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Airbnb Calculator: estimate revenue and payout

Type your nightly rate, occupancy and stay length. See annual gross, the payout after Airbnb's fee, and how revenue moves month to month.

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Your listing in four numbers

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  • Airbnb fees per Help Center article 1857
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How it works

Three steps. About a minute.

  1. Step 1: Enter your own numbers

    Nightly rate, occupancy and average stay. Use your booking history if you have it, or close comparable listings if you do not.

  2. Step 2: See gross and payout

    Annual and monthly gross, the payout after Airbnb's fee, booked nights and bookings per month.

  3. Step 3: Keep the PDF

    Download a report with the month-by-month table and both charts, ready to share with a partner or a lender.

Your report

What you'll get

Annual gross booking revenueFrom the sample
THE HEADLINE

A full year of gross bookings, from your own numbers

One figure for the year: room revenue plus the cleaning fees guests pay, built from your rate, occupancy and stay length. It is the number you test every other decision against, so it comes first.

  • Annual gross booking revenue
  • Net payout after the platform fee
  • Booked nights and bookings per month

Showing part 1 of 5: Annual gross

  • Annual gross and the payout after Airbnb's fee
  • Month-by-month revenue with your seasonality applied
  • Peak, shoulder and off-peak months side by side
  • What filling gap nights at a discount adds a year
  • Operating profit before any mortgage

How the estimate is built

From the sample

Booked nights are the nights in a year times your occupancy. Multiply them by your nightly rate and add a cleaning fee for every stay. That is gross booking revenue.

Airbnb then takes its host fee from the whole of it, cleaning fee included. Most hosts now pay the 15.5% host-only fee (Airbnb Help Center, article 1857). What is left is the payout that should reach you.

Revenue mistakes this calculator catches

Most revenue forecasts go wrong in the same few places. Each one below shows up as a specific line in the report.

  1. 01Planning from the average month

    An annual figure divided by 12 hides the months that lose money. If your best month grosses 3x your worst, the calculator flags it, because that is the point where a cash reserve stops being optional.

  2. 02Forgetting the fee comes off the cleaning fee

    Airbnb's 15.5% host-only fee applies to the whole booking, cleaning fee included. On a $3,000 gross month that is $465, and it is why gross and payout are shown as separate lines.

  3. 03Guessing occupancy by 10 points

    At a $200 nightly rate, 10 points of occupancy is 36.5 nights and $7,300 of gross a year. Run your own history through it before you trust any single figure.

  4. 04Leaving gap nights empty by default

    Two unsold nights a month is 24 a year. The gap-night table shows whether a discount fills them profitably once each short stay pays for its own clean.

Plan for the slowest month, not the average

Monthly revenueFrom the sample

An annual figure hides the shape of the year. The seasonality setting spreads your occupancy and rate across the months, so a summer market shows its peak and its quiet stretch.

The mortgage and the utilities still arrive in the quiet months. If the slowest month cannot cover them, you need cash set aside before the season turns. The cash flow calculator sizes that reserve from the same inputs.

What good looks like

Two readings decide whether a revenue forecast is safe to plan around.

OutputWeakOkayGood
Occupancy room above break-even, before debtRule of thumb used by this calculator's verdict.Under 5 points5 to 15 points15 points or more
Best month against worst monthThe 3x line is this calculator's reserve trigger. The 2x split is a rule of thumb.3x or more2x to 3xUnder 2x

Your rate and occupancy are the whole estimate

Occupancy and ADR by monthFrom the sample

This calculator uses no market data. Every figure comes from the rate, occupancy and stay length you type. If you have booking history, use it. If not, AirDNA's 2026 Midyear Outlook put US average occupancy at 57.4% (reported by Short Term Rentalz), and one market can sit far either side, so run it again ten points lower.

Once a listing is live, MagicBNB's YoY comparison shows every KPI against the same period last year, so next year's estimate starts from what actually booked.

How operators use it

  1. Operator adding door number 12

    Has a landlord quote and a rate from three nearby comps, and needs to know if the year works before signing.

