Free tools for restaurant servers
Know what you really take home from every shift.
Serving is paid in two ways at once: a wage, and tips that change from table to table and night to night. That makes it hard to know what you really earn, what you will keep once you have tipped out the bar and the bussers, or which shifts are worth asking for. These tools turn those questions into numbers, with the working shown.
They are written for people new to serving, and they work in any currency. Tipping customs, tip-out rules and the law on tips differ a great deal between countries and restaurants, so the tools ask for your own rules and figures and never tell you what is allowed. In many places the law says tips belong to the staff, that pools can only include people who normally receive tips, or that a written policy is required, so check the rules where you work.
Made for restaurant servers
Money & Pay
Tip Out Calculator
What a server keeps after tipping out bar, bussers and runners, as a share of tips or of food, alcohol or total sales.
Money & Pay
Tip Pool Calculator
Split a pool of tips fairly by hours worked, by points for each role, or by both, with each share to the cent.
Money & Pay
Server Earnings Calculator
What a restaurant server earns from wage and tips, per hour, shift, week, month and year.
Money & Pay
Tip Percentage Tracker
Type the bill and tip for each table and see your average tip percentage, best and lowest table.
Money & Pay
Best Shift Calculator
Compare restaurant shifts by pay per hour and per shift, and find the one to ask for.
Starting out, and what you really earn
Made for restaurant servers
Start-Up Cost Calculator
What it costs to start a small business or trade, what it costs to run, and when it pays back. Pick your kind of work.
Works for any job
Savings Runway Calculator
How many months your savings last after start-up costs, with no income and with some.
Works for any job
What Should I Charge? First Rate Calculator
The lowest hourly and day rate that covers your pay, costs, tax, time off and unbilled hours.
Works for any job
Jobs Needed to Break Even
How many jobs, orders or sales a month cover your costs and the pay you want.
Made for restaurant servers
Real Hourly Earnings Calculator
What you really earn per hour after platform fees, costs and every hour spent, including waiting.
How these fit the working year
Starting out
Work out what a server earns from wage and tips, and what it costs to get started.
During and after a shift
See what you keep after tipping out, track your tip percentage, and split a pool fairly.
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Choosing your shifts
Compare the shifts you can pick, and check overtime when you work extra.
Your pay over time
Convert hourly, weekly and yearly pay and work out percentage changes.
More tools restaurant servers use
Money & Pay
Tip Calculator by Country
Calculate the right tip for any country. Covers local customs in the US, UK, Europe, Asia, and more.
Money & Pay
Percentage Calculator
Percentage increase, decrease, change and difference, plus X% of a number, discounts, tips, marks, weight loss, pay rises and win rate.
Money & Pay
Salary Converter
Convert any salary between hourly, daily, weekly, and annual rates.
Money & Pay
Overtime Pay Calculator
Calculate total pay with overtime hours. Supports time-and-a-half, double time, and custom multipliers.
Time & Dates
Decimal to Time Converter
Convert decimal hours to hours and minutes, or the other way around. Built for timesheets.
Time & Dates
Date Calculator
Add or subtract days from any date, or count the days between two dates.
Questions
How much do servers make?
It depends on the country, the restaurant, the shifts and the tables. The server earnings calculator does the sum for your own wage, hours, sales and tip percentage, so you can try a cautious guess and a better one.
What is tipping out?
Passing on part of your tips, or a share of your sales, to the staff who help you, such as the bar, bussers, runners and hosts. How much, and how it is worked out, is set by each restaurant. The tip out calculator shows what you keep.
How do I split a tip pool fairly?
Use a rule everyone knows in advance. The two common ones are hours worked, and points for each role. The tip pool calculator does either, or both together, to the cent.
Do these tools tell me what the law says about tips?
No. The rules on who owns tips, who can share a pool and whether a written policy is needed differ by country and place, and they change. Check your local rules and your restaurant's policy.
Is anything stored or sent?
The calculators run in your browser, so what you type stays on your device. Your currency choice is remembered in this browser.
These are estimates and general information, not legal, tax or employment advice. Wages, tipping customs, tip-out and pooling rules, and tax on tips differ by country, state and restaurant, so use your own figures and your restaurant's written policy, and check the rules where you live.