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NYC restaurant pay

🍸 What bartenders make in Lower East Side, Manhattan

Typical pay
$37.50/hr
$13–$37.50 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: $18/hr — this neighborhood pays more 🔥
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Bartender pay by neighborhood

From the pay posted on live Lower East Side, 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).

Bartender pay in Lower East Side, NYC: $37.50/hr typical (2026) · Restowork