Hidden shipping costs
What do residential deliveries add to your shipping bill?
Residential surcharges, delivery area fees and the fuel on top of both, across a year of packages.
Results
Annual residential cost$1,333,850
Residential surcharges$910,000
Delivery area fees$120,000
Fuel on those fees$303,850
How this is calculated
Residential = packages × share × fee × (1 − discount). Fuel applies to both fees unless excluded.
Rates shown as defaults come from carrier publications or each carrier’s published table applied to the EIA price; see the methodology. Estimates and examples are labeled. Results are illustrative and do not represent any carrier’s reported financial results.
Questions
What is the UPS residential surcharge in 2026?
$6.50 for Ground at list, up from $6.10 in 2025, per published 2026 rate changes.
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