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Lawn mowing price calculator

Work out a price per cut from your own time, costs and target margin, then see what weekly and biweekly service comes to per month.

Estimates only. This calculator uses only the numbers you enter. It doesn’t know local market rates, taxes, insurance, or your overhead unless you include them. Nothing you type is sent or saved; it runs in your browser.

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An app can send the quote, schedule the visits and invoice for you. Jobber lists those on Core at $29/mo billed annually (1 user). QuoteIQ lists them on Essentials at $29.99/mo and adds satellite measuring from Beginner. Prices as checked Oct 10, 2026.

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Paying a crew? Gusto lists payroll from $49/mo + $6/mo per person. See Gusto → affiliate link

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The formula

Labor hours = (mowing minutes + drive minutes) ÷ 60 Labor cost = labor hours × hourly labor target Direct cost = labor cost + fuel & equipment per job Price per cut = direct cost ÷ (1 − margin %) Weekly (per month) = price per cut × 52 ÷ 12 Biweekly (per month) = price per cut × (1 + uplift %) × 26 ÷ 12 Per 1,000 sq ft = price per cut ÷ (sq ft ÷ 1,000) (1 acre = 43,560 sq ft)

Margin here is profit as a percentage of the price (not a markup on cost). A 20% margin means $0.20 of every $1 you charge is left after the direct costs above. Overhead like insurance, software and marketing isn’t included unless you build it into your hourly target or per-job cost.

Tracking prices across a whole route? The lawn-care tools we compare list estimates, scheduling and invoicing, so you can keep a price per customer in one place. See our comparison: Our picks for lawn care software: solo vs small crew → Not sure what your hourly labor target should be? Try the hourly rate calculator.