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🍽️ What servers make in Hell’s Kitchen, Manhattan
Typical pay
$17/hr
$11–$27 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
SoHo · Manhattan$32.50/hrLong Island City · Queens$27.13/hrGramercy · Manhattan$27/hrMott Haven · Bronx$20.13/hrMurray Hill · Manhattan$18/hrFlushing · Queens$18/hrEast Village · Manhattan$17.01/hrWest Village · Manhattan$17/hrFlatiron · Manhattan$17/hrChelsea · Manhattan$17/hrMidtown · Manhattan$17/hrHell’s Kitchen · Manhattan$17/hrUpper East Side · Manhattan$17/hrBrooklyn Heights · Brooklyn$17/hrForest Hills · Queens$15/hrFordham · Bronx$11.50/hr
From the pay posted on live Hell’s Kitchen, 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).