Tip pool calculator
Enter the night's tips and who worked. Choose how to weight shares, and every payout is exact to the cent.
Choosing a method
By hours is simplest and treats everyone equally per hour. By points recognizes that roles contribute differently: a common scale is servers 10, bartenders 8–10, bussers and runners 5, hosts 3. Hours × points combines both, so a busser who stayed all night can earn more than a server who worked two hours.
Whatever method you choose, write it down and share it with the team so the split is predictable and transparent.
Questions people ask
How do you split tips by hours worked?
Add up everyone's hours, divide the tip pool by the total hours to get a per-hour rate, then multiply each person's hours by that rate. $1,240 over 30 hours is $41.33 an hour; someone who worked 8 hours gets $330.67.
What is a points-based tip pool?
Each role gets a number of points (for example servers 10, bartenders 8, bussers 5, hosts 3). The pool is divided in proportion to points, often multiplied by hours so part-shifts count less.
Who can share in a tip pool in the US?
Under the Fair Labor Standards Act as amended in 2018, managers and supervisors may not keep any part of employees' tips. If the employer takes a tip credit, the pool can only include staff who customarily receive tips; without a tip credit, back-of-house staff such as cooks and dishwashers can be included. State laws can be stricter.
Does this handle rounding?
Yes. Shares are rounded to the cent using the largest-remainder method, so the payouts always add up to exactly the pool.