Ohio has one of highest tipping rates in United States, analysis of Toast data finds

Toast, a restaurant management software platform that processes both in-person and online orders, recently released a report on trends in the food industry during the first quarter of 2025. The report analyzed data from the approximately 140,000 restaurants that use Toast.

The company identified the states that tip the most and least by looking at data from orders on its platform where a tip was added via a card or digital payment. Transactions without tips and cash tips were not included in the analysis. 

The company found that the average tip in Ohio was 20.6% – the fifth-highest percentage in the report. Residents of the Buckeye State tipped an average of 21.1% at full-service restaurants and 17.7% at quick-service ones. 

The state with the highest overall tipping rate was Delaware, at 22.1%, followed by West Virginia (21%), New Hampshire (20.9%) and Indiana (20.7%). The states at the bottom of the list were California (17.3%), Washington (17.8%), Nevada (18.2%), Florida (18.2%) and Louisiana (18.5%).

In the first quarter of 2025, tips at full-service restaurants rose slightly to 19.4% from 19.3% in the fourth quarter of 2024, Toast found. Tips at quick-service restaurants remained flat at 15.8% compared to the fourth quarter of 2024.