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For splitting a shared tip pool between staff — enter the total and everyone's hours, get each share.
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This is a different job than splitting a restaurant bill between diners — it's for the other side of the table: a group of servers, bartenders, or delivery staff dividing up a shared tip jar or pooled service charge at the end of a shift, in proportion to how long each person worked.
Enter the total pool, then add each person with the hours they worked. The calculator divides the pool by total hours to get an hourly rate, then multiplies that rate by each person's hours — a proportional split, not an even one.
Restaurants and bars usually pool tips across everyone on the floor for a shift — servers, bartenders, hosts — and split by hours worked, which is exactly what this tool does. Some venues weight roles differently (a bartender share might count 1.5x a busser's), which you can approximate by inflating that person's hours proportionally.
Salons and spas often split by service revenue instead of hours, since a colorist's chair time isn't directly comparable to a blow-dry — this hours-based tool works best when the team's roles and pace are roughly similar, like a shift of servers or delivery drivers.
Delivery and rideshare teams sometimes pool tips at the end of a shift, especially for orders placed as a group tab — hours worked is usually the fairest split when trip length and pay per hour are broadly similar across the team.
No. This tool divides a shared tip pool among staff proportional to hours worked. To split a bill between diners, use the main tip calculator instead.
No — it's a straightforward hours-proportional split. Many venues use role-weighted formulas (servers vs. bussers vs. bartenders); this tool is best for teams sharing a pool evenly by time worked.
If your venue weights roles differently — for example, a server's hour counts for more than a busser's — you can approximate role-weighted splitting by multiplying the higher-weight person's hours by their weight factor before entering them. For a server at 1.5x weight, enter 8 actual hours as 12 weighted hours; a busser at 1.0x weight stays at 6 actual hours entered as 6. This effectively shifts the pool toward the senior role without needing a separate calculator.
No. Everything is calculated locally in your browser and nothing is stored or transmitted.
Step 1 — Count total hours worked by everyone. Add up every person's clock-in time for the shift. For example, if Alice worked 6 hours, Bob worked 7 hours, and Charlie worked 3 hours, the combined total is 6 + 7 + 3 = 16 hours across the team.
Step 2 — Sum the tip pool. Add together all cash tips, credit-card tips, pooled service charges, and any other shared gratuity for the shift. In this example, let the total tip pool equal $420 for the evening.
Step 3 — Divide the pool by total hours to get the hourly rate. Take the full pool and divide it by the combined hours figure from Step 1. Using the numbers above: $420 ÷ 16 total hours = $26.25 per hour worked. This hourly rate is the key number everyone's share will be based on.
Step 4 — Multiply each person's hours by the hourly rate. Apply the hourly rate individually: Alice gets 6 × $26.25 = $157.50, Bob gets 7 × $26.25 = $183.75, and Charlie gets 3 × $26.25 = $78.75. Each person's share scales exactly with the time they put in.
Step 5 — Double-check the shares add up. Add the individual shares back together and verify they match the original pool: $157.50 + $183.75 + $78.75 = $420.00. If the total differs by a penny due to rounding, adjust the largest share by one cent to make the books balance before paying out.
Hours-proportional split — The method this tool uses. Every hour worked counts the same regardless of role, which is the simplest and arguably fairest approach when the team has roughly similar responsibilities and earning potential per hour. The math is transparent, everyone can verify their share against a single hourly rate, and it removes debates about who "deserves" more. The downside is that it doesn't automatically reflect senior roles that generate more of the pool, like a lead server vs. a busser.
Role-weighted split — Assigns different weight multipliers to different positions before dividing by hours. A server's hour might count as 1.5x, a bartender as 1.2x, and a busser as 1.0x, so the same person-hour pulls more of the pool toward senior roles. This matches venues where servers directly drive revenue while support staff enable it. You can approximate role weighting in this tool by inflating the higher-weight person's entered hours by the multiplier: enter a server's 8 hours as 12 weighted hours and a busser's 6 hours as 6.
Even split by person — Divides the pool into equal shares regardless of hours worked: three people, three equal slices of $140 each on the $420 example above. It's dead simple and avoids time-tracking debates, but it strongly punishes full-shift staff relative to people who came in late or left early. It works best for very short, fixed-duration events where everyone actually works the same window and roles are identical. For normal shifts, hours-proportional is almost always the more equitable default.