Ethereum Staking Calculator
Estimate Ethereum (ETH) staking rewards over any period. Prefilled with a typical ETH reward rate and the live ETH price — edit both to match your validator.
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Using the Ethereum Staking Calculator
This calculator estimates what staking ETH pays over a period you choose, in both coins and dollars. The reward rate is prefilled at 3% — roughly 2.5–4% in recent years — but treat that as a starting point, not a quote: staking rates move with participation and with validator commission, so put in the rate your own validator advertises.
How you stake ETH: Run a 32 ETH validator, join a staking pool, or hold a liquid staking token such as stETH or rETH which stays tradeable while it earns. Liquidity matters as much as the rate. No fixed lock, but entering and exiting the validator set both go through a queue that can take days when demand is high. A high advertised rate on a coin you cannot exit quickly is a different product from the same rate on a liquid position, and that difference shows up exactly when you need it — during a sharp drawdown.
Two things the dollar figure cannot tell you. First, rewards are usually taxable as income when you receive them in most jurisdictions, at the value on the day — see the tax guide for your country. Second, ETH usually tracks BTC with a higher beta — bigger moves in both directions, especially around network upgrades. A 3% yield does not protect you from a price move several times that size, so judge staking on total return, not on the APR alone.
What 3% actually compounds to on ETH
- Reward rate
- 3% (roughly 2.5–4% in recent years)
- First year on 5 ETH
- 0.15 ETH
- Monthly-compounded 1y
- 0.1521 ETH
- Compounded 5y
- 0.8081 ETH
At 3% (roughly 2.5–4% in recent years), staking 5 ETH pays about 0.15 ETH in the first year simple. Compounded monthly that becomes 0.1521 ETH, and left to compound for five years, 0.8081 ETH — the gap widens the longer your ETH stays put, which is where the lockup matters: No fixed lock, but entering and exiting the validator set both go through a queue that can take days when demand is high.
Staking is native to Ethereum, so you are securing the protocol directly rather than trusting a wrapper. Rewards arrive in ETH, so their dollar value rides the price — a 3% yield is no defence against a price move several times that size, so judge the position on total return rather than the headline rate.
Figures are derived from ETH's own daily closes over the window shown and are bounded by it — not all-time values. Prices move; treat them as context, not a forecast.
Ethereum at a glance
- Launched
- July 2015
- Consensus
- Proof-of-stake (since The Merge, Sept 2022)
- Max supply
- No hard cap — net issuance offset by EIP-1559 burn
- Slot time
- 12 seconds
- Validator size
- 32 ETH to run your own validator
- Native staking
- Yes — solo, pooled or liquid staking
Frequently asked questions
- How much can I earn staking Ethereum?
- At roughly 3% a year, staking 5 ETH earns about 0.15 ETH over twelve months before commission. Enter your own amount and rate above for the exact figure, in coins and at the live ETH price.
- Is my ETH locked while staking?
- No fixed lock, but entering and exiting the validator set both go through a queue that can take days when demand is high.
- Are ETH staking rewards taxed?
- In most countries staking rewards are income at the moment you can access them, valued in your local currency on that date, and then a second capital-gains event when you later sell. A few treat them differently — Germany, for instance, has its own allowance for staking income. Check our tax guide for your jurisdiction.
- How are staking rewards calculated?
- Rewards ≈ amount staked × annual reward rate × (days ÷ 365). This is a simple (non-compounded) estimate.
- APR vs APY for staking?
- APR is the flat annual rate. If you restake (compound) rewards, your effective APY is higher — see the APY calculator.
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For educational purposes only. Rates, fees and protocol parameters change — verify current figures with your exchange or validator before acting. Not financial advice.