WHO’S TIPPING HOW MUCH WHERE

Barbers

“Our regulars have been very generous,” said John Scala, who owns the New York Shaving Co. with locations in Midtown and Freehold, NJ.

He’s seen an average of 10 to 15 percent above the usual 20 percent gratuities from haircuts and shaves.

“They see us as on the front line,” Scala said. “And we’ve seen more in tips, whether it’s appreciation for being open, or they haven’t been able to come in as frequently so they give more.”

Bakers

Two weeks ago, comedian Robyn Schall stepped into Make My Cake on the Upper West Side and gave them a $1,000 tip, half of which was for the bakery and the other half went to the counter worker who had sold her a cupcake the day before. Owner Aliyyah Baylor was blown away.

“I had to go into the bathroom and cry,” she said. “It really got me.”

While Schall’s whopping tip is an anomaly, Baylor said her customers have been giving larger tips on individual orders, going from the prepandemic average of $1 to $5 or even $10. Over the past few months, Baylor said the tips have worked out to an employee bonus of around one extra weekly paycheck.

“I don’t call them tips,” Baylor said. “I call them sweet gestures. When they show appreciation for the staff there, it resonates.”

She added that the generosity feels like an endorsement from the community that they want her store to stay open.

“It’s like a hug,” she said.

Estheticians

“I’m not aware of any new tipping formalities,” said Namrata Gupta, the chief operating officer of the Face Haus, a facial spa with an Upper East Side outlet. “But since we’ve reopened in various parts of the country, we’ve seen guests leaving exceptionally generous gratuity to our estheticians.”

Gupta said after running their payroll reports, they’ve seen the average tip float up from 20 percent to 28 percent.

Drivers

“Being in the restaurant industry really opens your eyes to tipping people for their work,” said Garry Kanfer, who owns sushi joint Kissaki.

Kanfer regularly takes cabs and Ubers, and if they’re really helpful or trying to make his experience good, he will up his tip to 30 percent, he said.

He recommends being more generous with restaurant delivery drivers, especially during bad weather.

“During this critical time, if you can tip more, you should,” he said.

— Kirsten Fleming