Chart: Growth in the number of full-service restaurant establishments and employment by type of tipped wage, 2011–2014

Figure B

Growth in the number of full-service restaurant establishments and employment by type of tipped wage, 2011–2014

	Equal treatment states	States with a lower tipped minimum wage
Growth in the number of establishments	6.0%	4.1%
Growth in employment	13.2%	9.1%

ChartData Download data

Note: Equal treatment states are states that have the same minimum wage for all workers. Equal treatment states include Alaska, California, Hawaii, Minnesota, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, and Washington. Tipped workers in Hawaii may be paid $0.75 less than the regular minimum wage, but only if they earn a combined hourly wage (tips + base wage) of at least $7.00 more than the regular minimum wage.

Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (BLS-QCEW), 2011–2014

This chart appears in:

Gradually eliminating the two-tiered wage system for tipped workers in New York will improve working conditions and wages for tipped workers across the state

Previous chart: « Median hourly pay of tipped workers, nontipped workers, and waitstaff/bartenders by state tipped minimum wage level (2016 dollars)

Next chart: Analysis of taxable earnings, 2000–2015 »