Set up your pressure washing pricing
Three things make a price list work: what you charge per job, your base rates, and the rules around them. Here is a complete example for pressure washing companies, with real numbers, ready to load and change.
Charge per job
Price the work by the unit you measure it in. When a customer tells you the square footage, the price is already decided — nothing to guess, no second visit.
Concrete driveway or patio
Flat concrete. The most common residential job.
$0.25
$0.15–$0.35 · per sq ft
House siding wash
Vinyl or painted siding. Soft-wash for delicate surfaces.
$0.45
$0.30–$0.60 · per sq ft
Roof wash
Soft wash only. Never high-pressure on shingles.
$0.57
$0.40–$0.75 · per sq ft
Wood deck or fence
Lower pressure than concrete to avoid damaging the grain.
$0.60
$0.40–$0.80 · per sq ft
A single job can carry more than one price grid. Add a weekend rate at 150%, or good / better / best packages the customer chooses between.
Start here, not from scratch
Every number below is editable. Most people change two or three and leave the rest.
Ranges, not rules
Low to high is the real spread across the market. The middle number is where most sit — not where you have to.
Measure, then quote
Square footage beats a walkthrough estimate. Price from the measurement and the argument never happens.
Base rates
Some work you cannot scope over the phone. Your hourly rate covers those jobs, and anything that falls outside the list above.
Hourly rate
$78
$50–$160 · per hour
Travel beyond your radius
IRS standard mileage rate
$0.76
per mile
Service call
Covers travel and setup, once per job
You set this
flat
Pricing instructions
The rules that are not prices. Write them down once and every quote you send follows them.
- Minimum job charge $175
- Soft wash roofs and painted wood; never high pressure
- Weekend and after-hours work at 150%
- Charge travel beyond your normal radius per mile
Sources
Built, not scraped
The hourly rate starts from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics median wage for janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners ($17.71/hr), plus employer payroll and benefit costs (×1.30), plus typical overhead and profit. Per-job rates are published market ranges, cross-checked across sources.
What these numbers are not
Calibrated to your city, your equipment or your reputation — and nobody working in pressure washing companie work has reviewed them. Treat every figure here as a starting point to argue with, not a recommendation.
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