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Know your exact payout.

Calculate exactly what you'll earn as an Airbnb host after all service fees, or figure out what to charge for a special offer.

Airbnb is moving hosts to a single 15.5% fee. Once your account has switched, Airbnb takes 15.5% and guests pay no service fee; until then you're still on the old split fee. See your exact payout, plan a special offer, or find the nightly price that keeps your earnings the same as before the switch.

What do you want to calculate?

See what you'll net from a booking

Airbnb fee: 15.5% of your subtotal (nightly + cleaning + pet). Guests pay no service fee. Most hosts on the single fee pay 15.5%. Some pay 14–16%, and listings in Brazil and Mexico pay 16% — check your own rate on a recent payout.

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At a glance

How much does Airbnb take from each booking?

Airbnb is moving hosts to a single 15.5% host fee. Once youraccount has switched, Airbnb takes 15.5% of your subtotal — your nightly price plus any fees you charge, like cleaning and pet fees — and guests pay no separate service fee at checkout. Until it switches, you're still on the old split fee: 3% from you, plus a 14.1–16.5% service fee from the guest. The deadline to reprice was September 15 (October 13 in the EEA and Switzerland). Most hosts on the single fee pay 15.5%; some pay 14–16%, and listings in Brazil and Mexico pay 16%.

Last updated September 2026 · Based on Airbnb Help #1857

The arithmetic

How to calculate your Airbnb payout by hand.

The calculator above does this for you, but it is four steps. Every figure below comes from one real 29-night booking on the single fee.

  1. Add up the subtotal. Nightly price × nights, minus any length-of-stay discount, plus your cleaning and pet fees. A $2,170 room charge with a 10% monthly discount (−$217) and a $69 cleaning fee is a $2,022 subtotal. Airbnb charges its fee on that whole figure — your cleaning fee included.
  2. Take 15.5% of it. $2,022 × 0.155 = $313.41, rounded to the nearest cent. If the booking was made before your account switched to the single fee, use 3% instead: the fee is set when the guest books, not when they stay, and the guest paid a separate 14.1–16.5% service fee on top. Listings in Brazil and Mexico pay 16%, and some hosts land between 14% and 16%.
  3. Subtract it — that's your payout. $2,022 − $313.41 = $1,708.59. The shortcut is subtotal × 0.845. To work backwards from a payout you want, divide by 0.845 instead.
  4. Then take out what you pay. Your cleaner, pet cleanup, supplies. The payout is what Airbnb sends you; what you keep is that minus the costs you pass on. If your cleaner charges the same $69 you collected, you keep $1,639.59.

Figures from a host's own Airbnb earnings screen, 19 September 2026. One line on that screen is deliberately not in the maths: Airbnb's long-stay savings for the guest (−$62.68 here) come out of Airbnb's side, so the guest paid $1,959.32 while the fee and the payout were both still calculated on $2,022.

Worked examples

Airbnb host payout by booking size.

What you keep per night under the old 3% split fee versus the new 15.5% fee, and the price that keeps your payout the same.

Airbnb host payout per night under the old split fee and the new 15.5% single fee, with the adjusted price that keeps the payout the same.
Nightly priceOld payout (3% split fee)New payout (15.5%)Price to keep your payout
$100.00$97.00$84.50$115.00
$150.00$145.50$126.75$173.00
$200.00$194.00$169.00$230.00
$300.00$291.00$253.50$345.00
$500.00$485.00$422.50$574.00

If you don't change your prices, you keep about 12.9% less per booking (84.5¢ of every dollar instead of 97¢). Use Adjust My Price in the calculator above to find your new price.

Repricing

How to adjust your prices for the 15.5% fee.

You have three options. This example uses a listing that charged $100 a night under the old split fee.

New nightly priceYou earnGuest pays
Before (split fee)$100.00$97.00$115.00
Keep your payout$115.00$97.17$115.00
Keep the guest's price$115.00$97.17$115.00
Do nothing$100.00$84.50$100.00

Keep your payout (recommended for most hosts)

Raise your nightly price by about 15% ($100 → $115). You earn what you earned before, and guests see roughly the price they used to pay once the old guest fee was added. This is what Airbnb's own price adjustment tool does.

