UPS Shipping Costs and Rates
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UPS Shipping Options and Discounts
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Whether you’re looking for overnight shipping or a more budget-friendly option, across town or around the globe, we have just the right shipping service to fit your needs. Learn more about your options at the links below.
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Daily Rates
Daily rates will apply if you have a scheduled UPS pickup, or have a UPS contract that provides you with daily rates.
Retail Rates
Retail rates will apply if you ship from a UPS location, don’t have a payment account or scheduled pickup service with UPS, or you ship infrequently using a payment card.
Air Freight Rates
For larger shipments that may or may not require a pallet, Air Freight can include other services like pickup, collection, delivery and customs clearance.
Credit Card Surcharge Information
UPS will add a surcharge of 2% of the total amount paid on an invoice to invoices paid by credit card ("Credit Card Surcharge"). The Credit Card Surcharge will appear on the next invoice following the invoice paid by credit card. The surcharge is not applicable to ACH or debit card payments. The Credit Card Surcharge currently does not apply to accounts based in the following jurisdictions as reflected in UPS account information: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New York, Puerto Rico, and Oklahoma.
New Rates Announced
Surge Fee information is now available for review, including Surge Fee rates for certain international shipments effective March 16, 2025 – March 29, 2025. Surge Fees are subject to change, and Surge Periods may be extended or otherwise changed.
Effective March 10, 2025, the U.S. Ground Domestic and the UPS SurePost® Fuel Surcharge and the U.S. Domestic Air Fuel Surcharge will change. Details on these changes can be found using the link below:
Read More About the Rate Change
UPS is making the following changes to modernize invoices and payment options for customers.
Effective March 17, 2025:
- Paper Commercial Invoice Services Surcharge: A fee of $10.00 per shipment and will be applied to the shipper when the commercial invoice is not provided by the shipper in digital form using UPS Paperless® Invoice services prior to the processing of the commercial invoice by UPS
Effective March 31, 2025:
- Print Invoice Fee: A fee of $5.00 per invoice copy will apply for each printed copy of a UPS invoice sent to shippers or other payors.
- Check Fee and Wire Fee: Payments made by check or wire transfer on or after March 31, 2025 will be assessed a fee of $25.00 per payment. This fee will not apply to ACH payments.
- The Late Payment Fee will increase from 8% to 9.9% of the total past due invoice balance, including past due late fees.
Effective May 19, 2025:
- A Payment Processing Fee equal to 2% of all other invoice charges will be added to each invoice.
- The Credit Card Surcharge will no longer apply.
UPS continues to offer a range of payment options, with convenient and secure tools that make it easy. More details are available on ups.com/billing.
Effective March 24, 2025, the applicable zone will change for certain origin/destination ZIP code pairs. Revised zone charts will be available via UPS.com beginning March 24, 2025.
UPS rate updates help to support ongoing expansion and capability enhancements as we strive to maintain the high service levels you expect from UPS.
Additional Rate and Surcharge Guides
FAQ
The cost of your shipment will depend on its origin, destination, service, package weight and other considerations.
To get your best estimate on shipment cost, use our Calculate Time and Cost tool.
We have a guide to walk you through what we can and can’t ship. Learn how to safely and successfully transport hazardous materials.
When you’re shipping multiple packages to the same place on the same day, save time and money when you use UPS Hundredweight® Service instead of Less-Than-Truckload (LTL).
You can get a rate quote when you use the UPS Hundredweight Rate Tool®.