Jobs That Will Make You the Best Tips

Recent data indicates that people have been upping the amount they tip in recent years. This means that service industry workers are receiving more money for their work then they have since the economic meltdown in 2008. Although service industry jobs tend to not pay as well as other types of occupations, when you take into consideration the amount of tips that are received, they don’t sound so bad after all. If you are interested in getting a job in the service industry then right now is a great time to enter into a job that receives tips. Here is a list of the top five service industry jobs that make the most tips.

Waiter or Waitress

In many states servers actually receive less than the minimum wage since employers account for the tips that they’ll receive in order to raise the hourly rates of their employees. On average, 63% of a server’s total income comes from their tips, which is one of the highest of any jobs. If you are interested in being a server then you should consider which restaurant you work for carefully, as the location and the quality of food makes a huge difference in the amount of tips you’ll receive.

Casino Manager 

If you are interested in joining the gambling world then you could do so while making great tips as a casino manager. This job requires that you walk around the casino to keep an eye on patrons and workers as well as help customers with any complaints they may have. As a casino manager, you may also be in charge of managing special occasion events as well as make sure valued customers are well taken care of. Although you may not receive a tip from every customer, casino managers tend to receive big ones when they do get tips from their customers. This makes the median hourly salary for a casino manager $17.40 an hour, which isn’t too bad.

Banquet Captain

Have you ever attended a large function in which food was present? If you did then chances are that was all thanks to the banquet captain. Banquet captains plan events and evaluate and manage their staff. They also must figure out how to solve any sort of problem that arises. Banquet captains receive a substantial amount of tips since they are given a portion of the gratuity that is included in the bill.

Sommelier

You must be quite knowledgeable in the field of wine in order to be a sommelier, however working as one is quite a great job. Sommeliers usually work in very high-end restaurants and recommend wine pairings for the restaurant’s dishes. Sommeliers tend to also be very experienced at serving wine. Along with the duty that a sommelier has to his or her customers, they also are usually given the duty of choosing the best wines to stock a restaurant’s wine cellar with. Although being a sommelier comes with a lot of responsibility, it also comes with a nice paycheck, as the average income is $23.50 an hour, a lot of which comes from the hefty tips that are often received by these wine experts.

Butler

You probably have seen a butler or two in the movies or on TV, however in real life butlers are more often called house managers. Their duty is to oversee a house staff as well as make sure everything in the house runs smoothly. A butler is often given a substantial amount of money in tips, making their average hourly salary $29.30. However, butlers seem to be a dying breed as there are only 10,000 citizens employed as butlers in the United States.

 

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