What homeowners pay for common lawn care services, as reported by three national cost guides, side by side. The ranges are wide, so use them as a sense check, then price from your own time with our calculators.
Visits and cleanups
Service
HomeGuide
Angi
LawnStarter
Lawn mowingper visit
$30–$85recurring, ¼ acre
$50–$205
$42–$68
Yard cleanupspring or fall, per visit
$125–$400
$190–$1,000
$216–$462
Leaf removalper visit
$100–$300
$300–$600
$107–$435
Shrub and hedge trimming
$5–$20per shrub
$450–$1,420per job
$46per bush
Snow removalper visit
$30–$70
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Gutter cleaning
$100–$250
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Lawn and bed treatments
Service
HomeGuide
Angi
LawnStarter
Core aeration
$75–$250
$75–$200
$107–$202
Dethatching
$75–$300
$160–$225
$65–$165
Seeding
$0.04–$0.18per sq ft, overseeding
$440–$1,750
$427–$1,514
Fertilizing
$65–$100
$71–$380
$67–$405
Weeding
$50–$125
$35–$400
$50–$210
Mulchper cubic yard, installed
$35–$70
$30–$150
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Prices homeowners pay, from HomeGuide, Angi and LawnStarter, checked November 1, 2026. A dash means that guide does not list the service. For sources and caveats, see “Where these numbers come from”.
Where these numbers come from
Each column is copied from the summary table of one national cost guide, checked on November 1, 2026: HomeGuide's lawn care prices, Angi's lawn care cost guide and LawnStarter's lawn care price guide. They describe what homeowners pay a company, so the prices already include the company's overhead and profit. A dash means that guide's summary table does not list the service.
Where the guides disagree with themselves
LawnStarter, mulch. Its table lists $77–$94 per cubic yard; the text further down gives $192–$402 per cubic yard for professional installation. We show neither as the answer.
HomeGuide, aeration and leaf removal. The summary table gives $75–$250 and $100–$300 per visit; the sections below it give $100–$300 for aeration and $150–$700 per visit for leaf removal. The chart uses the table.
HomeGuide's prices are for a ¼-acre lawn and recurring service. HomeGuide notes that one-time visits cost more.
Why the ranges are so wide
A national range mixes small city lots with large rural ones, low-cost markets with expensive metros, and a light trim with an overgrown first cut. Angi's mowing range runs to $205 and is not tied to one lawn size; HomeGuide's stops at $85 because it is for a quarter acre. Neither is wrong. Neither is your price either.
Start from your own time
Your price has to cover your time, your drive and your costs in your market. Work that out first, then use the chart to see whether you are far above or far below what customers are used to seeing. Our calculators do the first part from numbers you enter:
Lawn mowing price calculator. With its default settings (a 10,000 sq ft lawn, a 48-inch zero-turn, weekly visits and a $75 hourly target) it suggests $45 a visit, inside all three guides' mowing ranges.
Snow removal pricing calculator. Its defaults (a two-car driveway, a snowblower, 4 inches of snow) suggest $50 a push, inside HomeGuide's $30–$70 per visit.
Price add-ons by the unit of work
Mowing is priced by the visit; most other jobs are easier to price by their own unit: cubic yards of mulch, square feet for seeding, shrubs or feet of hedge for trimming, and hours for cleanups that can grow once you start. Write the unit on the estimate, so a bigger job means a bigger number without an argument. Our estimate and invoice templates have a unit on every line.
Bundle the season
Aeration and overseeding, spring and fall cleanups, and fertilizing rounds are natural add-ons to a weekly mowing customer, because you are already on the property. Offer them as a season plan with a monthly payment, and put the plan in writing with a lawn care contract.
Check your local market
Ask a few neighbors what they pay, read local lawn care pages and listings, and note what competitors charge for a first cut or a cleanup. Local prices beat national ranges every time.
Questions
How much should I charge to mow a lawn?
The three guides put a typical visit between $30 and $205, which is too wide to copy. Work out what your time costs and how long the lawn takes, including the drive, then compare the result with local prices. The lawn mowing price calculator does the first part.
Should I charge by the hour or by the job?
A fixed price is easier to quote and compare for regular work like mowing, while hourly pricing protects you on cleanups and jobs whose size you cannot see in advance. You can quote a fixed price and still work it out from an hourly target, which is how our calculators are built.
Why don't you give one average price per service?
Because the sources do not agree, and an average of different lawn sizes, regions and service levels would look precise without being useful. Showing each guide's range makes the spread visible.