Keep the guest's price

Set your price to what guests used to pay in total, including the old guest fee ($100 → $115). At most prices that lands on the same number as Keep your payout, which is Airbnb's own example: guests still see $115, and you still earn about $97. Where the whole-dollar rounding splits them, this option is the one that never raises what the guest sees.

Do nothing

Guests pay about 13% less than before ($100 instead of $115), but you keep $84.50 instead of $97 on every $100. That's a pay cut of about 12.9% on every booking. Only do this on purpose.

Don't forget your cleaning fee. The 15.5% fee applies to cleaning and pet fees too. Enter your cleaning fee in Adjust My Price to see its new amount. If you coordinate turnovers yourself, GoStudioM's Airbnb cleaning software syncs your calendar and texts your cleaners the schedule.

Brazil and Mexico listings pay 16%, and some hosts pay 14–16%. In countries with VAT or GST on the fee, Airbnb's adjustment tool also adds that tax unless you're registered and self-assess. Bookings made before your account switched keep the old fees.

Try it yourself: Open Adjust My Price in the calculator above and enter your current nightly price and cleaning fee.

Four scenarios

Four ways to plan your pricing.

01

Adjust My Price mode

Airbnb just changed your fees

Your listing was priced for the old split fee and you want to keep earning the same after the switch to 15.5%.

Example: You charged $150 a night and kept $145.50. Enter $150 in Adjust My Price: set your new price to $173 and you keep $146.18 a night. Leave it at $150 and you keep only $126.75.

Best for: Repricing once your account switches to the single fee, and checking your cleaning fee too.

02

I Want to Keep mode

You know what you want to earn

You have monthly expenses to cover and need to net a specific amount from each booking.

Example: You want to keep $500 from a special offer and your cleaning fee is $100. Enter both, and the calculator shows an offer of $711: you receive $600.79 after the 15.5% fee and keep $500.79 after paying your cleaner.

Best for: Expense-driven pricing, ensuring profitability, budgeting income goals.

03

I'll Charge mode

You're setting a fixed offer

A guest asked for a custom quote or you're sending a special offer for a specific amount.

Example: A guest asked about a 5-night stay and you want to offer $2,500 total. I'll Charge mode shows you'll net $2,112.50 after the 15.5% fee, so you can decide whether the offer meets your minimum.

Best for: Guest negotiations, understanding net profit from pre-determined offers, evaluating inquiries.

04

Guest Budget mode

Guest has a budget limit

A guest messaged saying they can only pay up to a certain total amount.

Example: A guest can pay at most $800 for a weekend and your cleaning fee is $100. Guests no longer pay a service fee, and a special offer already includes your cleaning fee, so you can offer the full $800. You receive $676 and keep $576 after paying your cleaner.

Best for: Budget-conscious guests, filling last-minute gaps, negotiating bookings.

Fee mechanics

How Airbnb fees changed.

Before your switch: split fee

The fee is split between host and guest. Airbnb is phasing it out as hosts migrate.

  • Host paid: 3% of subtotal
  • Guest paid: 14.1–16.5% service fee on top

After your switch: single 15.5% fee

The host pays the whole fee, and guests see one price.

  • Host pays: 15.5% of subtotal (16% in Brazil and Mexico)
  • Guest pays: No service fee

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

What is Airbnb's new 15.5% host fee?+

Airbnb combined its two service fees into one. Under the old split fee, hosts paid 3% and guests paid a separate 14.1–16.5% service fee at checkout. Under the single fee, hosts pay 15.5% deducted from the payout and guests pay no service fee. Airbnb is transitioning hosts to it rather than switching everyone on one date — the split fee is being phased out and stays available until a host is migrated. The deadline to reprice was September 15 (October 13 in the EEA and Switzerland). Listings in Brazil and Mexico pay 16%, and some hosts pay between 14% and 16%. Once your account switches you can't go back to the split fee.

