About the Expense Ratio Calculator
What share of income goes to an expense (e.g. housing or food), or a fund’s expense ratio from fees and assets.
Also known as: expense to income ratio, fund expense ratio, spending ratio.
How to use this calculator
- Enter expense amount, income or assets.
- The result updates instantly as you type — press Calculate (or Enter) at any time.
- Review the breakdown shown under the main result.
- Use Copy result or Share to save the answer or send a link with your inputs.
Formula
Ratio = expense ÷ income × 100
Worked example
Using the values pre-filled in the calculator above:
- Expense amount = 1,600
- Income or assets = 5,200
the calculator returns:
- Expense ratio: 30.77%