Water Well Drilling Price 2026: $4,500–$9,000 Typical

Drilling and equipping about 150 feet of a new residential well on a US lot — the hole, the casing, the pump, the pressure tank, and the labor in one price, where a rig can reach the stake — often clusters around $4,500–$9,000. That is the typical water well drilling price. How much does well drilling cost in that scope? It is 150 feet at $30–$60 a foot, not the $80 top of the wider rate. The cost of water well drilling, for that hole, is the same band. The cost to drill a well is that installed price. Well drilling cost per foot, equipped, is typically $30–$80, and the typical band is the $30–$60 part of that rate on about 150 feet. How much does it cost to drill a well in that scope? It is $4,500–$9,000. The wider national spread, about $1,500–$24,000, covers about 50 feet at $30 a foot at the low end and about 300 feet at $80 a foot at the high end. New supply pipe inside the house is the whole-house repipe guide. A tank the well will feed is the water heater guide. A tankless unit on that same supply is the tankless water heater guide. A softener on that water, when the well bid leaves treatment out, is the water softener guide. These are typical planning ranges, not a survey and not a quote.

This page is a new drilled well for a single-family house. A bid may call it well drilling, a water well, or the cost to drill a well. The hole is drilled. The casing goes in. A pump and a pressure tank are set so water can reach the house. It is not new pipe inside walls that are already supplied, which is the whole-house repipe guide. It is not a tank swap, which is the water heater guide. It is not a tankless unit, which is the tankless water heater guide. An irrigation well and a geothermal loop are different products. This page does not price them. A city water tap is a different project. This page does not price that tap.

The price of the job is the hole and the equipment that makes it a house supply, and the labor that installs them. Depth is the first cut. Whether the pump and the tank are in is the second. A per-foot rate is a way to check a row. It is not a second bill. Price the depth you can name. An equipped well and a hole with no pump are ways to buy one job. The hole replaces the equipped rate. It is not a second well under an equipped price.

The rows below are ways to read one job. They are not added together. The depth table is a residential well at $30–$80 a foot, drilled, cased, and equipped, labor included, on a lot the rig can reach. The typical band is the 150-foot row from $30 to $60. Drilling with the pump left out replaces that rate. It is not a second hole on top of it. Use an add-on row only for a line the depth row does not include. Treatment the proposal already names is not a second treatment. A trench the proposal already names is not a second trench.

Well	Depth	Typical installed cost
A shallow well	50 feet	$1,500–$4,000
A shorter residential well	100 feet	$3,000–$8,000
A common residential well	150 feet	$4,500–$12,000
A deeper residential well	200 feet	$6,000–$16,000
A deep well	300 feet	$9,000–$24,000

Add-on	Typical planning range
Water treatment, when the bid leaves it out	$800–$4,000
Water and electric supply line, when the bid leaves the run out	$50–$150 per foot

The depth rows replace one another. Do not add 200 feet on top of a 150-foot row for the same hole. The add-on row is a line the depth row left out. A pump the 150-foot price already includes is not a second pump. A well that is already next to the house does not get the supply-line row.

About 50 feet — a shallow well, not this residential hole — is typically $1,500–$4,000. Fifty times $30 is $1,500, the floor of the row and the floor of the wider spread. Fifty times $60 is $3,000, inside the row and $1,500 under the typical floor. Fifty times $80 is $4,000, the top, and $500 under the typical floor of $4,500. The whole row sits under the typical band. Four thousand can be this shallow well at the top of the rate. It is not the 150-foot well with a discount. From $1,500–$4,000 the job is the 50-foot row. Do not add the 150-foot row on top of it.

About 100 feet is typically $3,000–$8,000. One hundred times $30 is $3,000, the floor. One hundred times $60 is $6,000. One hundred times $80 is $8,000, the top. The overlap with the typical band is $4,500–$8,000. Three thousand is $1,500 under the typical floor. Forty-five hundred is the typical floor and inside this row. From $3,000–$4,500 the job is under the typical floor and stays inside the row. From $4,500–$8,000 the job is inside the typical band. Eight thousand is $1,000 under the typical top. From $8,000–$9,000 the job has left this row and stays in the typical band, which is the 150-foot well. Six thousand can be 100 feet at $60, or 200 feet at $30. Ask which depth the bid is. Do not add the 150-foot row to this one.

