Originally Posted by
beta1607
This is an over generalization, in California and several other states restaurants are required to pay servers the full minimum wage.
Of the 50 states in the U.S., only 4 mandate minimum wage at least equal to federal minimum wage ($7.25) for
all workers: Alaska, California, Oregon, and Washington (maybe Nevada). In the rest of the states, hourly wages start at $2.13/hour but can be higher.
http://www.dol.gov/whd/state/tipped.htm