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In hardly any other city in the world waiters, bartenders and delivery men expect such high tips as in New York. 18 percent is the average. Those who leave less make themselves unpopular – and are sometimes even asked to top up.
Because the additional income is an integral part of the wages. Without them, many restaurant employees would not be able to make ends meet. Employers often only pay the statutory minimum wage: eight dollars and 35 cents, a sum that will not get you very far in the expensive metropolis.
The citizens wanted to support the restaurants
Data from the Square and Toast apps, which millions of New Yorkers use to pay their restaurant bills, now shows how much tips were given during the pandemic. If you place the curve that shows the development of tips from April 2020 to today over that of corona infections, you see something amazing: They are similar.