Tip Calculator
Finance & MoneyCalculate tip amount, total with tip, and split the bill among any number of people with customizable tip percentages.. Free, private — all processing in your browser.
Enter the bill, pick a tip percentage, and this shows the tip amount, the total, and — if you're splitting — what each person owes. The percentage buttons (10, 15, 18, 20, 25, 30) cover the range most people actually use, and the slider lets you land anywhere from 0 to 50% for the in-between cases.
It's built for the moment the check arrives and someone asks "so what do we each put in?" Set the number of people and it divides the total evenly, showing both the per-person total and the per-person tip so nobody's guessing. Everything updates instantly as you drag the slider.
The tip is calculated on the bill amount you enter. If you want to tip on the pre-tax subtotal (which many people do), just type the pre-tax figure instead of the grand total.
Worked examples
Weeknight dinner for two at a casual restaurant
Bill: $54.00 Tip: 20% Head count: 2
Tip: $10.80 Total: $64.80 Per person: $32.40 (tip share: $5.40)
Group dinner — four coworkers splitting evenly
Bill: $120.00 Tip: 18% Head count: 4
Tip: $21.60 Total: $141.60 Per person: $35.40 (tip share: $5.40)
Solo lunch with a 20% tip
Bill: $38.75 Tip: 20% Head count: 1
Tip: $7.75 Total: $46.50 (Per-person card hidden for solo dining — total is what you owe)
Big team dinner — six people, generous tip
Bill: $285.00 Tip: 22% Head count: 6
Tip: $62.70 Total: $347.70 Per person: $57.95 (tip share: $10.45)
Quick counter-service coffee and pastry
Bill: $14.50 Tip: 25% Head count: 1
Tip: $3.63 (rounded from $3.625) Total: $18.13 Cash-rounding: $18 or $19 both work; picking $18 effectively tips 24%, picking $19 tips 31%
Where this helps
Restaurant dining
- →Fast tip on a solo meal: Bill, tip percentage, done. Set head count to 1, tap 20%, and you've got the total in a second. Useful at counter-style places where the payment terminal is prompting you for a tip amount and the line behind you is growing.
- →Splitting dinner with a friend or partner: Type the bill, tap 2 under head count, pick the tip. The per-person card shows each share. If you're each paying a separate card, tell the server the per-person total; if one person is paying and the other is Venmoing back, the per-person number is what they send you.
- →Group dinner where everyone splits even: Birthday dinner, work outing, family meal. Set the head count to however many are paying (not always the same as how many people are at the table — see the next item). Per-person shows each contributor's share including their portion of the tip.
- →Group dinner where the honoree isn't paying: Eight people at dinner, one is the birthday guest and not paying. Type the full bill, set head count to 7. The total stays accurate; only the paying count adjusts. Everyone chips in a slightly higher share to cover the honoree's portion — which is what 'I'll treat them' actually means at math level.
Service outside restaurants
- →Delivery tip on a takeout app's cash equivalent: If you're tipping a delivery driver in cash for something ordered with no built-in tip, use the meal's pre-fee subtotal as the bill and pick 15-20%. Weather, distance, and the driver's base pay all argue for higher; a small, fast delivery argues for a flat $5 minimum as long as the bill isn't $60+.
- →Haircut, spa, or personal-service tip: Salon standard is 15-20% on the service cost, calculated the same way as a restaurant tip. Type the service price (not any product you bought) and pick your tip percentage. The Emily Post tipping guide linked in the references below is the canonical source if you're unsure about a specific service industry.
- →Guided tour, bartender, coat check: Tour guide: $10-$20 per person for a half-day tour. Bartender: $1-$2 per drink, or 15-20% on a large tab. Coat check: $1-$2 per coat. The calculator works for any of these if you know the bill equivalent; for per-drink or per-item flat tips, just multiply mentally — the calculator is overkill for single-digit transactions.
