- Lawn aeration usually costs $80 to $250, about $140 typical.
- Core aeration of an average lawn of about a quarter acre.
- Price your own job with the calculator above; it breaks the job into lines.
What lawn aeration costs
Expect lawn aeration to cost between $80 and $250, with $140 as a typical figure. Core aeration of an average lawn of about a quarter acre.
| Price | |
|---|---|
| Low end | $80 |
| Typical | $140 |
| High end | $250 |
The range blends Fixr, HomeAdvisor and Today's Homeowner (method below). Where you live matters: Koira's estimate is $120 in Mississippi and $166 in District of Columbia.
What drives the price
- Lawn size. Bigger lawns take longer.
- Core or spike. Core aeration pulls plugs and does more good. Spike aeration is cheaper.
- Bundles. Aeration with overseeding costs more but is often the better buy.
Lawn aeration cost by method
| Method | Price | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Spike | $85 | Bob Vila |
| Core | $200 | Bob Vila |
Lawn aeration cost by state
Koira estimates for each state, built from the national $80 to $250. About 75% of a lawn aeration price is labor, and only that part is scaled by the state's median wage for landscaping and groundskeeping workers. A starting point, not a quote.
| State | Low | Typical | High |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | $75 | $131 | $233 |
| Alaska | $93 | $163 | $291 |
| Arizona | $80 | $139 | $249 |
| Arkansas | $75 | $131 | $234 |
| California | $90 | $157 | $281 |
| Colorado | $90 | $158 | $282 |
| Connecticut | $90 | $158 | $282 |
| Delaware | $77 | $135 | $241 |
| District of Columbia | $95 | $166 | $296 |
| Florida | $77 | $135 | $240 |
| Georgia | $78 | $137 | $244 |
| Hawaii | $90 | $158 | $282 |
| Idaho | $84 | $147 | $262 |
| Illinois | $87 | $152 | $272 |
| Indiana | $78 | $137 | $245 |
| Iowa | $80 | $139 | $249 |
| Kansas | $80 | $141 | $251 |
| Kentucky | $76 | $133 | $238 |
| Louisiana | $73 | $129 | $229 |
| Maine | $90 | $158 | $283 |
| Maryland | $80 | $141 | $251 |
| Massachusetts | $95 | $166 | $296 |
| Michigan | $78 | $137 | $245 |
| Minnesota | $91 | $160 | $286 |
| Mississippi | $68 | $120 | $214 |
| Missouri | $79 | $138 | $247 |
| Montana | $90 | $157 | $280 |
| Nebraska | $80 | $140 | $250 |
| Nevada | $79 | $139 | $248 |
| New Hampshire | $89 | $155 | $277 |
| New Jersey | $83 | $146 | $261 |
| New Mexico | $78 | $136 | $242 |
| New York | $89 | $155 | $277 |
| North Carolina | $78 | $137 | $244 |
| North Dakota | $83 | $144 | $258 |
| Ohio | $79 | $138 | $246 |
| Oklahoma | $75 | $131 | $234 |
| Oregon | $89 | $156 | $278 |
| Pennsylvania | $81 | $141 | $252 |
| Rhode Island | $89 | $155 | $277 |
| South Carolina | $76 | $133 | $238 |
| South Dakota | $74 | $130 | $232 |
| Tennessee | $77 | $134 | $240 |
| Texas | $76 | $134 | $238 |
| Utah | $82 | $144 | $258 |
| Vermont | $91 | $159 | $284 |
| Virginia | $79 | $138 | $246 |
| Washington | $92 | $161 | $287 |
| West Virginia | $69 | $121 | $217 |
| Wisconsin | $83 | $146 | $260 |
| Wyoming | $79 | $138 | $246 |
Rural areas and cities in the same state can differ a lot.
How we got these numbers
| Guide | Range | Average | Use |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fixr | $80 to $250 | $140 | Counted |
| HomeAdvisor | $76 to $207 | $141 | Counted |
| Today's Homeowner | $150 to $250 | Not given | Counted |
We take the middle of the guides' lows for the low end, the middle of their highs for the high end, and the middle of their averages for the typical lawn aeration price. Where a guide gives no average we use its midpoint. All read on October 9, 2026.
Labor share used: 75%. Aeration is a crew and a machine. Koira's assumption. State factor: the state's median hourly wage for landscaping and groundskeeping workers over the national $18.82 (BLS, May 2025), kept between 0.7 and 1.4.
For contractors: price this job in Koira
Yard work is often seasonal and repeat, so turn a one-time job into a schedule the customer approves once.
Run the numbers for a real lawn aeration in the free lawn care cost calculator, then save the result as an estimate. On Koira's free Office plan you build the estimate, text it, collect the deposit and turn it into an invoice when the lawn aeration is done. Price this job in Koira, free.
Sources: Fixr, lawn aeration cost; HomeAdvisor, lawn aeration cost; Today's Homeowner, lawn aeration cost; Bob Vila, lawn aeration cost; BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (state and national files). Prices checked October 9, 2026. More for your trade: how the trade runs on Koira.