{"id":2664937,"date":"2026-09-19T11:29:56","date_gmt":"2026-09-19T15:29:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/americas-stingiest-tippers-live-in-its-bluest-liberal-strongholds\/"},"modified":"2026-09-19T11:29:56","modified_gmt":"2026-09-19T15:29:56","slug":"americas-stingiest-tippers-live-in-its-bluest-liberal-strongholds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/americas-stingiest-tippers-live-in-its-bluest-liberal-strongholds\/","title":{"rendered":"America&#8217;s Stingiest Tippers Live in It&#8217;s Bluest Liberal Strongholds"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Famericas-stingiest-tippers-live-in-its-bluest-liberal-strongholds%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2664937&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Some of America\u2019s most liberal jurisdictions are home to the country\u2019s stingiest restaurant tippers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">California, Washington state and Washington, D.C., ranked near the bottom of the country for tipping, with diners leaving <a class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2026\/09\/15\/highest-tipping-states-2026\">less than 18 percent on average<\/a>, according to Toast data reported by Axios. California has one of the highest marginal state income tax rates in the country, while Washington\u00a0<a class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kiplinger.com\/taxes\/washington-state-millionaire-tax\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">enacted<\/a> a 9.9 percent tax rate on incomes over $1 million.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">California and Washington ranked among the lowest-tipping states during the fourth quarter of 2025 also, according to <a class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__link\" href=\"https:\/\/pos.toasttab.com\/blog\/data\/toast-restaurant-trends-report-coffee-prices-2026\">Toast\u2019s restaurant trends report<\/a>. California averaged 17.2 percent, while Delaware led the country at 21.8 percent.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">Diners tipped roughly 19 percent on average across all restaurant types during the second quarter of 2026, essentially unchanged from the first quarter, according to Axios.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">Delaware, West Virginia and New Hampshire, meanwhile, topped the rankings, with diners leaving around 21 percent on average.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">Americans have increasingly expressed frustration with tipping culture even as their actual tipping habits have remained relatively steady. A 2025 <a class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bankrate.com\/credit-cards\/news\/tipping-culture-survey\/\">Bankrate survey<\/a> found 41 percent of Americans believed tipping culture had gotten \u201cout of control.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">The low-tipping jurisdictions also include places with relatively high minimum wages, offering one possible explanation for the geographic divide. The Toast data, however, do not establish why tipping rates differ among states.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">Toast\u2019s figures are based on transactions at restaurants using its platform and do not include cash tips.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">Activists garnered enough signatures in July to place a one-time 5 percent billionaires tax on the <a class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__link\" href=\"https:\/\/news.ballotpedia.org\/2026\/06\/18\/california-billionaires-tax-qualifies-for-the-november-ballot-competing-measures-pending-signature-verification\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ballot<\/a>\u00a0for November\u2019s midterm elections, threatening to further exacerbate the flight of wealth from the state.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">Democratic Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson signed into law a 9.9 percent tax on incomes over $1 million on March 30. Democratic Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson also threatened grocery chains in her city during a September 2025 campaign event, saying she wouldn\u2019t allow chains to close their doors and threatened to institute government-run grocery stores.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">Wealthy business moguls, including Tesla CEO Elon Musk and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, both\u00a0<a class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/real-estate\/mark-zuckerberg-becomes-latest-california-billionaire-relocate-florida-amid-tax-concerns\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">moved<\/a>\u00a0their residences out of California. Former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz\u00a0<a class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/feed\/update\/urn:li:activity:7437280836049133569\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">announced<\/a>\u00a0in March he was\u00a0<a class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/real-estate\/luxury-homes\/howard-schultz-starbucks-florida-penthouse-1340d1d7?gaa_at=eafs&#038;gaa_n=AWEtsqe78MPZp5ayCDI2-V8KLUsG3RWz2FdaElw9iY7P1DtrNLMXyl4T72sOLYB_pDU%3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">moving<\/a>\u00a0from Washington to Florida.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">At the federal level, President Donald Trump signed into\u00a0<a class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/releases\/2025\/07\/president-trumps-one-big-beautiful-bill-is-now-the-law\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">law<\/a> a tax exemption provision on tipped income on July 4, 2025, after campaigning on the policy during his 2024 presidential campaign.<\/p>\n<div class=\"disclaimer\">\n<p>All content created by the Daily Caller News Foundation, an independent and nonpartisan newswire service, is available without charge to any legitimate news publisher that can provide a large audience. 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