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What does a co-host actually cost you?

Enter your nightly revenue and the fee your co-host or management company charges. You get the yearly cost, what Airbnb takes on top, and what is left in your account. Switch sides to see the same numbers from the manager's chair.

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Nightly revenue per property

What guests pay for the nights, before cleaning fees and taxes. Monthly average across the year.

How the fee is charged

Management fee20%

Co-hosts usually land between 10% and 25%. Full-service managers run 20% to 35%.

Airbnb service fee

An estimate, not a quote. Fee ranges come from published 2026 management pricing; Airbnb's service fees come from its help center. Ask any manager for their full fee schedule in writing.

Left in your account, per year

$23,220.00

Nightly revenue$36,000.00

monthly average across the year$3,000.00 × 12

Airbnb service fee-$5,580.00

Management fee you pay-$7,200.00

Total take rate35.5%

What co-hosts and full-service managers actually charge

How much do Airbnb property managers charge?

There is no single number, because the word manager covers five different jobs. Here is what each level charges in the United States, based on published 2026 pricing and manager fee schedules.

Service level	What they do	Typical fee
Remote co-host	Guest messaging, calendar, pricing, review replies. You keep cleaning and maintenance.	10% to 20%
Hands-on co-host	Everything above, plus scheduling cleaners, restocking, key handoff, small problems on site.	15% to 25%
Half-service manager	Listing, distribution, bookings. Cleaning and maintenance stay with you.	10% to 15%
Full-service, urban market	The whole operation, cleaners and vendors coordinated, tax remittance handled.	20% to 25%
Full-service, beach market	Same job, higher turnover volume and seasonal staffing.	25% to 30%
Full-service, mountain or resort	Same job, longer drive times, snow and hot tub duty, thin local labor.	30% to 35%

Ask what sits outside the percentage

Onboarding or setup fee, often $250 to $500 per listing
Photography and listing copy, sometimes billed once, sometimes rolled in
Linen program, replacement stock, consumables
Markup on vendor invoices, and whether you approve work above a threshold
A monthly minimum that bites in the off season
Notice period to leave, and who owns the reviews and the listing

How it works

Three inputs, and you know what the deal is worth

Enter your nightly revenue

Take what guests paid for nights last year and divide by twelve. Leave out cleaning fees and occupancy tax.

Pick the fee model

A percentage of revenue, or a flat monthly price per listing. Both exist, and they behave very differently in a slow month.

Set your Airbnb fee

Most hosts now pay the 15.5% host-only fee. If you still see a 3% line on your payouts, you are on the split fee.

Reading a management agreement without getting surprised

The percentage is the headline, and it is rarely the whole price. Two managers quoting 20% can land eight points apart once you count the onboarding fee, the linen program and the markup on a plumber's invoice. Run both through the calculator with their real numbers before you compare them.

Watch what the percentage applies to. Some agreements read the fee on nightly revenue, some on the total the guest paid including the cleaning fee, and a few on the payout after Airbnb's cut. On $60,000 of bookings, that choice moves the fee by more than a thousand dollars. Get the base written into the contract, not described on a call.

Then check who keeps the cleaning fee. If the manager collects it and pays the cleaner, their margin depends on turnover volume, and short stays become attractive to them in a way they may not be to you. If you keep it, you carry the risk of a cleaner who quits in July.

Questions

Co-host fees, answered

How much do Airbnb co-hosts charge?

Most co-hosts charge between 10% and 25% of booking revenue. Remote co-hosts who only handle messaging, the calendar and pricing sit at the low end. A co-host who schedules cleaners, restocks and shows up when a lock jams sits at the top.

What is the difference between a co-host and a property management company?

A co-host works inside your Airbnb account with permissions you grant, and Airbnb can pay them directly out of each payout. A management company signs a separate agreement, often lists the property under its own account, and handles vendors, taxes and insurance. The co-host is a person. The company is an operation.

Does Airbnb pay co-hosts directly?

Yes. Airbnb's help center describes co-host payouts as a percentage or a fixed amount per booking, set per listing, taken from the payout before it reaches you. What the help center does not spell out is whether that percentage reads before or after the service fee, so put the base in your written agreement.

Is the Airbnb Co-Host Network the same thing as hiring a manager?

No. The Co-Host Network is a directory Airbnb launched on October 16, 2024 with more than 10,000 co-hosts in ten countries. It introduces you to a vetted local host. The commercial terms are still yours to negotiate, and Airbnb does not set the rate.

Is a flat monthly fee better than a percentage?

A flat fee is cheaper when the property performs and painful when it does not. On a listing doing $4,000 a month, $500 flat beats 20%. Drop to $1,500 in November and that same flat fee is a third of your revenue. Run both models here with your low month, not your best one.

What should a co-host agreement say about ending the deal?

Three things: the notice period, who keeps the listing and its review history, and what happens to bookings already on the calendar. A co-host working inside your account leaves the reviews with you. A manager listing under their own account may not.

Sources

Airbnb Help Center, Service fees: split fee at 3% for the host and 14.1% to 16.5% for the guest, single host-only fee at 15.5% for most hosts. Read September 10, 2026.
Airbnb Help Center, How co-host payouts work: percentage or fixed amount per booking, set per listing. Read September 10, 2026.
Airbnb newsroom, October 16, 2024: Co-Host Network launches with more than 10,000 co-hosts in ten countries.
Airbnb Q4 2024 shareholder letter, February 13, 2025: nearly 100,000 listings on the Co-Host Network four months after launch. No figure published since.
RapidEye, Vacation rental management fee statistics 2026, for the full-service and market-by-market fee ranges.

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