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Waiters and waitresses here are paid minimum wage, but it works a little differently for them. Minimum wage for all workers in Missouri (where I live) is $7.65/hr. Most restaurant workers are making this wage or somewhere close to it. Minimum wage for waiters and waitresses who make tips is $3.83/hr. in anticipation that they will make up the difference in tips. In practice, a waiter at a fine dining restaurant can make far more than this and so many waiters prefer this system over a set wage. BUT even if the worker has no tables to work on that hour and they make no tips, the employer has to pay them the difference between $3.83/hr. and minimum wage ($7.65) hour. They are not allowed to be paid less than that.