Lawn mowing price calculator
Work out what a lawn costs you per cut, and what to charge per cut, per month and for the season, weekly or every two weeks. It counts the things a quick guess leaves out: drive time, a second crew member, equipment and fuel, and overhead.
1. Your numbers
The figures already filled in are examples only, so you can see how it works. They are not market rates. Replace them with your own.
2. The working
Cuts per month use the average month: weekly is 52 cuts a year ÷ 12 ≈ 4.33, every two weeks is 26 ÷ 12 ≈ 2.17. Every-two-weeks service on the same lawn often takes longer per cut, because the grass is taller: if so, change the time on site and compare.
| Step | Weekly | Every 2 weeks |
|---|---|---|
| Paid crew hours per cut(time on site + drive) × crew size | 1.5 | 1.5 |
| Labor cost per cutcrew hours × labor cost per hour | $30.00 | $30.00 |
| Overhead per cutoverhead % × labor cost | $4.50 | $4.50 |
| Equipment and fuel per cut | $6.00 | $6.00 |
| Cost per cutlabor + overhead + equipment | $40.50 | $40.50 |
| Price per cutcost ÷ (1 − margin) | $50.63 | $50.63 |
| Price per month in seasonprice per cut × cuts per month (52 ÷ 12 or 26 ÷ 12) | $219.37 | $109.69 |
| Cuts per seasonseason weeks, or half of them every two weeks | 30 | 15 |
| Price for the seasonprice per cut × cuts per season | $1,518.75 | $759.38 |
Price per cut $50.63. Weekly $219.37 a month, every two weeks $109.69 a month.
These numbers come from your inputs. You decide the final price. Round it, check it against your local market, and think about how the property fits your routes: a lawn on a street you already mow costs less to reach.
3. Why drive time and crew size change the price
A 35-minute lawn with a 2-person crew and a 10-minute drive is 1.5 paid hours, not 35 minutes. Pricing on time on site alone would leave out more than half the labor. Tight routes are the cheapest way to lower your cost per cut: the drive time drops, but the price doesn't have to.
4. Before you send the price
- Time it. After a few cuts, compare the minutes you priced with the real minutes on site.
- Write down what's included. Mowing, trimming, edging and blowing are usually in; leaves, beds and shrubs usually cost extra. Our lawn care agreement template has a place for each.
- Agree on rain days and dry spells before the season starts.
From jobtill.com/tools. Use your own costs; this calculator doesn't suggest prices. Nothing you type is sent or saved: the math runs in your browser.
How JobTill helps
- Recurring visits: next month's recurring visits are added to the schedule automatically, from the 20th.
- Real times on every visit: crews clock in and out on each job, so you can compare the time you priced with the time it really takes.
- Every feature in every plan. Plans differ only by team size.
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