Tip Split by Hours Calculator

How it is calculated

The pool is divided by time on the clock: hourly_rate = total_tips ÷ (hours1 + hours2 + hours3) and share_n = hourly_rate × hours_n. Tips are a money amount and hours can be decimals (6.5). All three hour fields must be filled in; for a two-person split enter 0 for the third. Each share is rounded to the cent on its own, so the displayed shares can differ from the pool by a cent (three people splitting $100 equally each see $33.33). A person with 0 hours gets $0.00. If total hours are zero or any value is negative, there is no result. The tool weights only by hours; it does not apply role weights, tip-outs to support staff or any legal rule on tip pooling.

Common mistakes

• Entering the hours as clock times (such as 17.30 for 5:30 pm). The fields want the length of each person's shift in hours, with minutes as a decimal fraction: 7 hours 30 minutes is 7.5.
• Entering a tip per person rather than the whole pool. The first field is the combined total of everyone's tips.
• Leaving the third hours field blank for a two-person split. It needs 0, otherwise there is no result.
• Adding paid breaks or unpaid breaks inconsistently. If one person's hours include breaks and another's do not, the shares are off, so count hours the same way for all.
• Expecting every cent to add up exactly. Each share is rounded separately, so the displayed amounts can be one cent off from the pool.