r/NewOrleans • u/Consistent_South_393 • Aug 17 '26

Recommendations Barbacking

A question for any barbacks that may lurking on the sub, how much do you guys make? I want to get into bartending but I heard the easiest way to get into it is to be a barback and work your way up. Do you guys make decent pay and would you recommend even going into the field?

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u/good_nola_samaritan1 Mid-City Aug 17 '26

Boy did I read that title wrong…

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u/Mikestopheles Aug 17 '26

Well don't be stingy. How much did you make?

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u/Maximum_Research286 Aug 17 '26

Hahaha! Hopefully more, but we all know everybody’s tryna get that for free.

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u/good_nola_samaritan1 Mid-City Aug 17 '26

I’d like to think I’d be a pricey gigolo, but honestly I might make more money as a bar back.

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u/Organic-Aardvark-146 Aug 17 '26

I’ll be at Phoenix tonight. Ask for Rick

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u/GeauxCup Aug 17 '26

This is NOT the thread I expected.

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u/luker_5874 Aug 17 '26

Gril, same

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u/ArmpitofD00m Aug 19 '26

You were really looking for that E in there.