Schedule of principal and interest

Amortization Calculator

See principal, interest, and remaining balance by payment for a fixed-rate loan. The payment uses the same engine as the Loan Calculator.

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Amortization schedule

Principal versus interest over time, using the same engine as the Loan Calculator.
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Monthly payment

$1,199.10360 payments
Total principal$200,000
Total interest$231,676
Amortization schedule
#DatePaymentPrincipalInterestBalance
12026-09-01$1,199.10$199.10$1,000.00$199,800.90
22026-10-01$1,199.10$200.10$999.00$199,600.80
32026-11-01$1,199.10$201.10$998.00$199,399.71
42026-12-01$1,199.10$202.10$997.00$199,197.60
52027-01-01$1,199.10$203.11$995.99$198,994.49
62027-02-01$1,199.10$204.13$994.97$198,790.36
72027-03-01$1,199.10$205.15$993.95$198,585.21
82027-04-01$1,199.10$206.17$992.93$198,379.04
92027-05-01$1,199.10$207.21$991.90$198,171.83
102027-06-01$1,199.10$208.24$990.86$197,963.59
112027-07-01$1,199.10$209.28$989.82$197,754.31
122027-08-01$1,199.10$210.33$988.77$197,543.98
How we got this
  1. Monthly payment6% for 360 scheduled months$1,199.10
  2. Total interest$231,676.38
  3. PayoffScheduled term360 payments
What we assumed
  • The schedule uses the same fixed-rate amortization primitive as the Loan Calculator.
  • The rate is a nominal annual interest rate, compounded monthly, not APR.
  • Extra principal, if entered, is added every month until the balance is gone.
  • Dates, when shown, are calendar months from the start date with end-of-month clamping.
Technical details

Method amortization-v1.0.0Data Manual inputs / fixed rules

Guide

How to read an amortization schedule

Each payment is split into interest on the current balance and principal that reduces it. Early payments are mostly interest; later payments are mostly principal. The payment formula is the same engine as the loan calculator.

Why the interest column shrinks

Interest each month is rate/12 × remaining balance. After principal is applied, the next month’s interest is calculated on a smaller balance. That is the entire mechanism. Extra principal, if you model it on the loan page, accelerates the shift.

Questions about this calculator

Why is so little principal paid in year one?

A long amortizing loan keeps a large balance for years, so interest stays large. That is expected, not a billing error.

Does this include escrow?

No. The schedule is P&I only unless you have folded other amounts into the payment you typed, which would misstate principal.

Terms used here

Amortization
Paying a loan down with level payments that shift from interest toward principal over time.
Remaining balance
What is left after the principal portion of payments (and any extra principal).

Practical tips

  • Use this when a lender quote shows only a payment and you want the interest share.
  • For mortgages, pair it with the mortgage payment page so tax and insurance stay separate.

Limits and caveats

  • Exact arithmetic for the inputs. It is still not a servicing statement if the lender uses a different day-count or rounding.

Results are for information. They are not legal, tax, medical, or financial advice. How the math is maintained · Report a wrong figure.

Engine notes

Rounding, versioning, and omissions that sit beside the guide rather than repeating it.

  • Shared amortization. Monthly payment, interest, principal, and remaining balance come from one Finance Engine simulation. Extra monthly principal, if entered, shortens the schedule.
  • Table. The first twelve payments render immediately. The rest stay behind a toggle so a 30-year loan does not dump hundreds of rows on a phone.
  • Loan Calculator stays general. If you only need the payment, use the Loan Calculator. This page exists for the principal-versus-interest path over time.

Calculation receipt

What each number here is

This answer is arithmetic on what you enter. No outside dataset is involved, so nothing here can go out of date.

A schedule is the closed-form payment applied period by period.

Sources

Where this data comes from