From taking an Uber to getting our morning coffee, we’re asked to tip multiple times a week.
Many service workers rely on tips to earn their wages. In fact, employers of tipped-eligible workers are only required to pay them $2.13 per hour in direct wages if that hourly payment combined with tips equals at least the federal minimum wage of $7.25.
However, as electronic tip screens asking consumers to tip on card readers or tablets become more common, many Americans are frustrated with what has been called “tip inflation.”
A recent WalletHub survey found that about 75% of Americans feel that tipping has “got out of control,” and 1 in 4 tip less when presented with a tips screen.
A new report from Toast, a digital restaurant platform, analyzed tip data from restaurants using the platform in all 50 states to determine the average amount of tip consumers in each state tip at full-service and quick-service restaurants.
Here’s what the report found and how Wisconsin measures up.
How much do Wisconsinites tip in restaurants?
Across all types of restaurants in Wisconsin, Toast found that consumers, on average, tip 20.2% of the cost of their meal. Wisconsin tied with Michigan, Missouri and Montana as the sixth most generous tipping state in the report.
At full-service restaurants, Wisconsinites tip 20.5%, on average, according to the report. Meanwhile, at quick-service restaurants, such as fast food, Wisconsin consumers tipped 18.3% on average, the third most of any state behind Delaware (19.1%) and Wyoming ( 18.5%).
Which states tip the most?
Toast found that Delaware has the most generous tips in the country, averaging 22.1% across all restaurant types. That’s 1.4% more than the second-place states, Indiana, New Hampshire and West Virginia.
Delaware also tipped the most at full-service and quick-service restaurants, 22.5% and 19.1% respectively.
Which states tip the least?
The Toast report found that California consumers tip the least, at 17.4% on average. California was followed by Washington (18.1%), Florida (18.3%) and Nevada (18.3%).
At 17.9%, California also had the lowest tips at full-service restaurants. However, those who tipped the most at quick service restaurants were New Jersey consumers at 13.8%.
Click here to read Toast’s full report.
Further:Do you think more companies ask you to leave a tip? You are not alone, according to a survey
Further:Is tipping taking advantage of guilt or recognizing hard work? Readers on ‘typflation’. | Letters
Keynote USA
For the Latest Local News, Follow Keynote USA Local on Twitter.