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🧊 What barbacks make in SoHo, Manhattan
Typical pay
$14/hr
$11.35–$18.50 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
Barback pay by neighborhood
From the pay posted on live SoHo, 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).