🧊 What barbacks make in New York City

Typical pay

$18.32/hr

$11.35–$26.91 an hour · plus tips 💸

💸 $11.35/hr is NYC’s legal tipped minimum — and tipped jobs can often bring in hundreds of dollars in tips on top.

Barback pay by neighborhood

Midtown · Manhattan$23/hr Hell’s Kitchen · Manhattan$23/hr Flatiron · Manhattan$17/hr Chelsea · Manhattan$17/hr St. George · Staten Island$17/hr

From the pay posted on live New York City restaurant listings, updated daily. Typical = the middle; the range runs from the lower tenth to the top tenth. Yearly salaries shown per hour (÷ 2,080).