She Works Hard for Her Money Waitressing is a difficult job that is the number one profession of non-college educated females in this country. Servers make $2.13 an hour in most areas of the country. Federal labor laws allow this low wage because tipping is customary in the United States. One benefit of waiting tables is the quick cash. Servers walk out of their shift with most of the money they have earned, but, at most restaurants, severs are required to "tip out", or share a percentage of their tips with the bartender, busser, hostess or other members of the staff. After reading the interview of the waitress, Delores Dante, in Wor