FOR RELEASE NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Do You Tip More or Less Often Than the Average American?

Compare your tipping habits with those of the overall public by visiting Tipping Point, the small town with a big-city feel.

BY Chris Baronavski, Alissa Scheller and Drew DeSilver

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Do You Tip More or Less Often Than the Average American?

Compare your tipping habits with those of the overall public by visiting Tipping Point, the small town with a big-city feel.

Do You Tip More or Less Often Than the Average American?

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Welcome to Tipping Point, the small town with a big-city feel! Pew Research Center created Tipping Point to showcase some of our recent survey findings about Americans’ tipping attitudes and behaviors – and to give you a chance to compare your tipping habits with those of the overall public.

Many Americans say that how they think about tipping depends on the situation. So as you explore our town, you’ll be given a few opportunities to leave a tip for various kinds of services. In each scenario, tell us how often you’d leave a tip, and then we’ll show you how your answers compare with those of the nearly 12,000 U.S. adults we surveyed in August 2023. At the end, you’ll get a “receipt” summarizing your choices.

Click on any of the highlighted places below to get started.

To learn how we conducted this research, read our recent report on tipping culture in America.

Pew Research Center’s series on tipping in the U.S.

Acknowledgments

Editorial   

John Gramlich, Associate Director
David Kent, Senior Copy Editor
Rebecca Leppert, Copy Editor
Anna Jackson, Editorial Assistant
Jordan Lippert, Research Assistant

Communications and web publishing

Julia O’Hanlon, Communications Manager
Beshay Sakla, Associate Digital Producer