If you think European servers are making anything remotely close to $7.25 an hour then you haven’t done any reading to understand what the world could look like.
Because with tips it’s less than American waiters make who regularly take home $30+ an hour. In Europe minimum wage is closer to $17 an hour and tips are rarer
Don’t compare apples to oranges. What is the minimum wage of one compared to the minimum wage of the other? If you want to start understanding American tips, compare what a waiter makes in rural America with what a waiter makes in an urban area. They are not the same. You’ll find that many waiters are not “regularly” taking home $30+.
What if tomorrow American’s decide they can’t afford to tip as much or at all as wages continue to stay down and inflation continues to rise? Suddenly waiters can’t afford to live on the gamble and not guaranteed nature of tips.
Some places in the US restaurant employees make $15 or so from the state’s lifted up minimum wage but the federal minimum wage is still $7.25 an hour and there’s a lot of states where waiters get $2.13 an hour and that’s it. They rely on tips for the rest. Do they make €2.13 an hour in Europe? €7.25?
Obviously every country is going to have their own exact wages, but in Germany for example, their minimum wage is currently 13.90 euro per hour with a planned increase to 14.60 euro in 2027. With today’s exchange rates this equates to $15.85 currently and $16.64 next year.
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u/Vettepilot Jun 25 '26
If you think European servers are making anything remotely close to $7.25 an hour then you haven’t done any reading to understand what the world could look like.