Restaurant worker pay stub
Restaurant pay stubs combine cash wages, reported tips, credit-card tips, and (sometimes) tip credits. The federal tip credit is up to $5.12/hr; many states ban it.
Common deductions
- Tip credit reconciliation
- Uniform deductions
- Meals (where allowable)
Pay quirks
- Tip credit
- Tip pool
- Service charges (not tips)
- Reported vs paid tips
Questions worth asking payroll
- Were my reported tips correctly added to taxable wages?
- Was my cash wage at least $2.13 federally — and higher where my state requires?
- Are service charges shown separately from tips?
Official sources
- IRS Publication 15 (Circular E), Employer's Tax Guide — IRS · 2025 · last verified 2025-04-01
- U.S. DOL — Overtime Pay (FLSA) — DOL · last verified 2025-04-01
- U.S. DOL — Fact Sheet #17A: Exemption for Executive, Administrative, Professional employees — DOL · last verified 2025-04-01
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