Change in hourly earnings in eating and drinking places and change in estimated hourly tips

Date Tips per hour Hourly earnings
Mar-2019 0 0
Apr-2019 -0.23 0.043333
May-2019 0.00 0
Jun-2019 -0.02 0.01
Jul-2019 0.01 0.01
Aug-2019 0.14 0.06
Sep-2019 0.05 0.076667
Oct-2019 0.14 0.046667
Nov-2019 -0.04 0.093333
Dec-2019 0.19 0.06
Jan-2020 0.06 0.116667
Feb-2020 -0.29 -0.09667
Mar-2020 -0.22 -0.20667
Apr-2020 -0.27 -0.16333
May-2020 0.24 -0.02
Jun-2020 -0.05 0.076667
Jul-2020 0.12 0.033333
Aug-2020 0.11 0.09
Sep-2020 0.04 0.166667
Oct-2020 0.11 0.03
Nov-2020 -0.07 -0.02
Dec-2020 0.27 -0.03333
Jan-2021 0.15 0.16
Feb-2021 0.13 0.226667

 

Note: Monthly sales in retail (seasonally adjusted) were multiplied by 7% to get an estimate of tip income. This tip income was divided by an estimate of monthly hours – employment of production and non-supervisory employees in eating and drinking places multiplied by average weekly hours and then multiplied by (52/12) to get a monthly equivalent. The figure shows the change in tips per hour and hourly earnings for production and non-supervisory workers as a 3-month rolling average to smooth the data.

Source: Author’s analysis of data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Current Employment Statistics (CES) and Census Bureau Monthly Retail Sales

View the underlying data on epi.org.