FENCING PRICING GUIDE
How much to charge for fence installation
The 2026 US rates per linear foot by material — installed and labor only — what to add for gates, tear-out, permits, surveys and staining, the margin formula contractors use, and a free calculator that turns them into a price you can put on your website.
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The short answer
A new fence costs $20 to $60 per linear foot installed for wood or vinyl in the US, $4,000 to $12,000 for 200 feet (HomeGuide, February 2026). By material: wood $20 to $50, vinyl $30 to $60, chain-link $10 to $40, aluminum $25 to $75, composite $20 to $85, wrought iron $50 to $85 per foot; a six-foot privacy fence $25 to $60, eight-foot $50 to $85, a picket fence $20 to $50, split rail $15 to $35 (HomeGuide). HomeAdvisor's all-materials band is $6 to $50 a foot, $23 for most jobs (June 2026).
Labor alone is $5 to $20 per linear foot for most fence types (Fixr, January 2025): wood $10 to $20, chain-link $6.75 to $15, vinyl and aluminum $5 to $10, composite $13 to $15. FieldCamp's 2026 contractor guide puts labor at $10 to $35 a foot — chain-link $10 to $20, wood $15 to $25, wrought iron $20 to $35 — and at 40% to 60% of the job.
The extras are their own lines: removing the old fence $10 to $20 per foot (HomeGuide; HomeAdvisor's is $3 to $5), a walk gate $50 to $400 installed and a driveway gate $1,000 to $6,000 (Fixr), a permit $40 to $150 and a land survey $200 to $1,200 (HomeGuide), paint or stain $2 to $14 per foot, yard grading $500 to $3,000 (HomeGuide).
Price the footage by material, add the gates and the tear-out as lines, and divide your costs by one minus your margin (FieldCamp) — then put “from” prices on your website: “how much to charge for fence installation” is put to AI assistants about 1,100 times a month, far more than it is Googled (DataForSEO, October 2026).
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What should I charge for this fence?
Pick the material and the linear feet, then tick the gates and the extras. Installed rows include the material; the labor-only rows are for a customer-supplied fence. The range uses the published 2026 US figures in the table below.
Suggested price
$3,000–$7,500
wood, installed, 150 linear ft
A starting range from published US figures — not a price for a customer until you've walked the line, checked the slope and the soil, and counted the gates and corners. The material is priced at cost plus your markup inside the installed rows.
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RATES · OCTOBER 2026
Fence installation rates per linear foot (2026)
Installed by material, and labor only. For context, HomeGuide's totals: 100 feet $2,000 to $6,000, 150 feet $3,000 to $9,000, 200 feet $4,000 to $12,000, 300 feet $6,000 to $18,000; Fixr's national average is $4,500 for 200 feet of 4' cedar picket with a gate.
| The job | Typical US price · source |
|---|---|
| Wood, installed | $20–$50 per linear ft · about $3,000–$7,500 for 150 linear ft · HomeGuide |
| Vinyl, installed | $30–$60 per linear ft · about $4,500–$9,000 for 150 linear ft · HomeGuide |
| Chain-link, installed | $10–$40 per linear ft · about $1,500–$6,000 for 150 linear ft · HomeGuide |
| Aluminum, installed | $25–$75 per linear ft · about $3,750–$11,250 for 150 linear ft · HomeGuide |
| Wrought iron, installed | $50–$85 per linear ft · about $7,500–$12,750 for 150 linear ft · HomeGuide |
| Privacy fence, 6 ft wood or vinyl, installed | $25–$60 per linear ft · about $3,750–$9,000 for 150 linear ft · HomeGuide |
| Wood, labor only | $10–$20 per linear ft · about $1,500–$3,000 for 150 linear ft · Fixr |
| Chain-link, labor only | $6.75–$15 per linear ft · about $1,015–$2,250 for 150 linear ft · Fixr |
Rates read off each publisher's page in October 2026. The calculator above uses exactly these numbers. Full source list below.
