question about minimum wage

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3. I don't think you have it right

a tipped worker, in this case, makes $2.13 an hour plus tips.

Say they work a 5 hour day and it's slow and they only get $20 in tips, making their wage for the day $6.13 an hour. Except they are guaranteed the federal minimum so the employer needs to make up the other $1.12 an hour.

Tipped workers, though, often make much more than $7.25 an hour. If you serve, for example, ten customers in an hour and they each tip a mere dollar, then you are up to $12.13 an hour right there.