About 150 feet — a common residential well — is typically $4,500–$12,000 on the depth row, and the typical band of $4,500–$9,000 is that row from $30 to $60 a foot. One hundred fifty times $30 is $4,500, the floor of the row and the typical floor. One hundred fifty times $60 is $9,000, the typical top. One hundred fifty times $80 is $12,000, the top of the row. The overlap of the depth row with the typical band is $4,500–$9,000. From $9,000–$12,000 the job has left the typical band and stays inside the wider spread. Twelve thousand is $3,000 past the typical top and $12,000 under the wider top of $24,000. This is the well the typical band describes, at $30–$60 a foot, not at $80. Do not add a per-foot rate on top of this row. The per-foot reading is how the row was built.

About 200 feet is typically $6,000–$16,000. Two hundred times $30 is $6,000, the floor. Two hundred times $60 is $12,000. Two hundred times $80 is $16,000, the top. The overlap with the typical band is $6,000–$9,000. Six thousand is $1,500 over the typical floor. Nine thousand is the typical top and inside this row. From $9,000–$16,000 the job has left the typical band and stays inside the wider spread. Sixteen thousand is $7,000 past the typical top and $8,000 under $24,000. Twelve thousand can be 200 feet at $60, or 150 feet at $80. Those are the same dollars and not the same job. One is a deeper hole inside the typical rate. One is the common hole at the top of the wider rate. Ask which depth the bid is. Do not add the 150-foot row under a 200-foot price.

About 300 feet is typically $9,000–$24,000. Three hundred times $30 is $9,000, the floor. Three hundred times $60 is $18,000. Three hundred times $80 is $24,000, the top of the row and the top of the wider spread. Nine thousand is the typical top. The row starts where the typical band ends. From $9,000–$24,000 the job is at or past the typical top and stays inside the wider spread. Eighteen thousand is $9,000 past the typical top and $6,000 under $24,000. Twenty-four thousand is the wider top. Nine thousand can be 300 feet at $30, or 150 feet at $60. Those are the same dollars and not the same job. A 150-foot well at $9,000 is not this deep hole. Do not add the one-depth row under a 300-foot price for the same well.

Well drilling cost

Well drilling cost is this page when the hole is drilled and the labor is in the price. How much does well drilling cost, for that hole, is the same installed price. A bid that says water well drilling price and a bid that says well drilling cost are the same dollars when the depth, the casing, and the labor match. The typical band, $4,500–$9,000, is about 150 feet of that equipped well. It is not a second product stacked on a depth row you already have.

Drilling only, on that same 150 feet, is typically $3,000–$4,500. One hundred fifty times $20 is $3,000. One hundred fifty times $30 is $4,500. Three thousand is $1,500 over the wider floor of $1,500. Forty-five hundred is the typical floor. The drilling-only row sits at or under the typical band. It replaces the equipped rate. It is not a second visit on top of a well that was already equipped. A quote near $3,000 on 150 feet should say the hole is drilled and the pump is out, not an equipped well. Three thousand is also 100 feet at $30, a complete shorter well. Ask which one the bid is.

A pump the drilling-only bid leaves out is typically $400–$2,500. A pressure tank the bid leaves out is typically $800–$1,500. On a 150-foot hole at $20, the pump at $400 and the tank at $800 are $4,200, which is $300 under the typical floor. The same hole at $30, plus a pump at $2,500 and a tank at $1,500, is $8,500, inside the typical band. Those lines build an equipped well. They are not a second pump on a price that already names one. A complete 150-foot row already has the pump and the tank in it.

Cost of water well drilling

The cost of water well drilling is the installed price, not the price of a pump on a pallet. For about 150 feet with the pump and the tank in, that cost is $4,500–$9,000. A bid that prices the hole and a bid that prices the equipped well are not the same number. Keep the pump in the number when the house has to have water.

