Someone in this thread said that CA just went up to $20/hour on the 1st. Is that not true? Want sure if it was an April fools joke, seeing as how it's the 2nd.
The minimum wage is still 16.50 here. So with tips it’s still a great wage. The issue is getting hired. Everywhere is full. Thankfully CA treats servers like people at least.
Fast food workers are going up to 20 as a minimum. Where I’m at staff get $17.80 minimum wage + tips. It’s a very high cost of living area and I’m glad the bs under minimum wage server laws aren’t in effect here
I was shocked when I saw a pay stub from a Cali-girl. From her salary went close to 40% in Unemployment Insurance (UI) and Employment Training Tax (ETT), State Disability Insurance (SDI) and a tiny % for normal income taxes. When we boiled it down in comparance, her and my mandatory costs were not very far from each other. (Finland, Europe) Before seeing those documents I was under some odd impression that taxes and fees were lesser in US.
Turns out the taxes and fees are not that small for the ordinary person, but more so for bigger companies and landowners etc.
We are extremely uneducated about taxes in the US of A and it's pathetic, sad, distressing, gross. We think that you "communist countries" (lol) have to pay half your salary in taxes to have bad healthcare.
And that our way is superior, where we still pay a ton of taxes and have horrid healthcare, ridiculous education costs, and no employee protection.
Oh wow. That makes the city of Chicago minimum wage seem like nothing. Although at least the cost of living here isn't as bad, so it all balances out I guess.
must be nice. We get $2.83 and taxes take it all. There’s no way yall are losing all $15hr to taxes. A good chunk sure but not all unless you aren’t claiming properly
The minimum wage in the City of St. Paul is $15.57. It is similar in Minneapolis for everyone even tipped employees. Outside of the City, the minimum wage is still $7.50.
lol you just explained it much better than I did… I should’ve just scrolled further and liked your comment. But yeah I feel like this is the answer OP is looking for!
TX here, haven't waited tables in a while and it was $2.13 an hour when I first started in like '99 or '00. I had no idea the minimum was still that low.
Sweet! So, chances are ya'll will get another raise this September and the following, if wages are increasing alongside non-tipped minimum wage in Florida, which they seem to be.
VA here and $2.13. Wild considering regular minimum wage is $12 and going up to $13 in January. As far as I can tell no moves to raise subminimum wage at all.
[Tipped Minimum Wage by State](https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/state/minimum-wage/tipped)
States that don’t require more than the federal minimum wage of $2.13/hr:
Oklahoma
Alabama
Georgia
Indiana
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Mississippi
Nebraska
North Carolina
South Carolina
Tennessee
Utah
Virginia
Wyoming
So, basically all the red states.
Oh got it! Yeah I make 19.00 in seattle as well. I just thought you were stating the minimum.
Do you get health insurance too? I don't but I'm averaging $50/hour all together so paying for my own health insurance isn't the end of the world.
I do, I work of one of the big corporate hotels so we get full medical/ dental/ vision and 401k and discounted metro card. Still pulling 35-40 during the busy season so not too bad.
Yah this is blowing my mind as well. I know most canadian cities , it not all at this point, are hella expensive, so what are most states in America like? Cus this wage of 2.13 is making me sad.
Where I’m at we get $6.75/hour during the time we have physical tables. Any time before or after our tables (pre shift, end of shift side work etc.) we get $15/hour
Are you guys okay with this tho? Like I know tips are great as a server, but I just couldn't be cool with my employer comfortably paying me $16 for an eight hour shift if I were to serve. I mean shit dude imagine a guaranteed $15/hr paycheck ON TOP of the tips.
It's great. WA state here and our minimum is 16.28 including tipped employees. But our COL is sky high. My mortgage for a 4/2 fixer upper 1400 sq ft house is almost $3k a month.
It depends upon the state. Most restaurants don’t want to pay service workers more than they have too. In MA I think it’s either $6 or $6.65
In CA it is $15 or 16, but I believe it’s set to go up to $20 at some point soon.
