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What is a UPS Residential Surcharge?

By Last updated on: March 26, 2024

UPS defines a residential surcharge as a residential delivery made to a home, including a business working out of a home. Furthermore, an added shipping charge will apply for each residential delivery. However, this fee applies in two cases. If either the delivery address entered or the actual delivery address is deemed residential by UPS.

UPS Residential Surcharge: A residential delivery is defined as delivery to a location that is a home, including a business operating out of a home.

How Much is the UPS Residential Charge?

Service2021202220232024
Ground$4.45$4.85$5.25$5.65
Standard$4.45$4.85$5.50$5.85
Domestic & International Air$5.00$5.35$5.85$6.20
Hundredweight$43.20$46.80$51.30$54.45
Worldwide Express Freight$160$170$185$200

UPS and FedEx charge a higher rate for residential addresses. In short, this additional charge is due to the inconvenience of delivering one shipment to a single location. In comparison to possible multiple deliveries with a commercial address.

UPS Residential Surcharge 2024: $5.65 Ground

UPS Simple Rate to a Residence

A residential surcharge does not apply to UPS Simple Rate shipments. In addition, UPS Simple Rate packages do not have delivery area surcharge, delivery area surcharge extended, or fuel surcharges. UPS SurePost is not subject to residential surcharges. However, UPS SurePost does not honor the guaranteed delivery service commitment like FedEx or UPS Ground. If your UPS SurePost package arrives late, you will not be entitled to a full refund of the shipping costs.  

UPS Residential Delivery Hours

Residential delivery by UPS generally occurs anytime between 9:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. to residences. Recently, UPS has been on the road later into the evening delivering packages. So, do not be surprised to see a UPS delivery truck on your block past 8:00 p.m.

Historical Residential Delivery Costs:

20122013201420152016201720182019202020212022
$2.55$2.80$2.90$3.10$3.25$3.40$3.60$3.95$4.10$4.45$4.85

How to Reduce UPS Surcharges  

Many shippers never utilize the options available to reduce the impact of these ever-increasing charges. For example, the shipping service options UPS SurePost and FedEx SmartPost. These use the United States Postal Service (USPS) to make final-mile delivery. Therefore, optimizing your carrier contract with a Refund Retriever is essential if you are a large-volume shipper. We will help lower the UPS residential delivery surcharge impact. Contract optimization experts identify areas where you could save money. In conclusion, most customers save 10-20 percent per year. Contact Refund Retriever to get started.

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Brian Gibbs | President of Refund Retriever

Brian Gibbs founded Refund Retriever in 2006 while running his first eBay-based business and seeing the shortcomings of other shipment auditing companies. Refund Retriever's primary focus is FedEx and UPS parcel invoice auditing. After graduating from Texas A&M University in 2001, he graduated from the University of Houston in 2004 with a JD and MBA. Gibbs has been featured in Forbes, Entrepreneur, and other publications discussing parcel auditing, shipping, e-commerce, and more. Learn more at www.refundretriever.com or call (800) 441-8085 for more information.

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