# How much should I charge for lawn mowing?

Quote a flat price per cut from your cost per hour on site. ProfitDrawer's lawn care guide prices a quarter-acre lawn: 0.67 hour (40 minutes) x $35 = $23.45, plus $4 of fuel and wear, $2.10 of driving and $4 of overhead, for $33.55. Adding 25% for profit, taxes and rain days gives $41.94, so the example price is $45 per weekly cut. These are example numbers, not local rates.

Things that change the price:

- **Lawn size and obstacles:** beds, fences and slopes add minutes.
- **Schedule:** the guide prices the same lawn at about $55 on a biweekly schedule, because longer grass takes longer to cut.
- **Drive time:** the example uses 3 miles from the last stop at a rough running cost of $0.70 a mile. Grouping lawns on the same streets keeps this low.
- **Overhead:** insurance, phone and marketing, shared across every cut.

Steps to set your own price:

1. Time a few real cuts.
2. Multiply by the hourly pay you want.
3. Add fuel, line, equipment wear and driving.
4. Add your overhead share and a margin.

The free price per job calculator runs this math for any lawn. Then check what other local mowing services charge so your price sits in a sensible range.

- Source: [How to Start a Lawn Care Business (Beginner Steps and Real Math)](https://profitdrawer.com/guides/how-to-start-a-lawn-care-business.html)
- Updated: 2026-10-29
- Published: 2026-10-29
- Category: Pricing and profit
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