ADD-ONS AND ADJUSTMENTS
What to add for gates, tear-out, permits and staining
The lines that turn a per-foot rate into a job price — each one priced on its own.
| What | Typical US price · source |
|---|---|
| Height: 8 ft | $50–$85 per foot for 8' privacy fences against $25–$60 for 6' · HomeGuide figures |
| Remove and dispose of the old fence | +$10–$20 per linear ft · HomeGuide |
| Walk gate, installed | +$50–$400 · Fixr |
| Driveway gate, installed | +$1,000–$6,000 · Fixr |
| Paint or stain | +$2–$14 per linear ft · HomeGuide |
| Fence permit | +$40–$150 · HomeGuide |
| Land survey to mark the line | +$200–$1,200 · HomeGuide |
| Yard grading | +$500–$3,000 · HomeGuide |
| Stump removal, per stump | +$100–$400 · HomeGuide |
Where a row shows a sum (a rate × a quantity, or a percentage worked out from published dollar ranges), the arithmetic is ours and the inputs are the publisher's.
THE PRICING FORMULA
How to price a fence installation job
Six steps from the property line to the number on the estimate — FieldCamp's formula with the publishers' rates.
Walk the line and count
Linear feet, corners, gates and the slope. Posts every 6–8 feet set the post count; a 200-foot fence is about 28 posts (FieldCamp). Sloped or rocky ground costs more to dig and more to rack.
Price the material at cost plus waste
Panels, posts, hardware, concrete — then add a waste factor; FieldCamp's example adds 12%. HomeGuide's installed rates already carry the material; the labor-only rows don't.
Price the labor per foot
Wood $10–$20, chain-link $6.75–$15, vinyl and aluminum $5–$10 (Fixr); FieldCamp's 2026 band is $10–$35 a foot and 40%–60% of the job. Load the wage with payroll tax, workers' comp and benefits — FieldCamp's $20 wage becomes $27 an hour.
Add overhead, then divide by one minus your margin
FieldCamp's formula: (materials + labor + overhead) ÷ (1 − margin). Its example: $10,618 of costs at a 30% margin is a $15,169 price. Marking costs up by 30% instead would leave a 23% margin (our arithmetic — FieldCamp's table pairs a 30% margin with a 42.9% markup).
Gates and tear-out are their own lines
A walk gate is $50–$400 installed, a driveway gate $1,000–$6,000 (Fixr); removing the old fence $10–$20 a foot (HomeGuide). A per-foot price that hides the gates underprices every fence with two of them.
Check it against the market
Installed, wood lands at $20–$50 a foot, vinyl $30–$60, chain-link $10–$40 (HomeGuide); HomeAdvisor's typical is $23 a foot. If your number sits far outside the band, recheck the labor hours — or say on the price list why the fence is worth more.
The formula, worked through
Say 150 linear feet of six-foot wood privacy fence with one walk gate, the old chain-link coming out.
Privacy fence at $25–$60 per foot installed (HomeGuide) is $3,750–$9,000; the gate adds $50–$400 (Fixr); removing the old fence at $10–$20 a foot (HomeGuide) adds $1,500–$3,000. So the job runs about $5,300–$12,400 — HomeGuide's own range for 150 feet is $3,000–$9,000 before the tear-out, so a privacy fence with a gate sits in the middle.
Against FieldCamp's formula: at roughly $3,000 of material, 40 crew hours at a loaded $27 an hour ($1,080) and overhead at about 27% of direct costs ($1,100), the costs are about $5,200 — divided by 0.70 for a 30% margin, about $7,400, inside the published range. So “wood privacy fence from $25 per foot, gates from $50, old-fence removal from $10 per foot” is a fair line for your website. The arithmetic is ours; the rates are the publishers'.
What to charge in your part of the country
Labor is 40%–60% of a fence job (FieldCamp) and about half of HomeAdvisor's $3,277 average ($1,600 of it), so the per-foot rate moves with local wages, soil and slope; FieldCamp says to adjust its per-foot bands for the region, the fence height and the site.
The Bureau of Economic Analysis puts overall prices in California at 110.7 against a US average of 100 and Arkansas at 86.9 (2024 regional price parities, released February 2026) — so a $35-per-foot fence in an average market is about $39 in California and about $30 in Arkansas.
