Tipped workers earn more per hour in San Francisco and Seattle than they do in D.C.: Median hourly wage of all tipped workers and of servers and bartenders, in San Francisco, Seattle, and the District of Columbia (2017 dollars)
District of Columbia | San Francisco | Seattle | |
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Tipped workers | $14.41 | $15.50 | $15.12 |
Servers & bartenders | $14.24 | $17.16 | $15.22 |
Notes: Wages include both base wages and tips. Values for Seattle reflect all of King County, Washington.
Source: EPI analysis of American Community Survey microdata, pooled years 2012–2016 (Ruggles et al. 2018)