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How many grams is half a teaspoon of table salt?

½ teaspoon of table salt ≈ 2.84 g

One teaspoon of table salt weighs about 5.69 grams and one tablespoon is about 17.06 grams, so half a teaspoon comes out to roughly 2.84 grams. Table salt is fine and heavy — one level teaspoon weighs about 5.7 grams. Kosher salt weighs less.

Small spoon amounts are where weighing has the biggest payoff: tiny errors compound in baking. If your scale reads in 1-gram steps you can measure table salt directly. (For reference, one US cup is 273 g.)

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Table salt — teaspoons / tablespoons to grams
Amount	Grams	Ounces
⅛ tsp	0.711 g	0.025 oz
¼ tsp	1.42 g	0.05 oz
½ tsp	2.84 g	0.1 oz
¾ tsp	4.27 g	0.15 oz
1 tsp	5.69 g	0.201 oz
1 tbsp	17.06 g	0.602 oz
2 tbsp	34.13 g	1.2 oz
¼ cup	68.25 g	2.41 oz

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* Conversion figures are typical average weights for one US customary cup (236.6 ml), based on the King Arthur Baking Ingredient Weight Chart and cross-referenced with the U.S. Department of Agriculture FoodData Central database. Actual weight varies with packing, brand and humidity — see our methodology.