How much does Monero mining pay per month?

Monero mining has no fixed monthly payout: you may earn a small amount of XMR, but your profit can be close to zero or negative after electricity and fees. To estimate what it would pay you each month, measure your device’s mining speed and power use, then enter those numbers into a live Monero mining calculator.

Estimate your monthly XMR first

Your earnings depend mainly on your share of the network’s total mining work. Your hashrate is your mining speed, measured in hashes per second, or H/s. A hash is one attempt to complete the work needed to add a new block of transactions.

Monero produces a block roughly every two minutes. Its ongoing base reward is 0.6 XMR per block, meaning about 432 XMR enters circulation each day.

A rough estimate for a 30-day month is:

Monthly XMR ≈ (your hashrate ÷ network hashrate) × 12,960

Use the same units for both hashrates. This estimate assumes you run continuously and that network conditions stay unchanged. It excludes transaction fees, mining fees, and downtime.

For example, if your share were one-millionth of the network, your expected base-reward earnings would be about 0.01296 XMR per month before deductions. This is an illustration, not a prediction for your computer.

Turn that amount into monthly profit

Your monthly earnings in dollars or another currency depend on Monero’s market price. Check a live price rather than relying on an old earnings screenshot.

Calculate your result in two steps:

• Gross monthly value: estimated monthly XMR × current XMR price.
• Monthly profit: gross value − electricity − mining fees − other costs.

For electricity, use:

Monthly electricity cost = extra mining watts ÷ 1,000 × hours mined × price per kilowatt-hour

A kilowatt-hour, or kWh, is the electricity unit on your bill. If mining adds 100 watts and runs for 720 hours, it uses 72 kWh. At an illustrative electricity rate of $0.15 per kWh, that costs $10.80 per month.

Measure power at the wall if possible. Include the whole computer if you would otherwise leave it switched off, and consider cooling and hardware costs too.

Your setup changes the monthly result

Monero uses RandomX, a mining method designed to favor CPUs—the main processors in computers. Your CPU, memory setup, cooling, and running hours all affect your mining speed.

Browser mining commonly performs worse than dedicated mining software, so do not use a desktop mining benchmark as your browser earnings estimate. Measure the actual browser setup you plan to use.

Your estimate can also change during the month. Monero adjusts mining difficulty—the amount of work needed to find a block—every block. More competing mining power generally means less XMR for the same personal hashrate.

Earnings are not always monthly payments

A mining pool combines miners’ work and shares rewards. It can make small earnings more regular, but fees and minimum withdrawal amounts vary.

You might accumulate XMR during a month without receiving a payout that month. With solo mining, you could earn nothing for a long time because rewards arrive only when you find a block.

Be wary of browser platforms promising guaranteed monthly income or asking you to deposit money to “unlock” withdrawals.

The bottom line

Your realistic monthly pay is your measured mining income minus all costs—not an advertised figure. Run a short test, check a live calculator, and confirm payout rules before committing to a full month.