🍸 What bartenders make in New York City

Typical pay

$17.88/hr

$11.35–$28 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.

Bartender pay by neighborhood

Forest Hills · Queens$20/hr Hell’s Kitchen · Manhattan$18/hr Chelsea · Manhattan$17/hr Midtown · Manhattan$17/hr Flatiron · Manhattan$16.50/hr SoHo · Manhattan$13/hr West Village · Manhattan$11.35/hr Murray Hill · Manhattan$11.35/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).