NYC Hotel Prices Surge as One Back-of-House Role Heads Past $100,000 a Year

The entrance of The Peninsula hotel on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan is shown with pedestrians, hotel staff, and light street activity outside the historic building. $61 an hour by 2034 is where union housekeeper pay is headed under a strike-averting deal that lifts wages 50% over eight years, putting full-time earnings at $100,000 to $110,000 by 2032. In a market where Manhattan rooms already average between $500 and $600 a night, rates are expected to climb another 50% to 60% […]