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Lawn mowing price calculator: what to charge per cut
You're parked in front of a lawn you haven't mowed yet, and the lady wants a number before you leave. So you do what every owner does: think of the house two streets over you cut for $45, figure this one's bigger, say $55. Then you cut it, it takes 50 minutes instead of 30, and you're stuck with that number all season.
Free. No account, no email, no limit on how many times you run it.
Calibrate from a lawn I already mow
Enter one lawn you already price. We work out your real pace from it, then apply that to the new lawn. Nobody's telling you what a stranger charges.
Carried over from the hourly rate calculator when you've used it.
Suggested starting point, from our own national service-pricing research. Replace it with your number.
Held in every result, on every frequency, no exceptions.
Suggested starting point, from our own national service-pricing research. Replace it with your number.
Adjust for this property
Your pace on a quarter-acre lot. Bigger lots mow faster per 1,000 sq ft and the tool allows for that. Calibrating above sets this for you.
Suggested starting point, from our own national service-pricing research. Replace it with your number.
Suggested starting point, from our own national service-pricing research. Replace it with your number.
Price per visit
$40
- Time on site
- 30 min
- Effective rate
- $79 per man-hour
- Month
- $172
- Season
- $1,200
- Per 1,000 sq ft
- $6.67
- Per acre
- $290
Still using our suggested figures for your hourly rate, mowing pace, minimum charge, season length. Add your own numbers for a sharper answer.
Your result is already on the screen. The email is only so you can keep it.
What this calculator does
- Prices one lawn per visit, per month and per season
- Lets you switch among weekly, every two weeks and one-time, with a price sheet to compare weekly and biweekly
- Shows the time on site behind the price and the effective hourly rate it earns
- Shows when the minimum charge is used in a result
- Lets you draw the lawn on a satellite map and exclude the house, driveway, and beds when map drawing is available
How it works
- Calibrate from a lawn you already mow. The short route to a number you believe. Enter one lawn you already price — size and what you charge — and the tool tunes its productivity to match your real pricing, then applies it to the new lawn. Nobody’s telling you what a stranger charges. You’re told what your price on a lawn you know means on one you don’t.
- Enter the new lawn’s size. Type it in square feet, choose a size band — small, medium, large or extra-large lot — or draw the turf and exclusions yourself on the satellite map when available.
- Pick the frequency. Weekly, every two weeks, or one-time.
- Set your hourly rate and minimum charge. Type them, or carry the rate over from the Landscaping Hourly Rate Calculator.
- Open “Adjust for this property” when the lawn isn’t average: grass height, including overgrown first cuts; bagging on or off; site difficulty, slopes, gates and narrow access; mower type; and crew on site.
How to calculate a lawn mowing price
Lawn size ÷ your mowing speed = time on site, adjusted for grass height, bagging, site difficulty, your mower and crew size. Time × your hourly rate = price per visit, with your minimum charge reflected in the result. Visits × price gives the month and the season.
A worked example
Kevin runs a one-truck operation and needs $85 per man-hour — the number his hourly rate run gave him. He already mows a 6,000 sq ft lot for $45 a week, so he calibrates from that: the tool puts his real pace on that lawn at about 32 minutes. Now he’s quoting a 9,500 sq ft residential lot up the street.
| Lawn size | 9,500 sq ft |
| Estimated time on site | 42 minutes |
| Target rate | $85 per man-hour |
| Minimum charge | $55 |
| Price per visit, weekly | $60 (rounded up from $59, to a number he’d say out loud) |
| Effective rate | $87 per man-hour — above target |
| Month (4.3 cuts) | $258 |
| Season (30 weeks) | $1,800 |
Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Then he checks every two weeks. Same lawn, taller grass, heavier clippings: 53 minutes. If he kept charging $60, that would earn about $68 per man-hour, below his $85 target. He needs at least $76 a visit; the calculator rounds that to an $80 quote, earning about $90 per man-hour. The whole biweekly argument, settled in four seconds. The 3,000 sq ft postage stamp down the block? It calculates to $31, and his $55 minimum takes it.
Who this is for
Owners running 2–5 people who price jobs from the truck, between stops, on a phone. If you’ve ever quoted from memory and found out in August that the account was a loser, this is for you. It prices work for contractors. It isn’t for homeowners shopping a price.
Related calculators
- Landscaping Hourly Rate Calculator — the rate this one prices from
- All Okason pricing calculators — the full set, free and ungated
Where our suggested numbers come from. We built these tools because “what do I charge?” is the question two-to-five person crews ask each other most. The starting figures behind every input come from our own service-pricing research, reviewed each year and whenever the prices inside Okason change. They are national starting points, not your market. Replace them with your own numbers and the answer gets sharper.
More on pricing the work: how to quote lawn mowing jobs, how much to charge for lawn mowing per acre, and flat rate vs hourly landscaping billing.
Reviewed Sep 17, 2026 · Written by the Okason team
Frequently asked questions
Usually yes, and the lawn mowing price calculator shows how much more. Two weeks of growth means a slower pass and more clippings. Price both frequencies on the same lawn and compare the effective hourly rate. The number settles it, not the internet.
No automatic address measurement. Enter the lawn size in square feet, choose a size band, or draw the turf and exclusions yourself on a satellite map when the map is available. A size chosen from a band is labeled estimated.
Set grass condition to overgrown under "Adjust for this property." It adds time for the slower pass, the double cut and the extra blow-down. Plenty of owners quote that one as a one-time cut, then start the recurring price at visit two.
The calculator shows when the minimum charge is used in a result. Small lots are where crews quietly lose money.
Because that sheet is their wage, their overhead, their route. This prices from your rate and your pace. Where we suggest a starting figure, it's labeled a suggestion and you can replace it with your own numbers.
No. Nothing is gated or capped, and there's no credit counter. Email and the share link are there only if you want to keep the result.
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