PRACTICAL TOOL

Tip Pool Calculator by Hours or Clock Times

Use this for a team pool when your workplace has already decided who participates and the hours to count. Enter the pool and each person’s worked time; the tool distributes cents so the shares match the pool exactly.

Divide a tip pool

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Hours should exclude unpaid breaks. Clock times can cross midnight; enter unpaid breaks separately.

Team members

Enter a pool and staff time to see the shares.

How it works

Each person’s weight is their worked time divided by the team’s total worked time. The pool is allocated in cents using those weights. Leftover cents go to the largest fractional shares, with entry order breaking ties. In clock mode, an end time earlier than the start time is treated as the next day; unpaid breaks are subtracted.

Worked example

For a $90.00 pool, one person working 4 hours and another working 5 hours receive $40.00 and $50.00. For a $100.00 pool shared by three equal shifts, the shares are $33.34, $33.33 and $33.33.

Before you use the result

Related tools

For a guest tip, use the tip calculator. For a guest check, use the bill splitter.