Does the average person know what the standard tip % for food servers is and what our hourly wage is?

Answer 1

standard tip is 15%, good service deserves 20%. Hourly wage varies from state to state. I know in Texas it's 2.13 and hour! :) So you should always tip well! They work for nothing by the hour!

Answer 2

My understanding is that you should tip depending upon the service. Buffet or poor service gets 10%. Average service gets 15% and exemplary service gets 20% (or more at discretion of the customer). I have occassionally gone lower than the 10% for really atrocious service, and that is usually to make an impression on the wait staff (I hope).

As for wages, my thought is that most wait staff make minimum wage or even slightly less since the tips can in some places be counted into the wages. I also know that wait staff that works successfully can move up and get raises, but I am pretty sure the staring point is as low as it can be.

That said, I like to think of myself as an average to above average tipper which means I calculate 15% and then add onto the for better service. Others likely tip less for many reasons, including not being smart enough to calculate 15% of a total.

Hope this helped. Let me know if I was way off, and be sure to pick a best answer as opposed to letting this one go to a vote. It'd be a shame for people to read this and think whatever was voted was correct if it is not.

Answer 3

I don't know what the hourly wage is, but I know that it is below minimum wage and the food server (is that waiter/waitress?) has to make it up in tips. I've never waited tables, so I am a bit clueless on that end.
I do know that the standard tip is 15%.
In some European countries, it's part of your bill.

Answer 4

Customary tipping is around fifteen to twenty percent and the average standard hourly wage for a waitperson is less than three dollars an hour due to tips. Get in the right place and you can make a killing. A friend of mine made twenty thousand in the summer alone waiting tables at the beach.

Answer 5

I've worked as a server before and I tend to critique a little more than maybe someone else would. I check to see if they have checked my daughter's cup (child's cup that you can't see through), did they come back to fill my drink, or did they ignore me when I tried to get their attention for something. When I was done eating, and they were folding napkins or talking, how long did it take them to bring my ticket and take the money. It's not all about the food. I know you didn't cook it and if something was wrong, did you try to have it taken care of or did you just let it go. There are different levels of servers and I tip accordingly. Yes, your tip is basically all you get paid. It isn't a steady income, which is why most people get another job.

Answer 6

The average tip is around 15%, but I'm not sure what the hourly wage is.

Answer 7

15% is the standard tip and I'm guessing that the hourly wage is $10-$12.

Answer 8

Yes, I am the prototypical average person and I know that your hourly wage is legally less than half of minimum wage and that your economic well-being depends on tip money, which is why I tend to tip 20 to 25%. I've read Ehrenreich's Nickel and Dimed, it's a good and interesting book to read, if you haven't already done so.

Answer 9

lol.. now days I would say 20% for good service. Servers only get paid around 2.15 an hour. If their wage went up so would the price of the food. If you don't want to tip then cook at home or order take out b*tch. know what I mean? I don't think the "average" person understands this

Answer 10

Most waiters and waitresses in small restaurants make around $2.00 an hour plus tips. The going rate for a tip is 15%.

I your fancier restaurants, a waiter or waitress can have a much higher hourly wage (as much as $11.00 to 15.00 per hour) but these jobs are hard to come by as they are difficult to get and very few people leave after they get them.