{"id":24225,"date":"2023-11-09T09:55:38","date_gmt":"2023-11-09T14:55:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/2023\/11\/09\/factors-affecting-whether-and-how-much-americans-tip\/"},"modified":"2025-04-02T13:23:52","modified_gmt":"2025-04-02T17:23:52","slug":"factors-affecting-whether-and-how-much-americans-tip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/2023\/11\/09\/factors-affecting-whether-and-how-much-americans-tip\/","title":{"rendered":"4. Factors affecting whether and how much Americans tip"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Above all, tipping is a question of service for most Americans. Around three-quarters of adults (77%) say the quality of the service is a major factor when deciding whether and how much to tip, while 18% say it is a minor factor. Only 5% don\u2019t consider it a factor at all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-640-wide is-resized\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-31469\" href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/2023\/11\/09\/factors-affecting-whether-and-how-much-americans-tip\/sr_23-11-09_tipping-culture_04_01-png\/\"><img data-dominant-color=\"dfe3e5\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" height=\"713\" width=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2023\/11\/SR_23.11.09_tipping-culture_04_01.png?w=640\" alt=\"Bar chart showing that 77% Americans say quality of service is a major factor in whether to tip. 77% also say quality is a major factor in how much to tip. \" class=\"wp-image-31469 not-transparent\" style=\"--dominant-color: #dfe3e5; width:420px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2023\/11\/SR_23.11.09_tipping-culture_04_01.png 840w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2023\/11\/SR_23.11.09_tipping-culture_04_01.png?resize=269,300 269w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2023\/11\/SR_23.11.09_tipping-culture_04_01.png?resize=768,856 768w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2023\/11\/SR_23.11.09_tipping-culture_04_01.png?resize=363,405 363w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2023\/11\/SR_23.11.09_tipping-culture_04_01.png?resize=200,223 200w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2023\/11\/SR_23.11.09_tipping-culture_04_01.png?resize=260,290 260w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2023\/11\/SR_23.11.09_tipping-culture_04_01.png?resize=310,345 310w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2023\/11\/SR_23.11.09_tipping-culture_04_01.png?resize=420,468 420w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2023\/11\/SR_23.11.09_tipping-culture_04_01.png?resize=640,713 640w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2023\/11\/SR_23.11.09_tipping-culture_04_01.png?resize=740,825 740w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2023\/11\/SR_23.11.09_tipping-culture_04_01.png?resize=160,178 160w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2023\/11\/SR_23.11.09_tipping-culture_04_01.png?resize=320,357 320w\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Far smaller shares point to other potential factors. For example, only about three-in-ten adults say a service worker\u2019s pre-tip wages are a major factor when deciding whether and how much to tip.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">About a quarter of Americans say social pressure to leave a tip is a major factor in deciding whether and how much to tip. And similar shares say a major factor in these decisions is how much the tip will cost them as the customer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Related:&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/2023\/11\/28\/do-you-tip-more-or-less-often-than-the-average-american\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Do You Tip More or Less Than the Average American?<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In every demographic and partisan group examined, Americans are more likely to point to the quality of the service than to any other factor when deciding <em>whether<\/em> to leave a tip or not. But there are still some demographic and partisan differences over this and other factors:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Service quality is by far the most cited factor across all age groups, but younger Americans are more likely than older people to consider certain other factors.<\/strong> For example, adults under 30 are more likely than those 65 and older to point to workers\u2019 pre-tip wages, social pressure and cost as major factors when deciding whether to leave a tip.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Upper-income Americans are more likely than those with middle and lower incomes to say social pressure is a major factor in deciding whether to tip. <\/strong>Conversely, the cost of the tip is more likely to be a major factor in this decision for middle- and lower-income Americans than for upper-income adults.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Republicans and Republican-leaning independents are more likely than Democrats and Democratic leaners to see quality of service as a major factor. <\/strong>Democrats, in turn, are more likely than Republicans to cite some other factors. For example, 35% of Democrats \u2013 compared with 27% of Republicans \u2013 say a worker\u2019s pre-tip wages are a major factor when deciding whether to leave a tip or not. Liberal Democrats are especially likely to see this as a major factor (41% do so).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These demographic patterns are broadly similar when Americans are asked about the factors they take into account when deciding <em>how much<\/em> to tip.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Above all, tipping is a question of service for most Americans. Around three-quarters of adults (77%) say the quality of the service is a major factor when deciding whether and how much to tip, while 18% say it is a minor factor. Only 5% don\u2019t consider it a factor at all. 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