    Sees the slow months below cost in the 12-month view and negotiates a later start date so the lease begins in peak season.

  2. Host with one strong summer

    Grosses most of the year between June and August and runs short on cash every February.

    Reads the peak share, sizes a reserve from the off-peak months, and adds a gap-night discount for the shoulder season.

  3. Co-host pitching an owner

    Needs a revenue figure the owner can check line by line, with the platform fee shown.

    Sends the PDF so the owner sees gross, fee and payout as separate lines instead of one optimistic number.

Airbnb revenue, worked through

How much does an Airbnb make per month?

Whatever your rate times your booked nights comes to, plus cleaning fees, less about 15.5% to Airbnb. The sample property grosses $5,567 in an average month and pays out $4,704, but its worst month grosses $3,037 and its best $10,053.

Published averages for host income range from a few hundred dollars a month to over $4,000, depending on whether the source counts spare rooms, whole homes, revenue or profit. None of them is your number. Yours is ADR times booked nights, plus the cleaning fee on every stay.

The average month is also the least useful month to plan with. On a summer-peak property it is a figure the door hits in May and September and misses for six other months. Read the 12-month view before you quote anyone a monthly figure.

The sample property, a year at $257.80 ADR and 59.5% occupancy
  • 217 booked nights x $257.80$55,953 room revenue
  • Cleaning fees at $160 a stay$10,852
  • Gross booking revenue$66,805, or $5,567 a month
  • Airbnb host-only fee at 15.5%-$10,355
  • Net payout$56,450, or $4,704 a month
  • Operating costs-$30,217, leaving $26,233 NOI before any mortgage

Which months does an Airbnb make the most money?

On a summer-peak property, June to August: the sample earns 41.6% of its year in those three months. Your peak depends on your market, so measure it from your own calendar.

Peaks come from two things at once: occupancy and rate rise together. The sample runs 84.7% occupancy at a $306 average rate in its peak season and 40.6% at $208 off-peak. That is why July grosses 3.3 times February instead of twice.

Above 3x, this calculator flags the seasonality as high. That is the point where a slow February is no longer a dip but a stretch you have to fund from the summer, and the cash flow calculator is the next stop.

Sample property by season
  • Peak (Jun, Jul, Aug)$9,258 gross a month, 41.6% of the year
  • Shoulder (6 months)$4,950 a month, 44.5% of the year
  • Off-peak (Jan, Feb, Nov)$3,111 a month, 14.0% of the year
  • Best month July $10,053 against worst month February $3,0373.3x

Is it worth discounting gap nights on Airbnb?

Usually, if each gap stay still covers its own clean. On the sample, filling two gap nights a month at 15% off adds $3,620 a year to net.

A gap night is the one or two-night hole a normal minimum stay leaves between bookings. Selling it at a discount costs you a little rate on those nights and a full clean on every extra stay. Fixed costs do not change, so whatever is left goes straight to NOI.

Where it stops working: a deep discount on a one-night gap with a high turn cost. If the discounted night plus the cleaning fee does not cover the cleaner and the platform fee, the gap was cheaper empty.

2 gap nights a month, 15% off, 2-night stays
  • 24 extra nights a year, occupancy from 59.5% to 66.0%
  • Extra gross booking revenue$7,179 (after $928 given up to the discount)
  • Platform fee-$1,113
  • Cleaning, linens and supplies-$1,728
  • Repairs and capex reserve-$718
  • Extra net before fixed costs$3,620

What is the difference between Airbnb revenue, payout and profit?

Revenue is what guests paid you, payout is revenue after Airbnb's fee, and profit is payout after every cost. On the sample those are $66,805, $56,450 and $26,233 before the mortgage.

Mixing the three is how forecasts get inflated. A listing tool that shows revenue is not showing what lands in your bank, and a payout figure still has the cleaner, the utilities and the property tax to come.

Profit before debt (NOI) is the number to compare doors and deals on. Profit after debt, cash flow, is the number your bank account feels. The profit calculator takes it from here.

