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Airbnb Fee and Payout Breakdown Calculator

Enter one booking. See what the guest pays, what Airbnb keeps under each fee structure, and the payout that should reach you.

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Examples computed by this calculator on sample inputs. Not market data.

One booking, three 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 one booking

    Nightly rate, nights and the cleaning fee. Add pet or extra-guest fees and occupancy tax if they apply.

  2. Step 2: See every fee line

    The guest total, Airbnb's fee and your payout under the host-only fee and the split fee, side by side.

  3. Step 3: Keep the PDF

    Download the breakdown, the payout per night at other stay lengths, and the rate that holds your payout.

Your report

What you'll get

Host payout (host-only fee)From the sample
THE HEADLINE

What should reach your bank from this booking

The booking subtotal less Airbnb's host-only fee. If the deposit that lands is different, this is the figure to reconcile against.

  • Host payout (host-only fee)
  • Airbnb host fee
  • What the guest pays

Showing part 1 of 4: Your payout

  • Guest total, Airbnb fee and payout for one booking
  • Host-only and split fee compared line by line
  • Host-only and split payouts at every stay length
  • The nightly rate that keeps your payout after a fee change
  • Your payout at host-only fees from 14% to 16%

How Airbnb works out your payout

From the sample

Start with the subtotal: nightly rate times nights, plus the cleaning fee and any pet or extra-guest fees. Airbnb charges its host fee on that whole subtotal, cleaning included. Taxes are left out of the base.

Most hosts pay the single host-only fee of 15.5% (some 14% to 16%, and 16% in Brazil and Mexico), per Airbnb Help Center article 1857. Your payout is the subtotal minus that fee, before any payout-method charges.

Fee mistakes this calculator catches

The guest total is not your revenue. These are the places it gets confused.

  1. 01Forgetting the fee is on the cleaning fee

    On a 3-night $200 stay with a $100 cleaning fee, the host-only fee is $108.50, and $15.50 of it comes from the cleaning fee.

  2. 02Keeping split-fee pricing on host-only

    Moving from a 3% to a 15.5% host fee needs a 14.8% higher subtotal to hold the same payout. On the sample stay that is $234.52 a night, not $200.

  3. 03Reconciling deposits to the guest total

    The guest paid $700; $591.50 should arrive. A deposit lower than that points to a resolution adjustment, a refund or a different fee rate.

Host-only fee or split fee: same booking, two outcomes

From the sample

Host-only fee

Guest pays
$700.00
You keep
$591.50
Airbnb share
15.5%

Split fee

Guest pays
$798.70
You keep
$679.00
Airbnb share
17.1%

On the split fee you pay about 3% and the guest pays a separate service fee of 14.1% to 16.5% on top. On host-only you pay the whole fee and the guest pays none.

You keep more per booking on the split fee, but the guest sees a higher total. When a listing moves to host-only, prices set under the split fee look low, because the fee you used to pass on now comes out of your payout.

Where the guest's money goes

Where the guest's money goesFrom the sample

The guest total is not your revenue. Part of it is Airbnb's fee, part may be occupancy tax collected for the city, and the rest is your payout.

If a deposit comes in lower than this breakdown says, look for a resolution adjustment, a cancellation refund or a different fee rate on that reservation. MagicBNB's Net Payout source of truth runs one payout calculation behind every screen and report, so the figure an owner questions can be traced back to the booking.

How operators use it

  1. Host moved to host-only by a PMS

    Payouts dropped after connecting property management software.

    Uses the reprice table to set a nightly rate that restores the old payout per stay.

  2. Bookkeeper chasing a short deposit

    A $700 booking paid $560 instead of the expected amount.

    Confirms $591.50 was due and goes looking for the $31.50 in the resolution centre.

Airbnb fees and payouts, worked through

How much does a guest pay on Airbnb for a $200 night?

On the host-only fee, the guest pays your listed price plus taxes: $700 for 3 nights at $200 with a $100 cleaning fee. On the split fee, the same stay costs the guest $798.70.

Under host-only, Airbnb takes its 15.5% from you and shows the guest one price. Under the split fee you pay 3% and the guest pays a separate service fee, 14.1% in this example (Airbnb Help article 1857 gives 14.1% to 16.5%).

The split fee pays you more on the same listed price, and the guest sees a higher total. Airbnb now requires the host-only model for most hosts, including those on property management software (article 1857).

3 nights at $200, $100 cleaning fee
  • Booking subtotal$700.00
  • Host-onlyguest pays $700.00, Airbnb keeps $108.50, you get $591.50
  • Split feeguest pays $798.70, Airbnb keeps $119.70, you get $679.00

Why does my Airbnb payout per night fall on longer stays?

Because one cleaning fee is spread over more nights. On the sample, payout per night falls from $253.50 for one night to $172.02 for 28.

The cleaning fee is charged once per stay. On a 1-night stay it adds $100 to that night; over 28 nights it adds $3.57 a night. Your cleaning cost also falls per night, so this is not a loss. It does mean payout per night is the wrong number to compare across stay lengths.

It also sets the starting point for length-of-stay discounts. A weekly discount comes on top of a payout per night that has already fallen, which the discount calculator accounts for.

