Tipping Guide by Country
Look up tipping customs in 59 countries for restaurants, taxis, hotels and bars, then work out the tip and split the bill.
Showing United States — all 59 countries in the list.
United States
Tipping expected USD ($)- Restaurants
- 15–20% (typical 18%) — Staff rely on tips — plan for them.
- Service charge
- Rarely included, but an 18–20% "auto-gratuity" is often added for groups of six or more — check the bill first.
Taxis, hotels, bars and local notes
- Taxis & rides
- 15% of the fare, or round up to the next dollar or two.
- Hotels
- $1–2 per bag for the porter and $2–5 per night for housekeeping, left in the room.
- Bars & cafés
- $1–2 per drink at the bar, or 15–20% on a tab. Around $1 for a barista.
- Good to know
- Tipped staff can legally be paid a reduced base wage, so tips are a large part of their income. Card terminals usually prompt with 15/18/20% presets.
Work out the tip
- Total to pay
- $94.40
- Tip
- $14.40
- Total per person
- $94.40
- Tip per person
- $14.40
$80.00 bill + 18.0% tip in United States. Staff rely on tips — plan for them.
How it works
Pick a country and the page shows what locals actually do: the usual restaurant percentage, whether a service charge is normally added to the bill already, what to give a taxi driver, hotel housekeeping and porters, and how bars and cafés work. The tip calculator underneath uses the same numbers — the tip percentage is pre-filled with that country's standard, so an $80 restaurant bill in the United States at 18% comes to a $14.40 tip and $94.40 to pay, or $47.20 each when two people split it. Everything recalculates as you type.
The tip is a straight percentage of the bill before rounding: tip = bill × percent ÷ 100, total = bill + tip, and "total per person" divides that total by the number of diners. Tick "Round the total up" and the total is raised to the next whole currency unit with the extra going to the tip — the way most people settle a bill in cash. Amounts are shown in the local currency with the right number of decimals (yen and won have none). The guide covers countries across every region and is a curated summary of common practice, not a legal rule: customs vary by city, venue and how good the service was, and a service charge already on the bill usually means no extra tip is expected. Everything — the whole dataset, the maths and the CSV export — runs in your browser with plain JavaScript. No sign-up, no ads, and nothing you type is sent anywhere.
Frequently asked questions
How much should I tip in the United States?
15 to 20% of the bill is the norm in restaurants, with 18% the usual middle choice that card terminals suggest. Tipped staff can legally be paid a reduced base wage, so the tip is a real part of their income rather than a bonus. On an $80 bill, 18% is a $14.40 tip and $94.40 to pay, or $47.20 each if two of you split it. Bars take $1 to $2 per drink, taxis around 15%, hotel porters $1 to $2 a bag and housekeeping $2 to $5 a night.
Do you tip in Japan?
No. Tipping is not part of Japanese culture and money left on a table is often chased down the street and handed back, because excellent service is considered standard rather than something you pay extra for. Restaurants do not add a tip line, taxi drivers return exact change, and the main exception is a traditional ryokan, where a "kokorozuke" of ¥3,000–5,000 may be given discreetly in an envelope. Korea, Taiwan and New Zealand work much the same way.
What if a service charge is already on the bill?
Then that is normally the tip and nothing more is expected. A 10% "serviço" in Brazil, 12.5% discretionary service in a London restaurant, 10% plus tax in Singapore or a legally included 10% in Costa Rica all cover the staff, and in the UK the charge must be passed on to them in full. The exceptions are places such as the UAE and Egypt, where the printed service charge often stays with the house, so a small cash tip still reaches the server. This tool shows the service-charge situation for each country next to the percentage.