Tip Pool Calculator
How do we split the tips fairly?
Type the tips and everyone’s hours. Get each person’s share, to the cent, adding up exactly.
Splitting tips by hours is the most common way, and the arithmetic is simple until the cents do not add up and somebody is a dollar short. Type the tips and each person’s hours, and every share comes out to the cent, adding up to the pool exactly.
One person’s share = total tips × their hours ÷ everyone’s hours.
For the week, the shift, or the day
| Name | Hours | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Alex | 32 | $284.45 |
| Sam | 24 | $213.33 |
| Jo | 16 | $142.22 |
| Total | 72 | $640.00 |
That is $8.89 for every hour worked. The shares add up to the pool exactly, to the cent.
Split by hours worked, the most common way. Check the rules where you are before you share tips: in the United States, for example, federal law says owners, managers and supervisors may not keep any part of employees’ tips. Nothing you type leaves this page.
Everything you type stays in your browser. Nothing is uploaded or stored.
How this screen worksFair tips are one part of fair pay.
Plan hourly pay, commission and chair rent for free in the back office, with your own numbers. On the paid plan, KANJIN turns your ledger into supplier and profit reports for you and your accountant.
Step 1 · Free
Free team pay planner
Compare hourly pay, commission and chair rent with your own numbers.
Step 2 · Automatic
Printable profit and supplier reports
Profit and supplier reports from your daily ledger, for any week or month, ready to print for your accountant.
Paid plan · $39 a month
How this works
- Each share is the pool times that person’s hours, divided by everyone’s hours.
- Shares are rounded to the cent, and the leftover cents go one each to the people closest to the next cent, so the total is exact.
- Up to fifteen people. A row with no hours is left out.
- Only hours are used. If your team splits by role or points, agree the rule first; this tool does the hours method.
- Nothing is uploaded. The sums are done in your browser.
Common questions
- What is the fairest way to split tips?
- By hours worked is the most common, because it is simple and everyone can check it. Some teams weight by role instead. Whatever the rule, write it down and apply it every time.
- Can the owner or a manager take part in the tip pool?
- Check the rules where you are. In the United States, federal law says owners, managers and supervisors may not keep any part of employees’ tips. Other countries and states have their own rules.
- Why do the cents not always split evenly?
- Because $100 across three equal shifts is $33.333…, which is not a real amount. This tool gives two people $33.33 and one $33.34, so the total is exactly $100.
- Is what I type saved anywhere?
- No. Names and hours stay on this page and are gone when you close it.
Try next
Want this calculator on your own site? Get the embed code. It is free.