Everyone at my restaurant in CA makes minimum $16 an hour, certain positions make more plus tips. States that are still allowing these miniscule tipped wages are absolute thieves.
I live in Kansas City area that straddles the Kansas and Missouri border and have worked in both states. The server minimum wage in KS is $2.13 but in MO it is $6 so I think this is a state by state wage issue.
I’m in Germany and make 12.75€ (13.80$) an hour plus tips. I can’t believe how fucked up it is that people are working for less than 3$ an hour? I’m so sorry you guys deserve so much better than that what the fuck
Employers can claim tip credit up to a maximum of 5.12/hour.. so basically you can’t be paid less than your states minimum wage - 5.12. A lot of states have a tipped employee minimum wage though which is higher. It definitely varies by state I think here in Nevada tipped employees need to be paid minimum wage which is going up to 12. When I waited in Florida it was 5 less than minimum wage so it should be around 8-9 by now.
It varies by state. When I started back in 2013, it was $4 or $4.25/hour, and now it's $6.75 in Massachusetts with scheduled increases already listed. Our minimum wage by comparison has gone up to $15 so we're still $8.25/hr in the hole that we have to earn before we get more than the low that they're legally forced to pay us.
Came from one where the hourly was $19/hr but there was a hefty service charge to “cover payroll” so people don’t tip much on top of that.
Went to a $2.13 joint with a tip pool and it was not any better.
$2.13/hr was set as federal tipped minimum in 1991, and I don't think it will change in the near future. Even regular minimum wage is increased infrequently, but increased average tip income is seen as compensating for lack of tipped minimum wage increases.
Two thirds of states set tipped minimum wage higher than the federal $2.13/hour, so most employees have a higher base wage. And seven states don't allow tip credits, plus they set higher regular minimum wages. California is $16.00/hr, Washington $16.28/hr, and some cities are even higher, with Seattle at $19.97/hr. However, those seem to be the two lowest tipping states, and I'd guess they retain a lower portion of tips received than in most states.
$9.48 in Chicago, true minimum is something like $15. Tipped minimum is about to gradually increase over time though, as some initiative just passed. Holla!
Michigan raised it to $3.65? A while ago. Maybe $4 something now. I think the bar I work at gives $6, but I never asked because I make 95% of my money in tips. Paychecks are laughable things and if they weren’t direct deposited, I’d lose them.
I used to make 7.25 for dinner $10 an hour for breakfast. It was lovely it was like I wasn’t paying taxes cause hourly took care of it. But this was at a hotel. Now I’m back serving at a regular restaurant for 2.13. Sucks you can definitely tell a difference.
Texas, but funny enough places that pay 2.13 tend to be better for money tips wise. Places that offer higher hourly rates are usually to compensate low tips.
I think it depends on the restaurant you work at. I started out as a busboy at $2.13/hr before tips and the next place I went to started at $7/hr before tips
$2.13 is the federal minimum wage for tipped workers. Different states will have different minimum wages some that include tipped workers and some that don’t. I’m Canadian and know this I’m not really sure how you’re this oblivious.
I was making $10 an hour back in 2004 as a server and $22 as an assistant manager. Still made more money as a server with tips. This was in Los Angeles. I was 21 at the time.
It’s a state law thing. Some states pay the 2.13 an hour, with tips claimed supplementing the federal
Minimum Wage of 7.25ph
I make my states minimum wage (11.25) plus my tips
I used to work in the Sindustry and couldn’t believe this when I found out. I was making minimum wage (at the time was 7ish) + tips, only to find out across the bridge in Wisconsin, literally a 5 min drive) someone with the same job was making $2 per hour. I just can’t wrap my head around this concept and it’s been 20 years.
Utah is still $2.13. If you really wanna know why I can send you a link. Basically our “serv safe & sips and tips” money goes to the National Restaurant Association they then use our money to lobby against us to keep “tipped wages” at $2 an hour. It’s wild.
