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?

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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

$3-$6 per hour is the average minimum rate for a waiter or a waitress. They may make more depending on the restaurant, but his gives you an idea.

The tips are essential for them to make a living wage. If we got rid of tipping, the costs of food would rise by more than the amount we already tip to compensate those wages.

Under tipping, we have the option to pay less for bad service, and we avoid paying for all of the administrative payroll costs that would come with having restaurants pay higher wages. Anti-tippers don’t understand that everything gets more expensive if we change the system.

We also end up with inattentive service, because there is no incentive to exceed.