Co-host fee calculator
An owner and a co-host sharing a booking: what the guest pays, what the platform takes, the co-host's fee, the cleaner and what the owner keeps, per booking and per month. Every line of the math is shown.
One booking
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From a $430.95 payout the co-host gets $76.05, 17.65% of it and the cleaner $60.00. At 6 bookings a month the owner keeps $1,769.40 and the co-host $456.30.
| Line | Per booking | Per month, 6 bookings |
|---|---|---|
| 3 nights × $150.00 | $450.00 | $2,700.00 |
| Cleaning fee | $60.00 | $360.00 |
| Guest paysBefore taxes and any guest service fee | $510.00 | $3,060.00 |
| Airbnb fee at 15.5% | −$79.05 | −$474.30 |
| Host payout | $430.95 | $2,585.70 |
| Co-host fee20% of $380.25, the payout without the cleaning fee | −$76.05 | −$456.30 |
| CleanerThe whole cleaning fee, paid by the owner | −$60.00 | −$360.00 |
| Owner keeps | $294.90 | $1,769.40 |
| Line | Per booking | Per month, 6 bookings |
|---|---|---|
| Co-host fee | $76.05 | $456.30 |
| Co-host keeps | $76.05 | $456.30 |
On Airbnb
✓Verified Airbnb's co-host payouts can pay this split: the “Percentage, cleaning fee excluded” option. The owner sets it up, the co-host confirms and Airbnb pays each of them.
- A percentage is of the host's potential earnings: nightly price × nights, plus guest charges such as the cleaning fee, minus the host service fee and any taxes and fees.
- Four ways to pay a co-host: the cleaning fee; the cleaning fee plus a percentage that leaves the cleaning fee out; a percentage, with the cleaning fee in or out; or a fixed amount per booking.
- Co-hosts are paid first and the host gets whatever remains. If the host's earnings don't cover the co-host payouts, a co-host may get less than expected or nothing, and the host may get nothing.
- Outside the US and EU, payouts can go to only one co-host per listing. In Brazil, Canada and India the host and co-host must live in the same country, and listings in Mexico can't share payouts.
- The listing owner gets a tax document on the full booking amount; each co-host gets one for the amounts they receive.
- When the cleaning fee is left out of a percentage, Airbnb doesn't say whether the part of its service fee charged on the cleaning fee comes out too. This calculator takes that share out with the cleaning fee, so Airbnb's figure can differ by about $1.86 a booking.
- Airbnb's articles state no maximum percentage or amount for a co-host payout.
From Airbnb's How co-host payouts work (opens in a new tab), Co-host payout exceptions (opens in a new tab) and Regional limitations (opens in a new tab), checked Nov 2, 2026.
Fee presets from Airbnb's service fees page (opens in a new tab), checked Nov 2, 2026, and Vrbo's booking fee article (opens in a new tab), checked Nov 1, 2026. Booking.com doesn't publish a standard rate, so use the one in your contract. Direct card rate from Stripe's pricing page (opens in a new tab), checked Nov 1, 2026. For one owner's own payout on each channel, use the fee and payout calculator. Not tax or legal advice.
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How it works
How the co-host fee calculator works
It follows one booking from the guest to each person. The guest pays the nights and the cleaning fee, the platform takes its fee from that, and what's left is the host payout. The co-host's fee comes out of the payout, as a percentage of the payout or of the booking (with the cleaning fee in or out) or as a flat amount per booking or per month. The cleaner is paid by whoever you choose, and the owner keeps the rest. The month is each line × your bookings.