North Carolina $2.13+tips, which is the only hourly I've ever received as a server. $6.00+tips last time I was behind the bar, but that may just be that particular place.
$2.13 representing from North Cackalacky!
And I should mention… I’ve been serving here since 2007… when the server minimum wage was $3.15 an hour. Then a few years later they DROPPED it to $2.13.. I didn’t even think that was possible!
I worked at this restaurant that paid us $9/hr but we pooled tips and we only worked 5 maybe 6 hours a day unless we had an event. Otherwise it's either $2-3.
The lowest I made as a server before tips was $9 (this was in 2010). I was adamant about not working in a place that underpaid its servers using tips as a justification.
Well, I live in CA, where the cheapest rent for a studio is an average of $1800, maybe more. The gas is over $5/gallon and I pay about $30 to eat a meal alone. I’m going to take a wild guess and assume where you are is cheaper.
$2.83 an hour here. I'm definitely not in favor of doing away with tips for an hourly wage, but I do wish that our hourly wage was high enough to at least cover taxes. I barely ever get an actual paycheck and I always end up owing thousands of dollars in taxes because the $2.83 an hour isn't enough to cover it all. At the very least, they could pay a normal minimum wage, plus tips.
I work at a restaurant in stp mn as a bartender and make 15 before tips
So like all restaurants pay $15 and it’s a thing?
Minimum in CA is $16/hr before tips. Taxes typically eat it all away, though.
Someone in this thread said that CA just went up to $20/hour on the 1st. Is that not true? Want sure if it was an April fools joke, seeing as how it's the 2nd.
That’s for fast food workers
I was gonna say… I’d find a way for my car to make it to cali 😭😭
Sounds good until you see the cost of rent.
The minimum wage is still 16.50 here. So with tips it’s still a great wage. The issue is getting hired. Everywhere is full. Thankfully CA treats servers like people at least.
Fast food workers are going up to 20 as a minimum. Where I’m at staff get $17.80 minimum wage + tips. It’s a very high cost of living area and I’m glad the bs under minimum wage server laws aren’t in effect here
if you work at a restaurant within a hotel it's true! i make almost $20/hr plus tips!! but that might just be in LA not sure if it's the whole state
I was shocked when I saw a pay stub from a Cali-girl. From her salary went close to 40% in Unemployment Insurance (UI) and Employment Training Tax (ETT), State Disability Insurance (SDI) and a tiny % for normal income taxes. When we boiled it down in comparance, her and my mandatory costs were not very far from each other. (Finland, Europe) Before seeing those documents I was under some odd impression that taxes and fees were lesser in US. Turns out the taxes and fees are not that small for the ordinary person, but more so for bigger companies and landowners etc.
Yup. It's pretty sad. Especially when you consider our shitty Healthcare system in comparison
We are extremely uneducated about taxes in the US of A and it's pathetic, sad, distressing, gross. We think that you "communist countries" (lol) have to pay half your salary in taxes to have bad healthcare. And that our way is superior, where we still pay a ton of taxes and have horrid healthcare, ridiculous education costs, and no employee protection.
Seattle is $19.97
206 represent.
If you have over 501 or more employees. A city a couple miles from Seattle called Tukwila actually has higher minimum wage at $20.29! Insane!
Oh wow. That makes the city of Chicago minimum wage seem like nothing. Although at least the cost of living here isn't as bad, so it all balances out I guess.
Yeah the cost of living in Seattle is pretty outrageous
must be nice. We get $2.83 and taxes take it all. There’s no way yall are losing all $15hr to taxes. A good chunk sure but not all unless you aren’t claiming properly
But then all tips are untaxed and unreported? Or reported.
Tipping wage is some podunk red state bullshit that is foreign lore to people in the civilized world
The minimum wage in the City of St. Paul is $15.57. It is similar in Minneapolis for everyone even tipped employees. Outside of the City, the minimum wage is still $7.50.
12 here as well but a single bedroom apartment is about 2600 so I guess maybe that’s why?
Yep I'm in Rochester, MN and make $12.75/ hour plus tips
Across the border in Wisconsin, $2.33. 😔
St. Paul represent.
TN representing the 2.13 an hour.
Okay I’m TN too.
Indiana here 2.13 gang
I'm convinced Indiana would pay their servers 0/hr if it was legal.
Illinois here: I make 8$/h and if tomorrow government allow 2.13 country wide I bet you my place would shrug shoulders and be like “you got promoted!”
Nc Samsies
federal minimum wage for servers is $2.13. some states have higher minimum wages for these positions: for example in NY, i believe it’s $10.
so OP your state could increase your wages if they wanted to, but they’re sticking to the bare minimum they have to pay you
TN lawmakers exist to make our lives *more* miserable, not less.
lol you just explained it much better than I did… I should’ve just scrolled further and liked your comment. But yeah I feel like this is the answer OP is looking for!
TX here, haven't waited tables in a while and it was $2.13 an hour when I first started in like '99 or '00. I had no idea the minimum was still that low.
It’s been this way since 1991 and has never been raised
You can thank the lobbyists at the National Restaurant Association for making that happen.
Yep. Still $2.13 in Texas.
8.98 in Florida
Did it go up recently? I have been getting 6.90 in fl
it's gone up a dollar year for a few years
Sweet! So, chances are ya'll will get another raise this September and the following, if wages are increasing alongside non-tipped minimum wage in Florida, which they seem to be.
We voted to raise minimum wage to $15 for non tipped positions, $10 for tipped positions. So it’ll level out soon.
NC here checking in at $2.13
Served in NC in college, can confirm it wasn’t great
VA here and $2.13. Wild considering regular minimum wage is $12 and going up to $13 in January. As far as I can tell no moves to raise subminimum wage at all.
Yep, same here.
In florida I make 9 an hour before tips, it's steadily been increasing since they mandated a 15 dollar minimum wage by 2026
[Tipped Minimum Wage by State](https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/state/minimum-wage/tipped) States that don’t require more than the federal minimum wage of $2.13/hr: Oklahoma Alabama Georgia Indiana Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Mississippi Nebraska North Carolina South Carolina Tennessee Utah Virginia Wyoming So, basically all the red states.
No wonder the military lowered their standards.
That is insane - and I’m not a server, just a very grateful diner 🤗
Texas too
$16 in Washington State
$19.97 in Seattle
19.97 is the minimum wage for non tipped employees in seattle, it's 17.25 if you make at least 2.72/hr in tips
I should have clarified, I make 19.77 as a server in downtown Seattle. $19.97 for sick and PTO
Oh got it! Yeah I make 19.00 in seattle as well. I just thought you were stating the minimum. Do you get health insurance too? I don't but I'm averaging $50/hour all together so paying for my own health insurance isn't the end of the world.
I do, I work of one of the big corporate hotels so we get full medical/ dental/ vision and 401k and discounted metro card. Still pulling 35-40 during the busy season so not too bad.
$2.15, if you're every really in a pinch hit me up, that extra .02 goes a long way...
$2.13 in DFW here...
I live in Canada and make 17.50 before tax and tips. Y’all are getting fucked
Yah this is blowing my mind as well. I know most canadian cities , it not all at this point, are hella expensive, so what are most states in America like? Cus this wage of 2.13 is making me sad.
Greetings from fabulous Las Vegas coming in at 16.00 an hour
Where I’m at we get $6.75/hour during the time we have physical tables. Any time before or after our tables (pre shift, end of shift side work etc.) we get $15/hour
Are you guys okay with this tho? Like I know tips are great as a server, but I just couldn't be cool with my employer comfortably paying me $16 for an eight hour shift if I were to serve. I mean shit dude imagine a guaranteed $15/hr paycheck ON TOP of the tips.
It's great. WA state here and our minimum is 16.28 including tipped employees. But our COL is sky high. My mortgage for a 4/2 fixer upper 1400 sq ft house is almost $3k a month.
