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notjulianjaynes | 10 months ago

> Essentially 100% of those people are making more via tips or under the table

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bpodgursky|10 months ago

https://www.bls.gov/opub/reports/minimum-wage/2023/

> Nearly 8 in 10 workers earning the minimum wage or less in 2023 were employed in service occupations, mostly in food preparation and serving-related jobs. For many of these workers, tips may supplement the hourly wages received. (See table 4.)

There's a long tail but you can start with 80% of that 1% getting tips in food service.

eesmith|10 months ago

That's not 80%. Food preparation doesn't get tips. Fast food employees rarely get tips.

Federal minimum wage for tipped workers starts at $2.13/hr. Only if tips aren't at least $5.12 does the employer have to pay more.