Tip pool calculator
Enter the pool and who worked. Split by hours, points, hours × points or equally, with every cent accounted for.
Tip pool close ·
of $840.00 to 4 people · $38.18 an hour
| Ana (server) | $229.09 |
|---|---|
| Ben (server) | $190.91 |
| Cleo (bartender) | $267.27 |
| Dev (busser) | $152.73 |
| Max (manager) | not in pool |
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How it's calculated
- Each person gets pool × their weight ÷ total weight. The weight is hours worked, points, hours × points, or 1 for an equal split.
- Payouts are worked out in cents. Everyone is first rounded down, then the leftover cents go one each to the people whose exact shares had the largest fractions, so the payouts always add up to the pool and nobody is more than a cent from their exact share.
- Anyone marked as a manager or supervisor gets nothing from the pool and isn't counted in the split. Under the US Fair Labor Standards Act an employer may not require employees to give their tips to the employer, a supervisor or a manager (US Department of Labor Fact Sheet #15).
- Who may be in a pool depends on whether the employer takes a tip credit, and many states add rules of their own. Fact Sheet #15 explains the federal rules; check your state labor department too.
Worked example
An $840 pool split by hours between Ana (6 h), Ben (5 h), Cleo (7 h) and Dev (4 h) is $840 ÷ 22 h = $38.18 an hour. Exact shares: Ana $229.0909, Ben $190.9091, Cleo $267.2727, Dev $152.7273. Rounding down leaves 2 cents, which go to Ben and Dev (largest fractions), so Ana $229.09, Ben $190.91, Cleo $267.27, Dev $152.73 — exactly $840.00.
Sources
- Fact Sheet #15: Tipped employees under the Fair Labor Standards Act — US Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division
An employer may not require an employee to give their tips to the employer, a supervisor, or a manager; with no tip credit, a mandatory pool may include workers such as dishwashers and cooks.
Questions
Can a manager be in the tip pool?
Under federal law an employer, manager or supervisor may not keep employees' tips. Mark them as a manager here and their share goes to everyone else.
Can cooks and dishwashers share the pool?
Federally, yes, if the employer pays everyone at least the full minimum wage in cash and takes no tip credit (DOL Fact Sheet #15). State law can be stricter.
Which split method is fairest?
There is no single answer. Hours rewards time on the floor; points let a team weigh roles (for example a server 10, a busser 5); hours × points does both. Agree on it before the shift.
Can I print it for the shift log?
Yes. Press Print and you get just the split table with the date.
By the All Things AI team · Last tested · Questions or a wrong number? support@allthingsn.com
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