Despite inflation, a recent report says that people are tipping more when going out to eat now than they did last year.
According to software provider Toast Inc.’s second-quarter Restaurant Trends report, tips are up nearly 10 percent and in-person diners are tipping on average 19.7 percent, showing a growth of 22 percent in the second quarter compared with the first quarter.
Indiana topped the list for the second straight quarter based on average tip percentage, with West Virginia and Ohio following. At the bottom of the list was California. Californians tipped the least with an average tip of 17.5 percent. However it is worth mentioning that the state has one of the highest minimum cash wage laws for tipped employees in the country.
Here is how all states ranked:
- Indiana, average tip of 21%
- West Virginia, 20.8%
- Ohio, 20.7%
- Delaware, 20.7%
- Kentucky, 20.7%
- Wyoming, 20.5%
- New Hampshire, 20.4%
- Wisconsin, 20.3%
- South Carolina, 20.3%
- Pennsylvania, 20.2%
- Michigan, 20.2%
- New Mexico, 20.1%
- Maine, 20%
- Montana, 19.9%
- Iowa, 19.9%
- Missouri, 19.8%
- Colorado, 19.8%
- Kansas, 19.8%
- Rhode Island, 19.8%
- North Dakota, 19.7%
- Idaho, 19.7%
- Virginia, 19.7%
- Nebraska, 19.6%
- Alabama, 19.6%
- Maryland, 19.6%
- Tennessee, 19.5%
- Georgia, 19.5%
- North Carolina, 19.5%
- Arizona, 19.5%
- Oklahoma, 19.4%
- South Dakota, 19.4%
- Illinois, 19.3%
- Oregan, 19.3%
- Alaska, 19.3%
- Mississippi, 19.3%
- Massachusetts, 19.2%
- Vermont, 19.2%
- Connecticut, 19.1%
- Minnesota, 19%
- Utah, 19%
- Arkansas, 18.9%
- New Jersey, 18.9%
- Louisiana, 18.9%
- Nevada, 18.8%
- Texas, 18.8%
- Hawaii, 18.8%
- New York, 18.5%
- Florida, 18.5%
- Washington, 18.3%
- California, 17.5%
How much do you tip when going out to eat? Do you tip even when you’re just ordering carry out? You can listen to Rob and Casey discuss that here:
