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Tip Share Calculator

Split a restaurant bill and distribute the tip pool among servers, bussers, and bartenders. Equal, industry 70/15/15, or custom JSON weights, with per-person cash splits rounded up to the nearest dollar.

Split the bill and the tip pool

Pre-tip subtotal. Range: more than $0 up to $100,000.

Diners splitting the bill. Range: 1 to 100.

Range: 0 to 50%. A common US sit-down range is 18 to 22%.

Total with tip

$144.00

Subtotal $120.00 + tip $24.00 (20%)

Per person (exact)

$36.00

Per person (rounded up)

$36.00

Per person tip

$6.00

Tip pool breakdown
  • server70% · $16.80
  • busser15% · $3.60
  • bartender15% · $3.60

Tipping context. In the US, 20% is within the 18-22% sit-down standard. In most of Europe, a service charge is usually included on the bill and any extra is rounded up to the nearest euro. In Japan and South Korea, tipping is not customary.

How to handle the split. The 70/15/15 values are an example preset, not a federal standard. Under the FLSA, a traditional pool may include employees who customarily and regularly receive tips, including servers, bussers, and service bartenders, even when the employer takes a valid tip credit. Managers and supervisors may not receive from the pool. Cooks and dishwashers may join only a nontraditional mandatory pool when every participating worker receives the full federal minimum wage as a direct cash wage and no tip credit is taken. State law may be more protective.

Frequently Asked Questions about the Tip Share Calculator

What is the standard US restaurant tip in 2026?
The calculator offers common percentage presets, but there is no legally required restaurant-tip percentage. Customs vary by service model, location, included service charges, and personal choice. Under federal tip-credit rules, an employer using the $2.13 cash-wage floor must ensure wages plus tips reach the applicable minimum; state rules may be more protective.
Is tip pooling legal for non-tipped staff like bussers and cooks?
Yes, since the 2018 amendment to the Fair Labor Standards Act, which Congress passed and the Department of Labor finalized in 2020. Restaurants can pool tips between front-of-house staff (servers, bartenders) and previously non-tipped back-of-house staff (bussers, dishwashers, line cooks) on one condition: the employer must pay every pooled employee the full federal or state minimum wage and cannot take a tip credit. Restaurants that take a tip credit (paying servers $2.13/hour and counting tips toward minimum wage) can only pool among customarily tipped staff.
What is the typical industry split between servers, bussers, and bartenders?
The most common casual-dining split is servers 70 to 80%, bussers 10 to 15%, and bartenders 5 to 10%, with the exact ratios negotiated per restaurant. The calculator's by-role default of 70/15/15 sits in the middle of this band. Fine-dining restaurants often run lower at 60/20/20 (more bar and bus support per check), while bar-driven concepts can flip to 50/30/20 with bartenders taking the largest non-server share. Pick the split that matches how your service team is actually structured.
How should I split a bill among friends?
For a clean cash split, divide the total with tip by the headcount and round each person up to the next whole dollar. This calculator's per-person rounded-up figure does that for you. The leftover few cents per person typically covers cash-back and keeps no one chasing change. If one diner ordered a $60 entree and others ordered $15 salads, switch to itemized splits in an app like Splitwise rather than a flat division. Tip on the full bill, not on each person's slice, since the service work was the same regardless of what each guest ordered.
Do I tip in Europe or Asia the same way I tip in the US?
No. Most of continental Europe builds a service charge into the menu price, often labeled service compris or coperto, so 5 to 10% is a generous extra and many locals just round up to the nearest euro. The UK falls in between at 10 to 15% if no service charge appears. In Japan and South Korea, tipping is not part of the culture and can read as awkward or even insulting; service is included in the menu price and the prevailing standard is to thank the staff verbally instead. Always check the bill for an existing service charge before tipping on top.

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