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Originally Posted by xepherys
In the US, if you are in a tipped position, you have a seperate minimum wage (mine was $2.62 when minimum wage was $5.25). It's expected that you get tipped and that is how you balance your income. If servers made $5.25/hour, it'd be a bit (but not much) different. I doubt many pizza delivery guys make more than minimum wage, if that.
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Here in Oregon, servers make a minimum $7.50 an hour. There are a number of states in the West where tipping doesn't lower the minimum wage. When I worked in a restaurant as a cook, we got a share of the tips, and I usually made $20 for a lunch shift and anywhere from $40-80 on a dinner shift. Good money, given that I was also paid $8.18 an hour.
But yes, consumers should be aware of which states do change their minimum wage for servers. Otherwise you're seriously impacting how much someone takes home with a bad tip.