Tip Calculator

Enter the bill as printed, tax included. The calculator backs the sales tax out (bill ÷ (1 + rate)) to find the pre-tax amount and tips on that, or on the full bill if you choose to tip on tax. The total is the bill plus the tip; the per-person lines divide both by the number of people, rounded to the cent. The 15%, 20% and 25% lines are always on the pre-tax amount. The state picker fills the state-level tax on a restaurant bill (the separate meals rate in Connecticut, Maine, Rhode Island and Vermont; New Hampshire's meals tax is not priced); city and county taxes come on top in many places.

Source: U.S. Dept of Labor, Wage and Hour Division (tipped cash wages); Tax Foundation (state sales tax rates) · checked 2026-07-31

The tip column runs the calculator on a $75.00 bill with tax included at the rate in the first column (0% where it is not priced), 20% tipped on the pre-tax amount. The wage column is what an employer must pay a tipped worker in cash before tips.

Cash wages and tip-credit rules: U.S. Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division, Minimum Wages for Tipped Employees (checked 2026-07-31), and the state notes shown. Tax on the bill: Connecticut, Maine, Rhode Island and Vermont tax restaurant meals at their own meals rate, read from the state statute or revenue department on 2026-10-19; other states show the general state rate (from the state revenue department or statute where this site read one on 2026-10-19, otherwise this site's state sales tax table). City and county taxes are not included.

• U.S. DOL: Minimum wages for tipped employees
• California: California Department of Tax and Fee Administration (statewide rate table) (tax on a restaurant bill)
• Connecticut: Connecticut Department of Revenue Services, sales tax information (tax on a restaurant bill)
• Florida: Florida Department of Revenue, sales and use tax (tax on a restaurant bill)
• Hawaii: Hawaii Department of Taxation, general excise tax (tax on a restaurant bill)
• Indiana: Indiana Department of Revenue, sales tax (tax on a restaurant bill)
• Kansas: Kansas Department of Revenue, sales tax FAQ (tax on a restaurant bill)
• Kentucky: Kentucky Department of Revenue, sales and use tax (tax on a restaurant bill)
• Maine: 36 M.R.S. §1811(1)(D) (tax on a restaurant bill)
• Massachusetts: M.G.L. c. 64H §2 (tax on a restaurant bill)
• Michigan: Michigan Department of Treasury, sales and use tax (tax on a restaurant bill)
• Mississippi: Mississippi Department of Revenue, sales tax rates (Miss. Code §27-65-17) (tax on a restaurant bill)
• Missouri: Missouri Department of Revenue, sales and use tax (tax on a restaurant bill)
• Nebraska: Nebraska Department of Revenue, sales and use tax (tax on a restaurant bill)
• Nevada: Nevada Department of Taxation, sales and use tax (tax on a restaurant bill)
• New York: New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, sales tax rates (tax on a restaurant bill)
• North Carolina: North Carolina Department of Revenue, sales and use tax rates (tax on a restaurant bill)
• North Dakota: North Dakota Office of State Tax Commissioner, sales and use tax (tax on a restaurant bill)
• Ohio: Ohio Department of Taxation, sales and use (tax on a restaurant bill)
• Oklahoma: Oklahoma Tax Commission, sales and use tax (tax on a restaurant bill)
• Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania Department of Revenue, sales, use and hotel occupancy tax (tax on a restaurant bill)
• Rhode Island: R.I. Gen. Laws §44-18-18 and §44-18-18.1 (tax on a restaurant bill)
• South Carolina: South Carolina Department of Revenue, sales tax (tax on a restaurant bill)
• South Dakota: South Dakota Department of Revenue, sales and use tax (tax on a restaurant bill)
• Tennessee: Tennessee Department of Revenue, sales and use tax (tax on a restaurant bill)
• Texas: Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, sales and use tax (tax on a restaurant bill)
• Vermont: 32 V.S.A. §9241(b) (tax on a restaurant bill)
• Virginia: Virginia Department of Taxation, retail sales and use tax (tax on a restaurant bill)
• West Virginia: West Virginia Tax Division, consumers sales and service tax (tax on a restaurant bill)
• Wisconsin: Wisconsin Department of Revenue, tax rates FAQ (tax on a restaurant bill)
• Tax Foundation: State and local sales tax rates