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🍽️ What servers make in Chinatown, Manhattan
Typical pay
$17/hr
$17–$34.88 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
Server pay by neighborhood
Harlem · Manhattan$30/hrMott Haven · Bronx$30/hrGramercy · Manhattan$26.75/hrLong Island City · Queens$22/hrMurray Hill · Manhattan$18/hrSoHo · Manhattan$17.01/hrLower East Side · Manhattan$17.01/hrEast Village · Manhattan$17.01/hrFinancial District · Manhattan$17/hrTribeca · Manhattan$17/hrChinatown · Manhattan$17/hrWest Village · Manhattan$17/hrFlatiron · Manhattan$17/hrChelsea · Manhattan$17/hrMidtown · Manhattan$17/hrMidtown East · Manhattan$17/hrHell’s Kitchen · Manhattan$17/hrUpper West Side · Manhattan$17/hrUpper East Side · Manhattan$17/hrBrooklyn Heights · Brooklyn$17/hrFlushing · Queens$15.92/hrFordham · Bronx$15.92/hrForest Hills · Queens$15/hr
From the pay posted on live Chinatown, 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).