Tips on Holiday Tipping

rentenna Tios on Holiday Tipping How much to give н ии SUPER, RESIDENT MANAGER DOORMAN, CONCIERGE PORTER, HANDYMAN GARAGE ATTENDANT $75 to $175 $25 to $150 $20 to $30 $25 to $75 average average average average $50 to $500 broad range $10 to $75 $10 to $1,000 $15 to $100 broad range broad range broad range NANNY BABYSITTER HOUSEKEEPER an a week's salary a week's evening's salary pay NEWSPAPER CARRIER HAIRDRESSER MANICURIST DOG WALKER $5 to $15 a week's salary $25 to $100 $10 to $50 ..... average average average When to give tips Tips are generally collected from December all the way into February, but the majority of it is presented in the weeks leading up to Christmas. baked goods champagne, wine cuff links perfume some common and not so common tips to doormen |Ray Charles CDs smoking jacket 1991 Honda Accord 100 Years' perspective Holiday Tips in 1911 vs. 2011 Dollar Equivalents 1911 2011 $5.00 ...... the superintendent (uptown)...... $114.59 $3.00. ..... the superintendent (downtown).... . $68.75 $2.00 elevator boy (uptown) $45.84 $1.00 elevator boy (downtown) $22.92 $3.00 maid. $68.75 $0.50. barber $11.46 $1.00. grocer boy . $22.92 $5.73 $22.92 $0.25 messenger boy . $1.00. milkman . $1.00 postman . $22.92 sources: BrickUnderground.com ("BrickUnderground's 2011 Holiday Tipping Guide"), New York Times, Bureau of Labor Statistics