Water treatment, when the bid leaves it out, is typically $800–$4,000. Eight hundred plus $4,500 is $5,300, inside the typical band. Four thousand plus $4,500 is $8,500, still inside the typical band. Nine thousand plus $800 is $9,800, which is $800 past the typical top and inside the 150-foot row. Nine thousand plus $4,000 is $13,000, which is $1,000 past that row’s $12,000 top and inside the 200-foot row. Treatment the proposal already names is not this row on top. A salt-based softener the bid leaves out is the water softener guide. A softener or a reverse-osmosis unit the bid already includes is not a second treatment.

Cost to drill a well

The cost to drill a well is the installed price, not a day rate for a rig with no casing named. How much does it cost to drill a well, for about 150 feet with the pump and the tank in, is $4,500–$9,000. One hundred fifty times $30 is the floor. One hundred fifty times $60 is the top of the typical band. One hundred fifty times $80 is $12,000, the top of the depth row. A quote that stops at the hole is the drilling-only line.

A water and electric supply line, when the bid leaves the run out, is typically $50–$150 a foot. On about 20 feet that is $1,000–$3,000. Twenty times $50 is $1,000. Twenty times $150 is $3,000. Forty-five hundred plus $1,000 is $5,500, inside the typical band. Nine thousand plus $3,000 is $12,000, the top of the 150-foot row. A run of about 100 feet is $5,000–$15,000. One hundred times $50 is $5,000. One hundred times $150 is $15,000. Forty-five hundred plus $5,000 is $9,500, which is $500 past the typical top and inside the 150-foot row. Nine thousand plus $15,000 is $24,000, the wider top. A well the proposal already places next to the house does not get this line. A trench the bid already names is not a second trench.

Well drilling cost per foot

Well drilling cost per foot is the equipped hole, not a drilling-only rate with no pump named. The depth rows use $30–$80, labor included. The typical band uses $30–$60 on about 150 feet. One hundred fifty times $30 is $4,500, the typical floor. One hundred fifty times $60 is $9,000, the typical top. One hundred fifty times $80 is $12,000, the top of the 150-foot row. Use the foot line when the bid is written that way. Do not add those feet on top of a depth row that already includes them.

Drilling only is not this foot price. That hole, on 150 feet, is $3,000–$4,500, which is $20–$30 a foot. Twenty dollars is under the $30 floor of the equipped rate. An equipped well and a hole with no pump are not the same foot. Ask which equipment is in the price.

What the range includes

The typical band assumes about 150 feet of a new residential well, drilled and cased, with the pump and the pressure tank in, on a lot the rig can reach. The hole is in. The casing is in. The pump is in. The tank is in. The labor is in. The electrical hookup at the well is in. The rate that lands on $30–$60 a foot is the rate this band uses. One hundred fifty feet at $30 is the $4,500 floor. The same hole at $60 is the $9,000 top. Treatment is not in the band. A long trench is not in the band. New pipe inside the house, a new water heater, and a tankless unit are not in the band.

A pump swapped on a well that already makes water is not this hole. That pump, when the well stays, is typically $400–$2,500. Four hundred is $1,100 under this page’s wider floor of $1,500. It is a pump, not 50 feet of new well. The overlap with the wider spread starts at $1,500. From $2,500–$4,500 a new equipped well has left the pump row and has not yet reached the typical floor, unless the depth is the 50-foot or 100-foot row. Twenty-five hundred can be a pump on a sound well, or inside the 50-foot row, which runs to $4,000. Ask which one the bid is. Do not add the pump row on top of a 150-foot price that was already equipped.

What the range does not include

None of the bands include a whole-house repipe, which is the whole-house repipe guide, often $4,500–$15,000 for a 1- to 3-bath house in PEX from a basement. Forty-five hundred plus $4,500 is $9,000, the typical top on this page and the floor of that repipe band. Those can be the same dollars and not the same job. One can be a well. One is pipe inside the house. Nine thousand plus $15,000 is $24,000, which is this page’s wider top and $9,000 past that repipe’s typical top. Twenty-four thousand is $2,000 under that page’s wider top of $26,000. A well bid that leaves the old galvanized pipe in the walls does not get the repipe row. A repipe bid that already ties the heater back to a supply that works is not this well on top.

