In one-fair-wage cities, tipped workers have earnings closer to those of nontipped workers: Median tipped worker annual earnings as a share of nontipped worker annual earnings in San Francisco, Seattle, and the District of Columbia
Relative to nontipped workers | |
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Seattle | 45% |
San Francisco | 42% |
District of Columbia | 34% |
Notes: “Earnings” refers to all wages, salaries, 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)