Closing costs & net proceeds in Pennsylvania.
Enter your home's price and see the agent commission, seller closing costs, transfer tax, and your estimated take-home — every rate drawn from the source cited on this page.
- Median sale price: $330,000
- Typical agent commission: 5.77%
- Seller closing costs: 1%
- Est. seller transfer tax: 1%
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Every rate, with its source.
These are the Pennsylvania rates behind the calculator above — every figure traces to the source cited under it.
A worked example at the Pennsylvania median.
Take the $330,000 median and run every sourced rate against it — the table below is exactly that, and the calculator above does the same for any price you enter.
| Line | Rate | At the median |
|---|---|---|
| Sale price (median) | — | $330,000 |
| Agent commission | 5.77% | −$19,041 |
| Seller closing costs | 1% | −$3,300 |
| Transfer tax (seller) | 1% | −$3,300 |
| Total selling costs | ≈7.77% | −$25,641 |
| Estimated net proceeds | $304,359 |
Mortgage payoff, repairs, and any buyer concessions still come out of net proceeds — those depend on the house. Sources: Redfin state market tracker, May 2026; Clever, Feb 2026 survey (state avg); Redfin national est., May 2026 (low end of 1-3% range excl. commission, transfer tax itemized separately); PA transfer tax 1% state + ~1% local, customarily split 50/50; seller half ≈ 1% (HomeLight, Jan 2025).
How Pennsylvania's rates turn into dollars.
Pennsylvania agents averaged 5.77% commission in the Clever survey, which runs above the 5.68% average across the 50 state figures in the same Clever survey — about $297 more on a $330,000 sale than a seller paying the cross-state average rate. On the median sale that one line runs about $19,041, typically split between the listing agent and the buyer's agent (Clever, Feb 2026 survey (state avg)).
No two states treat transfer tax alike. In Pennsylvania, the seller's estimated share is 1% of the price — about $3,300 due when the deed records on a median-priced sale (PA transfer tax 1% state + ~1% local, customarily split 50/50; seller half ≈ 1% (HomeLight, Jan 2025)). State transfer tax of 1% plus 1% local transfer tax (split buyer/seller). Philadelphia adds a higher city rate.
Seller closing costs — title work, settlement, recording, and prorations — are estimated at 1% here, about $3,300 on the median sale (Redfin national est., May 2026 (low end of 1-3% range excl. commission, transfer tax itemized separately)). Pennsylvania doesn't mandate an attorney at the closing table, so legal fees only land on this line if a seller chooses to hire one.
The anchor for all of this math is Pennsylvania's median sale price — $330,000 (Redfin state market tracker, May 2026). A typical listing went under contract in 30 days (Redfin state market tracker, May 2026), which works out to about 4 weeks of mortgage interest, property taxes, insurance, and utilities the seller keeps carrying in the meantime — a cost no closing statement itemizes.
For scale: that $330,000 median sits below the midpoint of the 50 state medians in the same Redfin tracker ($413,000), and the 30-day pace is quicker than the cross-state median of 42 days — a tailwind for sellers who need the money sooner rather than later. The wait runs on property taxes too: Pennsylvania's 1.58% average effective rate ranks 9th of 50 — among the highest in the country.
Quick answers on Pennsylvania selling costs.
How much is transfer tax when selling a house in Pennsylvania?
Sellers in Pennsylvania pay an estimated 1% in transfer tax — roughly $3,300 at the $330,000 median sale price (source: PA transfer tax 1% state + ~1% local, customarily split 50/50; seller half ≈ 1% (HomeLight, Jan 2025)). State transfer tax of 1% plus 1% local transfer tax (split buyer/seller). Philadelphia adds a higher city rate.
What does selling a home in Pennsylvania actually cost?
Applied to Pennsylvania's $330,000 median sale: the 5.77% agent commission is about $19,041, and seller closing costs at 1% come to roughly $3,300, plus about $3,300 in seller transfer tax. All in, that is about $25,641 — near 7.77% of the price — before mortgage payoff, repairs, or concessions. Sources: Clever, Feb 2026 survey (state avg); Redfin national est., May 2026 (low end of 1-3% range excl. commission, transfer tax itemized separately).
How much would I walk away with selling a median-priced Pennsylvania home?
An estimated $304,359: the $330,000 median (Redfin state market tracker, May 2026) minus every sourced selling cost on this page — and before the mortgage payoff and any repairs or concessions, which vary house by house. Keep the clock in mind too: Pennsylvania listings took a median of 30 days to go under contract (Redfin state market tracker, May 2026), and each extra week on the market adds another round of carrying costs.
What the math doesn't show.
Everything above prices the traditional route in Pennsylvania: before the mortgage payoff, roughly 7.77% of the price leaves as commission, closing costs, and transfer tax. Repairs, concessions, and the weeks a financed buyer needs to close pile on after that. Treat every figure as an estimate from the sourced rates — real costs shift with the county, the property, the agent, and the buyer.
A cash sale runs different math: selling as-is to an independent cash buyer trades the agent commission, the repairs, and the wait for a lower headline price. Subtract everything above from the traditional side and the two nets can land closer than the sticker prices suggest.
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