Free online tip calculator — split the bill, tip any percentage before or after tax, and share a tip pool between staff by hours worked.
Every split adds up to the exact total — no cents lost, nobody left short.
Type the bill, pick a percentage, say how many of you there are. The answer updates as you type — there is no calculate button to press.
The currency selector at the top right changes the symbol and the formatting for all three modes. Thirteen currencies are covered, including yen, which has no minor unit at all — the splitting maths adjusts rather than inventing fractions of a yen.
This is where a bill splitter earns its keep. Three people and a bill of 100 is the classic problem: 33.33 each comes to 99.99 and the restaurant is a cent short. Most calculators show you 33.33 and say nothing.
This one hands the leftover units out one at a time and tells you exactly who pays what — one person pays 33.34, two pay 33.33, and it adds up. If you would rather nobody counted pennies, switch rounding to round each share up and everyone pays the same round number, with the difference simply becoming a slightly larger tip. The calculator says what that did to the percentage rather than leaving you to notice.
Strictly, a tip is for the service, and sales tax is not service — it goes to the state. So the older convention is to tip on the pre-tax subtotal. In practice most people tip on the total because it is one less step, and the gap is usually small.
On a 100 subtotal with 8% sales tax, a 20% tip is 20.00 worked out before tax and 21.60 worked out on the total — a difference of 1.60. Enter your tax rate and this calculator will do it either way; leave the rate at zero and the choice is switched off, because without a rate there is nothing to separate.
The rate itself is local. California, Michigan, Ohio and Maine each set their own, cities often add a little on top, and a handful of states charge no sales tax at all. That is why the field is blank rather than pre-filled with a national figure — there is no such thing.
These are customary United States rates. They are conventions rather than rules, and they do not travel — see the section below before applying them anywhere else.
| Service | Customary | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Restaurant, table service | 15–20% | 18% is a common default; 20% for service you were happy with |
| Counter service, takeaway | 0–10% | Nothing is expected when you carry your own food |
| Haircut, hairdresser, salon or barber | 20% | Split between everyone who worked on you |
| Manicure, pedicure | 20% | Same as a haircut |
| Massage, spa | 20% | On the pre-discount price if you used a voucher |
| Tattoo | 20% | Some artists build it into the quoted price — ask |
| Food delivery | 15–20% | DoorDash, Uber Eats and the rest — the app's delivery fee is not a tip |
| Pizza delivery | 15% | Or a flat few units on a small order |
| Taxi, Uber, rideshare | 15% | Round up for help with luggage |
| Bar, per drink | 20% | Or a flat unit or two per drink on a simple round |
The quick version, for when you would rather not open anything. Move the decimal point one place left for 10%, then double it for 20%.
| Bill | 15% | 18% | 20% | 25% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10.00 | 1.50 | 1.80 | 2.00 | 2.50 |
| 20.00 | 3.00 | 3.60 | 4.00 | 5.00 |
| 25.00 | 3.75 | 4.50 | 5.00 | 6.25 |
| 30.00 | 4.50 | 5.40 | 6.00 | 7.50 |
| 40.00 | 6.00 | 7.20 | 8.00 | 10.00 |
| 50.00 | 7.50 | 9.00 | 10.00 | 12.50 |
| 60.00 | 9.00 | 10.80 | 12.00 | 15.00 |
| 75.00 | 11.25 | 13.50 | 15.00 | 18.75 |
| 100.00 | 15.00 | 18.00 | 20.00 | 25.00 |
| 150.00 | 22.50 | 27.00 | 30.00 | 37.50 |
| 200.00 | 30.00 | 36.00 | 40.00 | 50.00 |
Tipping out is the other side of the counter. The tips taken during a shift go into one pool and get shared between the staff who worked it, usually in proportion to hours: an 8-hour shift out of 20 hours total earns 8 twentieths of the pool. You will also see it called tip distribution, or a tip divider — the split is based on hours worked rather than on who happened to serve which table.
The arithmetic looks trivial and is not. Divide 480 between people who worked 7, 6.5 and 4.25 hours and the exact shares have fractions of a cent in them. Round each one and the shares no longer add up to the pool — money either appears or vanishes, and somebody notices at the end of the week. The Tip Out tab uses the largest-remainder method, so the shares always total the pool exactly, and it shows you that total back so you do not have to take it on trust.
The percentages above are American, and the USA is the outlier. Tipped staff there can legally be paid below the standard minimum wage on the assumption that tips make up the difference, which is why a 15 to 20 percent tip is treated as part of the price rather than a bonus.
Most of the world does not work that way. In Japan tipping can cause confusion or mild offence. Across much of Europe service is included by law and rounding the bill up or leaving small change is normal — a 20% tip marks you out. In Australia and New Zealand tipping is optional and uncommon. In the United Kingdom (UK) 10 to 12.5% is typical, and often already added as a service charge. Canada follows the American pattern closely, British Columbia (BC) and Quebec included; in Mexico 10 to 15% is normal; in South Africa 10% is the usual figure, and the rand is one of the thirteen currencies here. Check what is normal where you are rather than exporting American percentages, and use the Reverse tab if a service charge is already on the bill and you want to know what it came to.