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NYC restaurant pay

🧊 What barbacks make in East Village, Manhattan

Typical pay
$14.18/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.
NYC overall: $17/hr
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Barback pay by neighborhood

From the pay posted on live East Village, Manhattan 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).

Barback pay in East Village, NYC: $14.18/hr typical (2026) · Restowork