Bill-related bookkeeping
- →Figure out what you spent total on dinner including tip: You're expensing the meal or tracking a budget. Type the pre-tax subtotal, add tax yourself if you need the strict number, or type the post-tax total and pick the tip. Total is your expense-report number. For multi-item expense tracking, a spreadsheet is faster than the calculator.
- →Reverse-engineer a restaurant's pricing from a bill: Sometimes the payment terminal just shows the total and you need to separate out tip. If you know the tip percentage, divide the total by (1 + percent/100). $72 total with a 20% tip means the pre-tip was $60. Not what the calculator is designed for, but the math is inverse of what it computes.
- →Settle a bar tab at the end of a group night: One person's credit card held the tab, the rest owe them back. Type the card-charged total (which may or may not include a tip the cardholder auto-added), set the head count, distribute per-person amounts via Venmo or Zelle. Screenshot the calculator's output as proof to the non-payers — saves the 'wait, how much did I owe you again' round-trip the next morning.
Step by step
- 1
Type the bill amount
The number from the receipt or the payment terminal screen. Pre-tax subtotal if you tip on pre-tax; post-tax total if that's what you're working from. If there's an auto-gratuity or service charge already on the bill, subtract it first so you don't double-tip — a lot of group-dinner receipts will have a 'service charge' line that's already 18-20%.
- 2
Pick the tip percentage
Tap one of the quick-pick buttons (10, 15, 18, 20, 25, 30) or drag the slider to any number between 0 and 50. US casual-dining standard is 18-20% for satisfactory service; 15% reads as low today where it read as standard a decade ago. For takeout or counter service, 10% or a flat dollar amount is common. For exceptional service, 25%+ is appropriate if you want to say so.
- 3
Set the head count
Tap 1 through 6 for the common cases. For bigger groups type the number into the custom input — up to 100. If one person isn't contributing (they're the birthday honoree, or you're treating), set the head count to exclude them and have the remaining diners split the total including that person's share.
- 4
Read the three output numbers
Tip shows the dollar value of the gratuity. Total shows bill plus tip. If you're splitting with more than one person, Per Person shows each diner's share of the total, with their share of the tip called out separately below. For solo dining the per-person card is hidden — you already know the total is what you owe.
- 5
Round the per-person amount yourself for cash situations
If the split came out to $23.47 and everyone's paying cash, having each person put in $24 or $25 saves the host from having to collect dimes. The calculator doesn't do this automatically because rounding conventions differ by group — round to the dollar, round to the even dollar, round up to the next five — and getting it wrong is more annoying than just rounding mentally.
- 6
Adjust for service-charge or auto-gratuity on the bill
Some bills have an automatic gratuity of 18-20% built in for parties of six or more, or a 'service charge' that the restaurant may or may not pass to staff. Read the receipt's fine print: if 'gratuity included' appears, the tip is already paid and you can add zero, a few percent, or whatever extra feels right. Don't tip 20% on top of an included 20% unless the service was genuinely exceptional.
Features at a glance
Continuous 0-50% tip slider
Slide to any percentage you want — 17%, 22%, 23.5% — without being locked to preset buttons. Useful when you want to land on a specific total or split per-person amount by adjusting tip in small increments.
Six quick-pick tip buttons
10%, 15%, 18%, 20%, 25%, 30% — the buttons cover the common cases so you don't have to aim the slider for routine dinners. 20% is pre-selected when you arrive because that's the US casual-dining default in 2026.
Head count from 1 to 100
One through six is one tap each. Larger groups take any number up to 100 via the custom input — covers team dinners, wedding rehearsals, and birthday parties without capping artificially.
Per-person tip broken out separately
When splitting, the per-person card shows what each person contributes to the tip on top of their share of the base. Useful context when someone's paying with points or a card that doesn't cover tips.
No tax assumptions baked in
Whatever number you type in the bill field is what the tip is calculated on. Tipping on pre-tax? Type the pre-tax subtotal. Tipping on post-tax because that's what the payment terminal is showing? Type the post-tax total. The calculator doesn't 'help' by assuming a tax rate that might be wrong for your state.