In the US, most fences need a permit — $40–$150 (HomeGuide), $20–$60 (HomeAdvisor) — with height and setback limits set by the city or county, a boundary fence may need a land survey ($200–$1,200) to stay on the customer's land, and you call 811 before digging post holes so the utilities are marked. Check your local rules before you price the job.
Put your prices on your website
A price list — even “from” prices — answers a customer's first question before they pick up the phone, and it's the line an AI assistant can quote when someone asks what fence installation costs near them.
If you build your site with Zarla, tell the editor “add a pricing section: wood fence from $20 per foot, vinyl from $30, chain-link from $10, gates from $50, old-fence removal from $10 per foot” and your prices go on the site, in a section you can edit any time. Want to see a finished site first? Browse fencing website templates or see how Zarla builds fencing websites.
Still setting up? Write your fencing business plan, and when the prices are set, read SEO for contractors. Pricing one job on paper? The free fence estimate template carries the lines. Raising prices you set a year ago? The price increase letter tells customers a month ahead.
Fence installation pricing: common questions
$20–$60 installed for wood or vinyl (HomeGuide, February 2026): wood $20–$50, vinyl $30–$60, chain-link $10–$40, aluminum $25–$75, wrought iron $50–$85. HomeAdvisor's all-materials band is $6–$50, $23 for most jobs (June 2026). The calculator above uses the HomeGuide rates.
$5–$20 per linear foot for most types (Fixr, January 2025): wood $10–$20, chain-link $6.75–$15, vinyl and aluminum $5–$10, composite $13–$15, wrought iron $9–$10. FieldCamp's 2026 contractor band is $10–$35 — chain-link $10–$20, wood $15–$25, wrought iron $20–$35. Fixr prices a single post at $40–$150 of labor, $50–$200 installed.
$25–$60 per linear foot for six-foot wood or vinyl; $50–$85 for eight-foot (HomeGuide, February 2026). A picket fence is $20–$50 and split rail $15–$35. Height is the multiplier — price it, don't absorb it.
$50–$400 installed for a walk gate — the gate itself is $40–$200 and the labor is about the fence's per-foot rate — and $1,000–$6,000 for a driveway gate (Fixr, January 2025). HomeAdvisor puts basic side gates from $150 and premium ones at $400–$1,200 (June 2026).
$10–$20 per linear foot to remove and dispose of it (HomeGuide, February 2026); HomeAdvisor's band is $3–$5 a foot, $450–$750 for 150 feet; Fixr's is $600–$800 for most fences of 100–200 feet. Keep it a separate line so a replacement prices higher than a new fence on paper.
FieldCamp's 2026 guide divides costs by one minus the margin: $10,618 of material, labor and overhead at a 30% margin is a $15,169 price. The formula per foot: material + labor + overhead and profit — its example is $15 + $12 + $7 = $34 a foot.
Customers compare per-foot installed prices — wood $20–$50, vinyl $30–$60 (HomeGuide) — so print one installed rate per material, with gates, removal and permits as separate lines. Keep a labor-only rate ($5–$20 a foot, Fixr) for customers who buy the panels themselves.
Yes — a “from $20 per foot” line by material, with gates and old-fence removal listed, answers the first question before the call. On a Zarla site, tell the editor “add a pricing section” with your rates, and change them when lumber does.
Where these numbers come from
Every range on this page is read off a published source, dated below. They're US figures for residential work — typical, not a rule; your costs and your market come first.
- HomeGuide — How Much Does a Fence Cost to Install? (2026) — dated February 2026, read October 2026
- HomeAdvisor — How Much Does Fence Installation Cost? — dated June 2026, read October 2026
- Fixr — How Much Does It Cost to Install a Fence? — dated January 2025, read October 2026
- FieldCamp — How to Price a Fencing Job in 2026: The 4-Step Formula — dated October 2026, read October 2026
- U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis — regional price parities by state, 2024 — dated February 2026, read September 2026
Put your fence prices on your website
Add your town and your business name, and Zarla builds the site from that one line. Your per-foot rates go in a pricing section you edit by chat.
Already have a website? Bring it across →Zarla keeps your old page addresses where it can and redirects the ones that change, helping you keep the Google standing you've built.