Where it fits in your month

  1. Before you sign or buy

    Enter the rate and occupancy you can defend, from your own history or close comps. Read the slow months before the annual total.

  2. When you set seasonal rates

    Rerun it with your planned peak and off-peak rates and compare the gap-night table at two discounts. Keep the version that holds the slow months above cost.

  3. Once the door is live

    Stop forecasting and measure. MagicBNB's PMS connection brings in every reservation and payout, so the months you planned sit next to the months that happened.

Terms on this page

Gross booking revenue
Room revenue plus the cleaning and other fees guests pay you, before Airbnb takes its cut.
Net payout
What reaches your bank after the platform fee.
ADR
Average daily rate: room revenue divided by booked nights.
Occupancy
Booked nights divided by the nights you could have sold.
NOI
Net operating income: payout minus running costs, before any mortgage or rent.
Gap night
A one or two-night hole between bookings that a normal minimum stay leaves empty.

Questions

How do I estimate Airbnb income for my property?

Multiply 365 by your expected occupancy to get booked nights, multiply by your average nightly rate, and add a cleaning fee for every stay. Take off the platform fee for your payout. The rate and occupancy you type are the whole estimate, so use your own booking history or a handful of close comparable listings.

How accurate are Airbnb estimators like AirDNA?

Data tools infer a property's bookings from public calendars and listing data, so their figures are modelled, and different tools give different answers for the same address. This calculator uses no market data. It is exactly as accurate as the rate and occupancy you enter, and it shows every step.

What occupancy rate should I use in an Airbnb estimate?

Your own, if you have a year of history. If not, AirDNA's 2026 Midyear Outlook put the US average at 57.4% (as reported by Short Term Rentalz, Jul 9 2026), and a given market can sit 20 points either side. Run the estimate at your figure and again 10 points lower.

Is there a free Airbnb calculator?

Yes, this one, with no account needed. Enter your numbers and press the button. The results page asks for an email once, then shows every table and chart and lets you download the PDF.

Does the estimate include Airbnb's fees?

Yes. The payout line takes off the platform fee you enter, 15.5% by default because that is Airbnb's host-only fee for most hosts, charged on the nightly rate and the cleaning fee (Airbnb Help article 1857). Enter 3% if you are still on the split fee.

Does a shorter average stay raise revenue?

Gross goes up, because every extra stay adds a cleaning fee. Costs go up too: every stay pays a cleaner, and Airbnb takes its fee on the cleaning fee. Check the profit calculator before you shorten your minimum stay.

How many nights a month does an Airbnb need to book?

Enough to cover fixed costs and the mortgage after each night's own costs. The sample books 18.1 nights a month on average; the break-even calculator shows how many it needs.

Do occupancy taxes count as Airbnb revenue?

No. Lodging and occupancy tax is collected for the city or state and passed through, so this calculator leaves it out of revenue and out of costs.

Why is my Airbnb revenue lower than an online estimate?

Most estimates use market averages for rate and occupancy. Your own calendar, minimum stay and blocked nights decide your number. Enter your real ADR and occupancy here and the gap usually shows which input the estimate got wrong.

How often should I update a revenue forecast?

Before each season and after any rate change. A forecast built on last year's rates goes stale the first time your pricing tool moves.

Does the cleaning fee count toward Airbnb revenue?

Yes. Guests pay it, Airbnb charges its fee on it, and it lands in your payout. The cleaner's pay is a separate cost line.

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PMS connection

Check the forecast against what actually booked

This calculator runs on the rate and occupancy you type. MagicBNB's PMS connection pulls reservations and payouts from Hospitable or Hostfully, with a historical backfill on first connect, so next year's forecast starts from last year's real months.

Two more places this shows up in MagicBNB

  • Property DetailMonth-by-month revenue with a year-over-year toggle and an automatic best-month and worst-month strip, per property.
  • YoY comparisonEvery revenue figure carries a delta against the same period last year, so a soft month reads as soft and not just low.
Forecast from real bookings
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