Outputs in monospaced cents-accurate display
Bill, tip, total, and per-person all show to two decimals because that's what a credit-card reader will accept. Round up yourself if you're paying cash and want to avoid coins.
No signup, no deals feed, no redirects
The calculator is the whole page. No email capture, no 'deals near you' affiliate banners, no share-your-bill-to-Venmo prompts. Your dinner spending data stays where it belongs.
Runs entirely in your browser
No server round-trip on any keystroke. The bill amount, tip percentage, and group size never leave your device. Refresh the page and it's gone.
Technical details
The math is straightforward: tip = bill x (percent / 100), total = bill + tip. When you split among people, both the total and the tip are divided by the headcount. Results are shown to two decimal places (cents).
The percentage runs from 0 to 50% via the slider, with quick presets at 10, 15, 18, 20, 25, and 30. There's no rounding applied — the split is a true even division, so if the numbers don't divide cleanly you may need one person to cover the extra cent. It calculates on whatever bill figure you enter, so you control whether tax is included in the base.
It runs entirely in your browser with no accounts or network calls. Nothing you type is stored or sent anywhere.
Common problems and solutions
⚠Tip is on the bill you enter
If you type the grand total (including sales tax), the tip is calculated on that. To tip on the pre-tax amount, enter the subtotal instead.
⚠The split is even, not itemized
It divides the total equally among everyone. If people ordered very different amounts, an even split may not feel fair — use an itemized splitter for that.
⚠Cents may not divide cleanly
An even split can leave a fraction of a cent. The per-person figure is rounded to two decimals, so occasionally the parts won't sum to exactly the total and someone covers the extra penny.
⚠Tipping norms vary by country
The presets reflect US restaurant norms. In many countries tipping is lower or already included as a service charge — check local custom before applying 18-20%.
How it compares
This is the fast version: three inputs, instant answer, works on your phone at the table. Some tip calculators add features like rounding the total to a whole dollar, tipping on pre-tax vs. post-tax, or uneven splits where people ordered different amounts. This one keeps it to an even split for speed, which covers the common case of a shared meal.
If you need an uneven split (everyone pays for what they ordered), a dedicated bill-splitting app handles that better. For the everyday "20% and split four ways" question, this gets you there in seconds.
Frequently asked questions about the Tip Calculator
▶Should I tip on the amount before or after tax?
Etiquette guides generally say the pre-tax subtotal is fine, though many people tip on the total for simplicity. This tool tips on whatever amount you enter, so type the subtotal if you want to exclude tax.
▶How much should I tip at a restaurant?
In the US, 18-20% is standard for sit-down service, 15% for adequate service, and more for exceptional service. The preset buttons cover this range. Norms differ widely outside the US.
▶How does splitting the bill work?
Enter the number of people and the tool divides the total (bill plus tip) evenly, showing each person's share and their portion of the tip. It's an even split, not itemized by what each person ordered.
▶Does it round the total?
No. It shows the exact tip and total to the cent. If you prefer to round up to a whole dollar, adjust the tip percentage slightly until the total lands where you want.
Additional resources
- Emily Post Institute — General Tipping Guide — The canonical US tipping reference across industries — restaurants, salons, hotels, movers, delivery, taxis, personal services. Updated periodically and free.
- U.S. Department of Labor — Tipped Employees — Federal rules on tipped-minimum-wage, tip pools, and what employers can and can't do with tip income. Useful context for understanding why tipping matters so much to service workers in the US.
- Splitwise — Group Expense Splitting — Free app for tracking shared expenses across a group — handles uneven splits, running balances, and multi-currency. Better than this calculator for ongoing roommate, travel, or group-project bookkeeping.
- Investopedia — How Tipping Works in Different Countries — A clear country-by-country breakdown of tipping norms. Worth a skim before international travel — US percentages are often wildly wrong elsewhere.
- Pew Research — Tipping in the US — Data on how tipping expectations have expanded (and attitudes have shifted) in recent years, particularly around counter-service tipping prompts. Useful context for why the 'should I tip here?' question feels harder than it used to.
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