Base wages for servers throughout the United States are NOT as low as we have been led to believe

Contrary to what we are led to believe, servers are NOT hurting. Check out this breakdown of their salaries BEFORE tips. I'm not saying that Americans should not tip, but we should not be pressured to give 30% on top of their base wages.

https://oysterlink.com/career/waitress/salary/

I work in the Human Services field. Even WITH a bachelor's degree, we are often making less per hour than servers with zero tips. I'm also a School Board Director and know that our paraprofessionals, food service employees, office staff, etc make less than most servers.

I'm not sure how many servers are given 40 hours a week nor do I know if they receive benefits. However, the same can be said for MANY people working in my field and those working in education. And I'm not sure how many servers are physically or verbally accosted daily, which is very common in many of the Human Services and educational jobs I've mentioned.