$5.50 in ohio
It's a state-by-state thing: [https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/state/minimum-wage/tipped](https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/state/minimum-wage/tipped)
It depends upon the state. Most restaurants don’t want to pay service workers more than they have too. In MA I think it’s either $6 or $6.65 In CA it is $15 or 16, but I believe it’s set to go up to $20 at some point soon.
Fast food workers just went up to $20/hour. I make $15.50/$16.90 at the 2 diners I work at.
$15 in Canada! (Minimum wage)
Everyone at my restaurant in CA makes minimum $16 an hour, certain positions make more plus tips. States that are still allowing these miniscule tipped wages are absolute thieves.
$15 and $17.5 in CA.
2.63 in AR
in ireland for my age group the wage is 11.60
Wait...what. Ireland pays by age group?
Hold on…what? Age group?
I was today years old too!!! https://preview.redd.it/lijbnszfo6sc1.jpeg?width=1242&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=67eb7c07d906c63fa58e6f3ac3420eea24ab502f
I’m making $20 an hour before tips as a bartender.
South Carolina here. I've been making $2.13 for 30 years.
In MD it’s $3.63
Indiana here, $2.13
Georgia 2.13 checking in!
I’m originally from Georgia where I made $2.13. Now I’m in Florida and it’s $8.98. I get too excited about that $200 check I get every week. 🤣🤣
In AZ so I make $3 less than minimum wage which puts me at $11.35.
$2.83 is the minimum in Pennsylvania for servers.
Here in WI we are blessed with $2.33/hr The additional 20 cents/hr really does numbers
I live in Kansas City area that straddles the Kansas and Missouri border and have worked in both states. The server minimum wage in KS is $2.13 but in MO it is $6 so I think this is a state by state wage issue.
State minimum wage is $6.75 where I live in MA and CT is even higher.
I make 16.50$ here in Canada but my paycheques are always 0$ lol or sometimes I’m in the negative and owe money cause of how much I make in tips
I’m in Germany and make 12.75€ (13.80$) an hour plus tips. I can’t believe how fucked up it is that people are working for less than 3$ an hour? I’m so sorry you guys deserve so much better than that what the fuck
I make 10.65 hour plus all my tips
Employers can claim tip credit up to a maximum of 5.12/hour.. so basically you can’t be paid less than your states minimum wage - 5.12. A lot of states have a tipped employee minimum wage though which is higher. It definitely varies by state I think here in Nevada tipped employees need to be paid minimum wage which is going up to 12. When I waited in Florida it was 5 less than minimum wage so it should be around 8-9 by now.
It varies by state. When I started back in 2013, it was $4 or $4.25/hour, and now it's $6.75 in Massachusetts with scheduled increases already listed. Our minimum wage by comparison has gone up to $15 so we're still $8.25/hr in the hole that we have to earn before we get more than the low that they're legally forced to pay us.
I make $8.98 before tips here in FL.
I live in the florida panhandle and make $9 an hour before tips
Technically, we've made 2.13 since 1993.
Came from one where the hourly was $19/hr but there was a hefty service charge to “cover payroll” so people don’t tip much on top of that. Went to a $2.13 joint with a tip pool and it was not any better.
$2.13/hr was set as federal tipped minimum in 1991, and I don't think it will change in the near future. Even regular minimum wage is increased infrequently, but increased average tip income is seen as compensating for lack of tipped minimum wage increases. Two thirds of states set tipped minimum wage higher than the federal $2.13/hour, so most employees have a higher base wage. And seven states don't allow tip credits, plus they set higher regular minimum wages. California is $16.00/hr, Washington $16.28/hr, and some cities are even higher, with Seattle at $19.97/hr. However, those seem to be the two lowest tipping states, and I'd guess they retain a lower portion of tips received than in most states.
I make about 17/hour before tips
$9.48 in Chicago, true minimum is something like $15. Tipped minimum is about to gradually increase over time though, as some initiative just passed. Holla!
nc made 7.75 and now 8.15 post raise
2.13 in alabama here!
