Table Salt: Cups to Grams
1 cup of table salt (also called salt) weighs about 273 g, which makes a tablespoon 17.1 g and a teaspoon 5.69 g. Small amounts are easier to measure with spoons than to weigh.
💡 Tip: Table salt is finer and saltier by volume than kosher or flaky sea salt — 1 tsp table salt equals roughly 1¼–2 tsp kosher. Don't swap 1:1.
How much does a teaspoon of table salt weigh?
| Amount | Grams |
|---|---|
| 1/4 tsp | 1.42 |
| 1/2 tsp | 2.84 |
| 1 tsp | 5.69 |
| 2 tsp | 11.4 |
| 1 tbsp | 17.1 |
| 2 tbsp | 34.1 |
| 1/4 cup | 68.3 |
| 1/3 cup | 91 |
| 1/2 cup | 137 |
| 1 cup | 273 |
Salt by volume: table vs kosher vs flaky
Table salt is fine-grained and dense, so it's the saltiest by volume — a cup weighs about 273 g and a teaspoon about 5.7 g. Kosher salt has bigger, lighter crystals, so the same teaspoon holds less salt. That's why you can't swap them teaspoon-for-teaspoon: 1 teaspoon of table salt equals roughly 1¼ to 2 teaspoons of kosher, depending on the brand.
For baking, where amounts are small and precise, table or fine sea salt dissolves most evenly into doughs and batters.
Grams of table salt in teaspoons and tablespoons
| Grams | Amount | Ounces |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1/8 tsp | 0.04 |
| 2 | 1/3 tsp | 0.07 |
| 3 | 1/2 tsp | 0.11 |
| 5 | 7/8 tsp | 0.18 |
| 7 | 1 1/4 tsp | 0.25 |
| 10 | 1 3/4 tsp | 0.35 |
| 15 | 2 5/8 tsp | 0.53 |
| 20 | 1 1/8 tbsp | 0.71 |
| 25 | 1 1/2 tbsp | 0.88 |
| 50 | 2 7/8 tbsp | 1.76 |
| 100 | 3/8 cup | 3.53 |
Table Salt against the other spices & leaveners
At 273 g per cup, table salt is the heaviest of the 9 spices & leaveners charted here — 241% heavier per cup than ground coriander, the lightest at 80 g.
Substituting by volume shifts the weight: a cup of baking soda in place of table salt is about 43 g lighter, so convert to grams before swapping.
Table Salt conversion questions
- How many grams is a tablespoon of table salt?
- 1 tablespoon of table salt is about 17.1 grams (a teaspoon is roughly 5.69 g).
- How many grams is a teaspoon of table salt?
- About 5.7 g per teaspoon (a tablespoon is about 17 g).
- How many grams is 2 cups of table salt?
- About 546 g, at roughly 273 g per cup.
- Is table salt the same as kosher salt by weight?
- By weight they're similar, but kosher is coarser and measures lighter by volume — a teaspoon of table salt is saltier than a teaspoon of kosher, so don't swap them teaspoon-for-teaspoon.
- How much kosher salt equals 1 teaspoon of table salt?
- About 1¼ to 2 teaspoons of kosher salt, depending on the brand — Diamond Crystal is the lightest.
- How many cups is 150g of salt?
- About ½ cup of table salt.
- How many grams is 1 cup of table salt?
- A level US cup of table salt comes to roughly 273 g (9.63 oz on a scale).
- How many grams is ¼ cup of table salt?
- A quarter US cup of table salt is about 68.3 grams.