Utah diners left less than 15% gratuity on average in October, based on payroll data analyzed by the payments company Square.
By the numbers: With an average tip of 14.64%, Utah ranked the 4th lowest in the nation, behind only California, Hawaii and Washington, D.C.
Catch up quick: Utah has long been notorious for poor tipping , even as tipping culture has spread.
- Servers and bartenders are getting tipped more frequently for services — like takeout orders — that used to go without gratuities, Axios’ Emily Peck reports .
The intrigue: Tips are so low in Utah that they make up a below-average share of restaurant workers’ pay — 21.9% — even though Utah’s minimum wage for tipped employees is $2.13 an hour.
- That’s the same as the federal minimum tipped wage — an amount so low that most states have raised the floor . A bill this year to raise the minimum wage didn’t address tipped wages, and it died without debate.
By the numbers: In October, tips made up 23% of restaurant worker pay nationally — up from 14% in 2019, according to Square’s report.