Host-only payout at $200 a night, $100 cleaning fee
  • 1 night$253.50
  • 3 nights$197.17 a night
  • 7 nights$181.07 a night
  • 28 nights$172.02 a night

How much should I raise my price to cover Airbnb's 15.5% host fee?

To hold the payout you had on the 3% split fee, the booking subtotal has to rise 14.8%. On the sample stay that is $234.52 a night instead of $200.

The rise is larger than the 12.5-point difference in fees because the fee is charged on the new, higher price too. The formula is old payout divided by one minus the new fee.

Few hosts can raise rates 15% overnight. The table at least tells you what full recovery would take, and a smaller rise plus a cost cut can get you part of the way.

Does occupancy tax change my Airbnb payout?

Not when Airbnb collects and remits it. The tax is added to what the guest pays and passed to the city or state, so it is neither your revenue nor your cost.

Where Airbnb does not collect it, you collect it and remit it yourself, and it should still stay out of your revenue figures. Some areas also tax the guest service fee; check your local rule.

Enter the tax rate in the calculator to see the guest's real total. Your payout line does not move.

Where it fits in your month

  1. When you set rates

    Enter your nightly rate and cleaning fee. Check the payout per night at your typical stay length, not just the headline rate.

  2. When the fee changes

    Test the new rate in the reprice row and update your base price before the next booking window opens.

  3. When payouts land

    Stop checking deposits by hand. MagicBNB's Smart transaction ledger matches each deposit to its PMS payout.

Terms on this page

Booking subtotal
Nightly rate times nights, plus the cleaning fee and any other host fees.
Host-only fee
Airbnb's model where the host pays the whole service fee, 15.5% for most hosts.
Split fee
The model where the host pays 3% and the guest pays a separate service fee.
Effective take
Everything Airbnb keeps, host and guest side, as a share of the subtotal.
Payout
What Airbnb sends to your bank after its fee, before any adjustments.

Questions

How much does Airbnb take from hosts in 2026?

Most hosts pay a single host-only service fee of 15.5% of the booking subtotal (some pay 14% to 16%, and 16% in Brazil and Mexico), per Airbnb's service fee help page, article 1857. Hosts still on the split fee pay 3% while the guest pays 14.1% to 16.5% on top. The host-only fee is mandatory for most hosts, including those using property management software.

How is my Airbnb payout calculated?

Payout is the booking subtotal minus the host service fee. The subtotal is the nightly rate times the nights plus the cleaning fee and any pet or extra-guest fees. For example, 3 nights at $200 with a $100 cleaning fee is a $700 subtotal, minus a $108.50 fee, or $591.50 on host-only.

What is the difference between the split fee and the host-only fee?

On the split fee the host pays about 3% and the guest pays a separate service fee. On host-only the host pays the whole fee and the guest pays none. To keep the same payout when moving from 3% to 15.5%, the subtotal has to rise by about 14.8%, which is why prices set under the split fee look low after the switch.

Does Airbnb charge its fee on the cleaning fee?

Yes. The host fee is charged on the nightly price and any fees the host charges, which includes cleaning, pet and extra-guest fees. Taxes are excluded from that base. A cleaning fee set at exactly your cleaner's price therefore loses the fee rate on every stay.

Why is my Airbnb payout less than the booking total?

Because the host fee comes out first, and because the total the guest sees can include taxes and, on the split fee, the guest service fee, none of which reach you. If the payout is lower than this calculator says, look for a resolution adjustment, a cancellation refund or a different fee rate on that reservation.

What happens to my payout if my Airbnb host fee goes up?

Every point of fee comes off the payout, so the nightly rate has to rise by a little more than that point to hold it. Airbnb's help article lists host-only fees from 14% to 16%. The results show your payout at each rate, and the nightly rate that keeps today's payout with the cleaning fee unchanged.

What is the Airbnb guest service fee on the split fee?

Airbnb Help article 1857 gives 14.1% to 16.5% of the booking subtotal for the guest side of the split fee. This calculator uses 14.1% as its example; enter your own.

Does Airbnb charge its fee on pet and extra-guest fees?

Yes. The host fee applies to the nightly price plus any fees the host charges, which includes pet and extra-guest fees as well as cleaning.

Why is my real payout different from this calculation?

Payout here is before payout-method charges, currency conversion and any resolution adjustments or refunds. A difference usually traces to one of those.

Can I switch from the host-only fee back to the split fee?

For most hosts, no. Airbnb's article 1857 describes host-only as mandatory for most hosts, including those connected through property management software.

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Smart transaction ledger

Match every payout to its deposit automatically

This calculator works out one booking. MagicBNB's Smart transaction ledger matches bank deposits against PMS payouts automatically, so a deposit that comes in short is flagged instead of found at month end.

Two more places this shows up in MagicBNB

  • Net Payout source of truthOne calculation of net payout feeds every screen and report, so when an owner asks how a figure was reached, there is one path to show.
  • Channel mix everywhereRevenue split by Airbnb, Vrbo, Booking.com and direct on every view, which shows how much of your gross carries the 15.5% fee.
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