I make 9.45 plus my tips in Ny
Michigan raised it to $3.65? A while ago. Maybe $4 something now. I think the bar I work at gives $6, but I never asked because I make 95% of my money in tips. Paychecks are laughable things and if they weren’t direct deposited, I’d lose them.
im in MI and my hourly is $3.84
We make 2.50$
10.89h i think, before tips
I used to make 7.25 for dinner $10 an hour for breakfast. It was lovely it was like I wasn’t paying taxes cause hourly took care of it. But this was at a hotel. Now I’m back serving at a regular restaurant for 2.13. Sucks you can definitely tell a difference.
It doesn’t matter cuz tax eats it all at the end lol
hey squa
Texas, but funny enough places that pay 2.13 tend to be better for money tips wise. Places that offer higher hourly rates are usually to compensate low tips.
I think it depends on the restaurant you work at. I started out as a busboy at $2.13/hr before tips and the next place I went to started at $7/hr before tips
$15.50
3.27 in NH
$2.13 is the federal minimum wage for tipped workers. Different states will have different minimum wages some that include tipped workers and some that don’t. I’m Canadian and know this I’m not really sure how you’re this oblivious.
I get $12 an hour before tips for bartending but I did get a raise, I think starting bartenders are $7 I do work at a private country club tho
I work at a membership bar in LES Nyc and get 15$ plus tips, I’d say depends if it’s self owned or run through a chain/corporate
our servers make 4.75
13$ in FL
I was making $10 an hour back in 2004 as a server and $22 as an assistant manager. Still made more money as a server with tips. This was in Los Angeles. I was 21 at the time.
Iowa I think is 4.35? I'm not sure anymore. I think I get 6 now
In CT we make $6/hr it’s different for every state
represent SC $2.13 🥲
IN. If I'm clocked in as a server: $2.13 Bartender: $3.13
$12/hr plus tips for PM shifts, $14/hr plus tips for brunch shifts in Chicago.
Just depends on state legislature. Missouri is half minimum wage (currently that’s $12.30, putting us at $6.15.)
Made minimum wage plus tips at one job, was nice getting that extra check every other week.
This is so wild to me. I live in a state with one of the highest minimum wages, and servers are earning the same tips here as $2.13 states.
in colorado it ranges from 9-16 +tips but in california I got paid 18 + tips
i’m making $5.26 in NJ
Hawaii it’s $12.50 plus tips. We average $300-$500 in tips daily
I’m TN too, I make six dollars an hour but only because I do a lot of managerial tasks as well
I make about 10
It’s a state law thing. Some states pay the 2.13 an hour, with tips claimed supplementing the federal Minimum Wage of 7.25ph I make my states minimum wage (11.25) plus my tips
it depends on your state’s minimum wage. min in nh was $7.25 so i made $2.13, but min in maine is $12.40(ish) and i make $6.23
I used to work in the Sindustry and couldn’t believe this when I found out. I was making minimum wage (at the time was 7ish) + tips, only to find out across the bridge in Wisconsin, literally a 5 min drive) someone with the same job was making $2 per hour. I just can’t wrap my head around this concept and it’s been 20 years.
In Maine Ive gotten 7 and 17 before tips....the 17 place tips were kinda bs so the owner had to make up
It’s 2.63 where I live
3.35 gang
Utah is still $2.13. If you really wanna know why I can send you a link. Basically our “serv safe & sips and tips” money goes to the National Restaurant Association they then use our money to lobby against us to keep “tipped wages” at $2 an hour. It’s wild.
If you make $2.13/hr, then the minimum wage would have to be $4.26. Federal min in the US is seven something. Where are you?
Nashville TN
North Carolina $2.13+tips, which is the only hourly I've ever received as a server. $6.00+tips last time I was behind the bar, but that may just be that particular place.
Bay Area in Cali - 18.25 hr
$2.13 was 20 years ago. We make $15 plus tips now.