- Host payout = nights + cleaning fee − platform fee
- Owner keeps = payout − co-host fee − the cleaner (when the owner pays)
Hypothetical example
3 nights at $150 with a $60 cleaning fee on the 15.5% single fee, a co-host on 20% of the payout before cleaning, and the owner paying the cleaner the whole cleaning fee, 6 times a month.
| Guest pays$450 of nights + $60 cleaning, before taxes | $510.00 |
|---|---|
| Platform fee at 15.5% | −$79.05 |
| Host payout | $430.95 |
| Payout before cleaning$430.95 − ($60 − $9.30 of fee on it) | $380.25 |
| Co-host fee: 20% of that | −$76.05 |
| CleanerThe whole cleaning fee, paid by the owner | −$60.00 |
| Owner keeps | $294.90 |
| A month of 6 bookingsThe co-host gets $456.30 | $1,769.40 |
The basis matters as much as the percentage. The same 20% on the whole payout, cleaning fee included, is $86.19, and on the nights before the platform fee it's $90.00, $13.95 more a booking than on the payout before cleaning.
What it doesn't do
- It doesn't add taxes, a guest service fee, discounts, refunds or cancellations. On a cancellation Airbnb shares out what the host is still paid.
- It doesn't say what a co-host should charge. Every rate in it is yours or the example's.
- It isn't tax or legal advice. A co-hosting agreement, licensing and how each of you reports the money are for you to check.
Co-host payout facts from Airbnb's How co-host payouts work (opens in a new tab), Co-host payout exceptions (opens in a new tab) and Regional limitations (opens in a new tab), checked Nov 2, 2026. Fee facts from Airbnb's service fees page (opens in a new tab), checked Nov 2, 2026, and Vrbo's booking fee article (opens in a new tab), checked Nov 1, 2026. Booking.com publishes no standard rate.
Questions hosts ask
How do Airbnb co-host payouts work?
Only the listing owner can set up, change or remove a co-host's payout, for co-hosts with any permissions. The co-host has 14 days to confirm or decline. Four ways to pay a co-host: the cleaning fee; the cleaning fee plus a percentage that leaves the cleaning fee out; a percentage, with the cleaning fee in or out; or a fixed amount per booking. Airbnb pays the co-host's share straight to them. Source: How co-host payouts work (opens in a new tab), checked Nov 2, 2026.
Is the co-host's percentage taken before or after Airbnb's fee?
After. A percentage is of the host's potential earnings: nightly price × nights, plus guest charges such as the cleaning fee, minus the host service fee and any taxes and fees. A percentage of the booking before the fee isn't one of Airbnb's options: in the example 20% of the nights is $90.00 against $76.05 of the payout before cleaning. Source: How co-host payouts work (opens in a new tab).
Does the co-host get part of the cleaning fee?
Only if you set it up that way. On Airbnb the owner chooses whether a percentage includes the cleaning fee, or pays the co-host the cleaning fee itself, alone or with a percentage that leaves it out. When the cleaning fee is left out of a percentage, Airbnb doesn't say whether the part of its service fee charged on the cleaning fee comes out too.
What if the co-host fee is more than the payout?
Co-hosts are paid first and the host gets whatever remains. If the host's earnings don't cover the co-host payouts, a co-host may get less than expected or nothing, and the host may get nothing. Source: Co-host payout exceptions (opens in a new tab), checked Nov 2, 2026. The calculator shows the owner's side going negative instead, so you can see the shortfall.
Read next
- ToolFee and payout calculatorFor Airbnb, Vrbo and Booking.com hosts: your payout after Airbnb's 15.5% fee or any rate you enter, or the nightly rate to list to keep your target.
- ToolMonthly profit calculatorOne month of hosting from your own numbers: payout after fees, turnover and fixed costs, profit or loss and the booked nights you need to break even.
- ToolCleaning fee calculatorWork out the cleaning fee that actually covers your cleaner, laundry and supplies after the platform takes its cut. The math is shown step by step.
- AnswerHow much does Airbnb take from hosts?Most Airbnb hosts on the single fee pay 15.5%, taken from the payout. See the split fee, what the fee is charged on and how to price for your payout.
- AnswerHow is short-term rental income taxed for US hosts?The 14-day rule, Schedule E or C, the $20,000 and 200-transaction Form 1099-K threshold, cleaning fees and lodging taxes, from IRS pages.