Calculate tip amount, total bill and easily split among friends.
A tip calculator helps you quickly calculate the tip amount, total bill, and per-person split at restaurants and for service providers. Whether dining with friends or calculating service charges, our free tip calculator eliminates the mental math so you can focus on enjoying your experience.
Tipping customs vary by country and service type. At sit-down restaurants: 10% for average service, 15-18% for good service, 20-25% for excellent service, where tipping is customary. For food delivery: 10-15% of the order value is typical where tipping applies. For hotel staff: a small amount per stay for housekeeping and per bag for bellhop service is customary in many countries. For hair salons: 15-20% of service cost is common where tipping is expected.
Technically, tipping on the pre-tax (food amount only) amount is correct since the server did not provide the tax service. However, most people tip on the total bill including tax for simplicity. In many countries, if a restaurant includes a service charge (typically 5-10%), you are not obligated to tip additionally — that charge is meant to replace tipping.
For equal splits, our calculator divides the total (including tip) by the number of people. For unequal splits where people ordered different amounts, each person pays their share of food plus an equal share of the tip. Our bill splitting calculator handles both scenarios, making group dining easy and argument-free.
Tipping customs vary enormously by country. In the US, tipping 15-20% at restaurants is standard and often expected. In much of Europe and Asia, a smaller tip or none at all is customary, since service charges are frequently already included in the bill. In some cultures, tipping can even be seen as unusual or unnecessary. When service is excellent, tipping is a thoughtful way to show appreciation, but always check your bill first — if a service charge is already included, you're generally not expected to tip additionally unless you want to.
Standard tipping percentages vary by service type and location — restaurant tipping in the US commonly ranges from 15-20% of the pre-tax bill total, while other countries have very different, sometimes minimal, tipping customs built into their service culture. Calculating tip on the pre-tax versus post-tax total is a minor but recurring point of disagreement, with etiquette generally favoring calculating tip on the pre-tax subtotal, though the practical dollar difference is typically small enough that either approach is widely considered acceptable.
For groups splitting a bill, deciding whether to tip based on the total bill before dividing, or calculating each person's individual tip based on their own specific order, produces different results when group members ordered significantly different amounts, making it worth clarifying the splitting method upfront to avoid an awkward mid-meal discussion.
Some establishments include an automatic service charge or "no tipping" policy, particularly outside the US, where tipping can occasionally even be seen as slightly awkward or unnecessary given built-in service charges or different cultural service norms. Checking the bill and local custom before automatically adding an additional tip avoids double-paying for service that may already be included in the listed price.
Tipping norms for delivery services have evolved separately from traditional dine-in restaurant tipping, with typical delivery tips often calculated as a percentage of the order or a flat amount adjusted for distance and weather conditions, reflecting the different nature of the service compared to a server providing table-side dining service throughout a meal.
Many people round a calculated tip up to a convenient whole-dollar amount for simplicity when paying in cash, which typically results in a slightly higher tip than the exact calculated percentage — a minor but common real-world adjustment to the precise mathematical calculation that's worth accounting for when budgeting for a meal out.
In most countries, 15-20% is a standard tip for restaurant service. 10% is considered low, 20-25% is generous for excellent service.
Etiquette varies, but tipping on the pre-tax amount is technically correct. However, most people tip on the total bill for simplicity.
Tipping is generally not expected for counter service, fast food, or when a service charge is already included in the bill.
Add the tip to the total bill first, then divide by the number of people. Our calculator handles this automatically.
