k – $85k
Senior86$75k$46k – $95k
Lead42$42k$34k – $50k
Head+27$72k$65k – $115k
$0$38k$75k$113k$150k
Source: the pay stated in the company's postings, normalised to USD a year
Named in the work visa registers of United States.
57 ▲ 10%H-1B filings in 12 months
16Green card filings
$108kMedian offered salary
In the register as Compass Group USA, Inc., Charlotte, NC (+2 more)
Other sponsors in the same field
US Department of Labor · latest filing Jun 29, 2026
Footprint
Hiring in 672 cities in 4 countries.
672Cities
4Countries
New YorkBusiest site
Source: office addresses in postings and company registers
Ranked #4 by open roles among its 11 closest peers.
Source: Alion's similar-companies engine (industry segments, technologies, headquarters country, size)
Technologies named in job postings at Compass Group USA over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
85Technologies in use
420Postings analysed
75/100Stack modernityAI adopter
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Source: the technologies named in the company's postings and on its site
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