The size of tips left by American restaurant-goers has shrunk in recent years.
Across the country, the overall tipping average for restaurants came in at 18.8% in the third quarter of 2024, Toast data based on U.S. restaurants that use its systems showed. While that rate remained steady from the prior quarter, it has declined from 19% in the third quarter of 2022 and from 19.2% in the same period in 2021, the data indicated. For full-service restaurants specifically, the average rate for tips was 19.3%, lower than the 19.6% rate seen in 2022’s third-quarter and the 19.
STATES WHERE PEOPLE GIVE THE BIGGEST TIPSThe share of American adults giving tips every time to hairstylists, food delivery people, baristas and certain other service workers has declined between 2021 and 2024, Bankrate’s survey showed. For baristas, the share went from 23% in 2021 to 20% last year. Forty-one percent "always" tipped their taxi or rideshare drivers in 2024, a decrease from 48% in 2021, according to the survey.
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