How much did waiter/waitress get paid from employees/restaurants in the U.S. if not consider the tips from customers, like if we choose a random restaurant from a random town?

Question

If everyone only tips around 10%, will this prevent workers from making a living? Also, it seems people don’t tip guys in fast-food chain like KFC, BK, POPEYES, McDonald’s, etc. Does things work different over there?

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Answer 1

Even aside form the different minimum wages, most restaurant owners see tips as justification for not bothering to give raises.

As a note the US and Canada are an anomaly in the world when it comes to tipping. While some other places do tip like south america or the middle east, none of it is as batshit crazy as you find in the US where they expect you to live off of tips.