Source: Airbnb Help — Service fees
Which is better: split-fee or host-only pricing?+

It stopped being a choice. Airbnb is phasing out the split fee (3% from the host plus 14.1–16.5% from the guest) and migrating hosts to a single 15.5% host-only fee; the deadline to reprice was September 15, and October 13 in the EEA and Switzerland. Once your account has switched you can't go back. Bookings made before the switch keep the old split fee. What you can still choose is your price: see "Should I raise my prices for the 15.5% fee?" below, or use Adjust My Price.

Source: Airbnb Help — Service fees
Should I raise my prices for the 15.5% fee?+

Usually, yes. If you leave your prices alone, you keep 84.5¢ of every dollar instead of 97¢, which is about 12.9% less per booking. To keep your payout the same, raise your nightly price by about 15%: a $100 night becomes $115, and you still earn about $97. Guests see roughly what they paid before, because they no longer pay a service fee on top. Airbnb's own price adjustment tool makes the same change. Use "Adjust My Price" in this calculator to get the exact number for your nightly rate and cleaning fee.

Source: Airbnb — Simplifying service fees
Do my existing bookings change?+

No. The 15.5% fee applies only to bookings made after your account switched to the single fee. Reservations made before the switch keep the old split fee (3% from you plus the guest's service fee), even if the stay happens later. The fee is set when the guest books, not when they stay. Your payouts will mix both fee structures until every booking made before the switch has checked out, which can take months if guests book far ahead. Our own account switched in early August 2026, and stays booked before then were still paying out at 3% in September.

How do the calculator modes work?+

Each mode answers a different pricing question. "Calculate Fees" shows your payout for a normal booking: $150 × 3 nights plus a $50 cleaning fee is $500, and you receive $422.50. "Plan Special Offer" works three ways. I'll Charge shows what you receive from an offer (offer $600, receive $507). I Want to Keep works backwards: to keep $500 after a $100 cleaning fee, offer $711. Guest Budget shows the most you can offer, which is the guest's whole budget, because the offer already includes your fees. "Adjust My Price" converts your old split-fee price to the new fee.

How do I calculate what to charge for a special offer?+

An Airbnb special offer is the price for the whole stay, including your cleaning fee and any other fees. Airbnb does not add them on top, so build them in yourself. To keep $1,000 with no fees, offer $1,184 ($1,000 ÷ 0.845, rounded up). With a $150 cleaning fee, offer $1,361: ($1,000 + $150) ÷ 0.845 = $1,360.95, rounded up. You receive $1,150.04 and keep $1,000.04 after paying your cleaner. The calculator's "I want to keep" mode does this for you.

Source: Airbnb Help — Special offers
What if a guest says they can only pay a certain amount total?+

Use "Guest Budget" mode. Guests no longer pay a service fee, and a special offer already includes your cleaning and pet fees, so you can offer the guest's whole budget. For example, if a guest can pay $1,200 and your cleaning fee is $150, offer $1,200. You receive $1,014 after the 15.5% fee and keep $864 after paying your cleaner. Taxes, where they apply, are shown to the guest as a separate line on top of the offer.

Source: Airbnb Help — Special offers
Do cleaning fees and pet fees affect my payout?+

Yes. On a normal booking, Airbnb adds your cleaning and pet fees to the nightly total, and the 15.5% fee applies to all of it. A $500 stay with a $100 cleaning fee costs the guest $600, Airbnb keeps $93, and you receive $507. Special offers work differently: the offer is the price for the whole stay, so your fees have to be inside it. Because the fee on cleaning went from 3% to 15.5%, raise your cleaning fee too if you want it to cover the same cleaning cost. Adjust My Price shows the new amount.

Source: Airbnb Help — Service fees
Can I use this calculator for VRBO or Booking.com?+

Not directly. This calculator uses Airbnb's 15.5% host fee, and other platforms charge different commissions that change over time. Check the platform's current host fee, then multiply your subtotal by (1 − that fee) to estimate your payout.

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