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According to a report released on Tuesday by compensation site PayScale.com, waiters and waitresses earn a median of just $8.20 per hour in tips (and their median overall pay when base pay and tips are taken into account is $13.20 per hour). Bartenders fare a little better, but are still far from rich: Their median hourly tips total $9.60 and total typical hourly pay $16.30. The report examined 15,000 profiles of food service workers from January 2013 to January 2015.
In some cities, bartenders and waitstaff fare better than others. Indeed, despite the high cost of a boozy night out on the town in New York City, Big Apple bartenders aren't tipped that well, making a median of just $7.10 per hour in tips (the lowest among the cities examined) and total typical pay of $15.10 per hour (the second lowest total pay behind Philadelphia). Meanwhile, San Francisco’s bartenders fared best with the highest median hourly tips ($15.50) as well as the highest typical hourly income ($26.50).
Cities where bartenders get the highest — and lowest — tips
Waiters and waitresses tend to make even less in tips than bartenders — especially in Minneapolis, where the median hourly tips total just $6.90 — the lowest of all the cities measured. Meanwhile, waiters in Boston and Miami are raking in $13 per hour in tips.
Cities where waitstaff get the highest — and lowest — tips
In some cities, bartenders and waitstaff fare better than others. Indeed, despite the high cost of a boozy night out on the town in New York City, Big Apple bartenders aren't tipped that well, making a median of just $7.10 per hour in tips (the lowest among the cities examined) and total typical pay of $15.10 per hour (the second lowest total pay behind Philadelphia). Meanwhile, San Francisco’s bartenders fared best with the highest median hourly tips ($15.50) as well as the highest typical hourly income ($26.50).
Cities where bartenders get the highest — and lowest — tips
Waiters and waitresses tend to make even less in tips than bartenders — especially in Minneapolis, where the median hourly tips total just $6.90 — the lowest of all the cities measured. Meanwhile, waiters in Boston and Miami are raking in $13 per hour in tips.
Cities where waitstaff get the highest — and lowest — tips
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