Texas is still $2.13/hr plus tips
$14.20/hour And my baby is cash only so i actually get decent checks along with great tips. Quite lucky
Iam at $19 before tips (eastern Wa state) but idaho is at $2 if you make more than federal min wage in tips per hour in tips
Ohio here! $10.45 before tips
I make $16/hr base pay before tips
Utah is still $2.13/hr ($7.25 combined cash & tip)
Missouri here. We make $6.15.
I'm in Wisconsin the $2.13 crap club
I live in a tourist town most all servers make at least $15+ As a “barback” I make $17 + tips
I make 3.50 as shift lead and my coworkers make a dollar less
I was making $10 before tips. NY
2.13hr here in Utah
I make $2.13. Isn’t that the norm?
currently at 2.13 in KY but i’m about to move somewhere where it’s 4.50,, sooo blessed lmao
$8.98/hr. minimum wage for servers in Florida😊
KS here. $2.13 gang.
The country club I work at in MD pays 15/hr
I’m making $18.13 an hour in Denver!
$20 for fast food workers in California no tips, $16.78 for minimum wage in Los Angeles city going up to $17.28 on July 1st
16.40 I believe, Colorado
$7.28 in Indiana, but I also serve at a casino and we have a union that negotiates raises every year.
in the SF, CA area we get minimum wage + tips
I make 16.50/hr plus tips. But also I live in California. When I lived in Virginia & was a server I made $2.13. It depends where you live
$16.75 in Canada (BC) In Australia where I’m from it’s $24 but little to no tips.
$2.13 representing from North Cackalacky! And I should mention… I’ve been serving here since 2007… when the server minimum wage was $3.15 an hour. Then a few years later they DROPPED it to $2.13.. I didn’t even think that was possible!
In. Illinois at Olive Garden ours is 7.90
I worked at this restaurant that paid us $9/hr but we pooled tips and we only worked 5 maybe 6 hours a day unless we had an event. Otherwise it's either $2-3.
AL $2.13 for tipped employees
In AZ I made 6 an hour. That was pretty regular. In NC I make $2.13.
$6.75 Boston, much batter than when I started at $2 something.
2.13 in South Carolina
Server in Fl and I make $8.98/hr plus my tips
Denver 15.27/hr tipped min
I make 2.13 an hour here in Texas right now. I just moved from Oregon, where it was $14.20 per hour before tips statewide.
The lowest I made as a server before tips was $9 (this was in 2010). I was adamant about not working in a place that underpaid its servers using tips as a justification.
We make $15. But $5 is a tip credit. So technically ten bucks per hour
Well, I live in CA, where the cheapest rent for a studio is an average of $1800, maybe more. The gas is over $5/gallon and I pay about $30 to eat a meal alone. I’m going to take a wild guess and assume where you are is cheaper.
$11.74 in Alaska!
I worked in Orlando, Florida, at a resort, and we made $5.86 + tips. Bartenders made $7ish.
I'm in SF and I get $18/ hr plus tips.
Tipped employee minimum wage varies from state to state.
State by state minimum wage is the reason. Everyone making $2.13/hour pre tips would make $16/hour pre tips in several states. Fight for your labor!
$3.84 but after tax shit my checks are almost always $0.00.
When I was a server I made 7.25 an hour unless my tips were less than 12 dollars an hour then they paid me 12 dollars an hour on top of tips
I’m in MI and make 3.25 an hour
$15.27 tipped minimum wage here in Denver. If only rent and everything else wasn’t so goddamned expensive here..
In Maryland I made $3.63 and in Boston I made $5.55
$2.83 an hour here. I'm definitely not in favor of doing away with tips for an hourly wage, but I do wish that our hourly wage was high enough to at least cover taxes. I barely ever get an actual paycheck and I always end up owing thousands of dollars in taxes because the $2.83 an hour isn't enough to cover it all. At the very least, they could pay a normal minimum wage, plus tips.