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How much should I tip a waitress at a restaurant?
How much should I tip a bartender?
How much should I tip at curbside pickup?
Should you add to the tip of your elderly parents?
Should you tip more as a parent dining with children?
What is the Average Tip?
Tips as the Employee Wage
Waitress / Waiter
Our surveys show the average tip for a waitress or waiter is 19.4% when dining at a restaurant.
The minimum wage for a waitress or waiter is $2.13. At a 40 hour work week the employee would receive a pre-tax check for $85.20.
The following states have retained the $2.13 hourly rate:
Alabama, Georgia, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Nebraska, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Wyoming… (see more)
Bartender
When only ordered a drink (no food), here are our survey findings:
Pint of Beer = $1 per beer
Cocktail = $2 per drink
The average tip for a bartender is 18% when dining at the bar in a restaurant.
The minimum wage for a bartender is $2.13. At a 40 hour work week the employee would receive a pre-tax check for $85.20.
The following states have retained the $2.13 hourly rate:
Alabama, Georgia, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Nebraska, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Wyoming… (see more)
Why doesn’t the service industry receive a minimum wage?
Economic analyst and former tipped worker David Cooper explains how tipped workers get paid. The minimum wage for most tipped workers is only $2.13 an hour. That means the customer is on the hook for paying the bulk of these workers’ wages. So why hasn’t the minimum wage risen in over 20 years?
