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El Pollo Loco

elpolloloco.com
elpolloloco.com • HQ: Costa Mesa, United States • 1001-5000 employees • Founded 1975
HQ: Costa Mesa, United States • 1001-5000 employees • Founded 1975
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Overview

El Pollo Loco is a fast-casual restaurant chain headquartered in Costa Mesa, California, known for citrus-marinated, fire-grilled chicken and Mexican-inspired dishes. Founded in 1975 in Sinaloa, Mexico, and opened in the US in 1980, it operates and franchises nearly 500 restaurants across California, Arizona, Nevada, Texas and Utah. Its hiring covers restaurant general managers, shift leaders and cooks as well as head office roles in finance, payroll, sales analytics, graphic design, content production and franchise development.

Tech stack

Technologies named in job postings at El Pollo Loco over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
10
Postings analysed
11
Stack modernity
68/100
Languages
SQL9%
Frameworks & libraries
Ignite55%
PyTorch55%
Cloud & platforms
Looker9%
Power BI9%
Tableau9%
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Growth

Hiring Momentum
32/100
Slowing
Open positions
54
10 opened / 3 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
91 days
faster than 15% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~3 hours
Today
Hiring Dynamics 0%
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
Hospitality
41% ▼
Management
39% ▲
Field & Service
8% ▲
Finance
4%
Marketing
4% ▼
Administrative
2% ▼
Actively hiring for Management (+9 in 30 days)
Activity Timeline
+10 jobs in a week Oct 2026

Offices

Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
30
Hiring now
30
Countries
1
Busiest office
Costa Mesa
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Costa Mesa United States
HQ
7 open roles 8 posted in 90 days 14% engineering
hires for Finance, Marketing, Administrative
seen since Jul 2026 job postings
Inglewood United States
Support & operations
5 open roles 4 posted in 90 days
hires for Field & Service, Management, Hospitality
seen since Jul 2026 job postings
Los Angeles United States
Support & operations
4 open roles 3 posted in 90 days
hires for Management, Field & Service, Hospitality
seen since Jul 2026 job postings
Torrance United States
Support & operations
3 open roles 3 posted in 90 days
hires for Management, Hospitality
seen since Jul 2026 job postings
Hawthorne United States
Support & operations
2 open roles 2 posted in 90 days
hires for Field & Service, Hospitality
seen since Jul 2026 job postings
Las Vegas United States
Support & operations
2 open roles 2 posted in 90 days
hires for Field & Service, Hospitality
seen since Aug 2026 job postings
Santa Ana United States
Support & operations
2 open roles 2 posted in 90 days
hires for Management, Hospitality
seen since Aug 2026 job postings
Long Beach United States
Support & operations
2 open roles 1 posted in 90 days
hires for Management
seen since Jul 2026 job postings
Orange United States
Support & operations
2 open roles 2 posted in 90 days
hires for Management, Hospitality
seen since Jul 2026 job postings
Santa Monica United States
Support & operations
2 open roles 1 posted in 90 days
hires for Field & Service, Hospitality
seen since Jul 2026 job postings
Moreno Valley United States
Support & operations
2 open roles 2 posted in 90 days
hires for Management, Hospitality
seen since Aug 2026 job postings
South Gate United States
Support & operations
2 open roles 2 posted in 90 days
hires for Management, Hospitality
seen since Jul 2026 job postings
Washington United States
1 open roles
hires for Management
seen since Apr 2026 job postings
Henderson United States
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days
hires for Hospitality
seen since Jul 2026 job postings
Anaheim United States
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days
hires for Hospitality
seen since Jul 2026 job postings
Fullerton United States
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days
hires for Hospitality
seen since Jul 2026 job postings
Ontario United States
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days
hires for Hospitality
seen since Jul 2026 job postings
Monterey United States
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days
hires for Management
seen since Oct 2026 job postings
Pomona United States
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days
hires for Hospitality
seen since Jul 2026 job postings
McKinney United States
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days
hires for Management
seen since Sep 2026 job postings
Garden Grove United States
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days
hires for Hospitality
seen since Jul 2026 job postings
Alhambra United States
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days
hires for Management
seen since Aug 2026 job postings
Alameda United States
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days
hires for Management
seen since Sep 2026 job postings
Lake Elsinore United States
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days
hires for Management
seen since Sep 2026 job postings
Eastvale United States
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days
hires for Hospitality
seen since Aug 2026 job postings
La Verne United States
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days
hires for Hospitality
seen since Jul 2026 job postings
Walnut United States
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days
hires for Hospitality
seen since Jul 2026 job postings
Cudahy United States
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days
hires for Hospitality
seen since Jul 2026 job postings
Northridge United States
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days
hires for Management
seen since Aug 2026 job postings
San Dimas United States
1 open roles
hires for Management
seen since Oct 2025 job postings

Jobs

≈ $72k – $138k per year (Estimated) • Hybrid • 4+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • Costa Mesa
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