> Split a restaurant tip pool by hours, role weights, and optional service and kitchen shares with exact cent reconciliation.
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> Source: https://shiftpriority.com/restaurant-tip-pool-calculator/ · Language: en

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# Tip pool calculator for hospitality teams

The calculator distributes one tip pool by weighted hours. Optionally it first creates fixed service and kitchen shares; within each pool, hours × weight determines each allocation.

## Calculate a tip pool

Example values - adapt the pool, hours, and weights to your agreed method.

**Privacy:** Names, hours, weights, percentages, tip amounts, and results stay in this browser. Plausible receives only the coarse event that the calculator was used.

Total tip pool in euros

Split between service and kitchen

Without a split, everyone shares the same pool and the team selection is ignored.

Team and allocation points

Person 1

Remove

NameEligible hoursWeightHours × weight = allocation pointsTeamServiceKitchen

Person 2

Remove

NameEligible hoursWeightHours × weight = allocation pointsTeamServiceKitchen

Person 3

Remove

NameEligible hoursWeightHours × weight = allocation pointsTeamServiceKitchen

Add personDistribute tip pool

## Formula

Weighted hours = eligible hours × weight. Without a service/kitchen split: one person's allocation = total tip pool × that person's weighted hours ÷ all weighted hours.

With a split, round the service pool to whole cents first and use the exact remainder as the kitchen pool. Apply the same weighted-hours formula inside each pool.

## Worked example

With a €100.00 pool, weight 1, and no service/kitchen split, Anna (8), Ben (6), and Cara (7) create 21 weighted hours.

After cent reconciliation, Anna receives €38.10, Ben €28.57, and Cara €33.33; the total remains exactly €100.00.

## Transparent distribution

1. The calculator creates allocation points from hours × weight for each person.
2. Exact shares are calculated and first floored to whole cents.
3. Remaining cents go to the largest fractional remainders; input order breaks an exact tie.
4. The final reconciliation compares every allocation with the original pool and reports a €0.00 difference.

## Limits

The calculator documents an agreed calculation method. It does not decide which rule is legally, tax-wise, or operationally right for your team.

The calculator records an agreed method; it does not determine the legally, operationally, or tax-correct rule for a specific country or team.

## Privacy

All names, hours, weights, percentages, tip amounts, and results remain in the browser. Plausible receives only the coarse calculator-completed event.

## Save and reuse your tip rules in ShiftPriority

Save the method once in ShiftPriority and make recurring tip distributions transparent for your team.

[See tip distribution in ShiftPriority](https://shiftpriority.com/tip-distribution-software/)

Reviewed by the ShiftPriority editorial team

Review date: 2026-07-25

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## Sources

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