None of the bands include a tank water heater, which is the water heater guide, often $1,400–$2,800 for a 40- to 50-gallon tank in the same spot. Forty-five hundred plus $1,400 is $5,900, inside this typical band. Nine thousand plus $2,800 is $11,800, which is $2,800 past the typical top and inside the 150-foot row, $200 under that row’s $12,000 top. Fourteen hundred is $100 under this page’s wider floor of $1,500. It is a tank, not a shallow well. Twenty-eight hundred is inside the 50-foot row and under the typical floor. A tank swap and a 50-foot well can share those dollars. Ask which one the bid is. A well bid that leaves the old tank in place does not get the heater row.

None of the bands include a tankless water heater, which is the tankless water heater guide, often $2,500–$5,500 for a whole-house gas unit replacing a tank. Forty-five hundred plus $2,500 is $7,000, inside this typical band. Nine thousand plus $5,500 is $14,500, which is $2,500 past the 150-foot top of $12,000 and inside the 200-foot row, $1,500 under that row’s $16,000 top. Fourteen thousand five hundred is also past that tankless page’s wider top of $8,500. The overlap of the two typical bands is $4,500–$5,500. Those are the same dollars and not the same job. One can be a well. One is a tankless unit. A well bid that leaves the heater alone does not get the tankless row.

The band is the installed price. A sale on a pump is not subtracted. Read the form before you take a number off the bid. A credit you have not received is not inside the planning range. This page does not price a sale, and it does not name a percentage of the cost that comes back at resale.

Warranties are part of the contract, and this page is not a reading of one company’s form. A well warranty commonly splits the casing, the pump, and the workmanship, and a dry hole is a question for that form. Read it. The warranty is not a dollar line in the planning range.

A permit the city requires because a new well is going in is a line on the bid. This page does not price a city’s fee on top of a complete price that already includes it. A permit the proposal already includes is not a second permit. A septic system on the same lot is a different project, and it is not this well.

As a cross-check, not a bid: 150 feet at $30–$60 is $4,500–$9,000, the typical band. One hundred fifty times $30 is $4,500. One hundred fifty times $60 is $9,000. Fifty feet at $30–$80 is $1,500–$4,000, under that band. Three hundred feet at $80 is $24,000, the top of the wider spread. If a bid and that reading are far apart, the bid is a different depth, drilling with the pump left out, treatment, a long trench, a repipe, a water heater, a tankless unit, or a price that left the labor out.

What moves the price

Driver	How it changes the bid
Depth	About 50 feet is $1,500–$4,000. About 100 feet is $3,000–$8,000. About 150 feet is $4,500–$12,000, and the typical band is the $30–$60 part of that row, $4,500–$9,000. About 200 feet is $6,000–$16,000. About 300 feet is $9,000–$24,000.
Equipment	An equipped well at $30–$60 is the typical band on 150 feet. The wider rate is $30–$80. Drilling only on that hole is $3,000–$4,500 and replaces the equipped rate. A pump the drilling-only bid leaves out is $400–$2,500. A pressure tank the bid leaves out is $800–$1,500.
Treatment	A well with no treatment named is the depth row. Treatment the bid leaves out is $800–$4,000. Treatment the proposal already names is not a second treatment.
The run to the house	A short hookup at the well is inside the depth row. A supply line the bid leaves out is $50–$150 a foot. On about 20 feet that is $1,000–$3,000. On about 100 feet that is $5,000–$15,000. A trench the proposal already names is not a second trench.
The rest of the water	A 1- to 3-bath PEX repipe from a basement is $4,500–$15,000 on the repipe guide. A 40- to 50-gallon tank in the same spot is $1,400–$2,800 on the water heater guide. A whole-house gas tankless unit is $2,500–$5,500 on the tankless guide. None of those is a second copy of this well.
The ground	An open lot with a rig path is the well this page prices. Rock, a steep grade, and a high-cost metro can clear the top of the typical band on a straightforward 150-foot equipped well.

Depth is the first cut, and it is not the distance from the well to the house. One hundred fifty feet of hole at $60 is the $9,000 typical top. One hundred fifty feet of trench at $150 is $22,500, which is a supply-line reading near the wider top, not this equipped hole. Measure the hole. Then measure the run, and only if the bid left the run out.

The equipment is the second cut. Forty-five hundred dollars at $30 a foot and forty-five hundred dollars as a drilling-only number are not the same opening. One hundred fifty times $30 is the typical floor. A drilling-only 150 feet stops at $4,500. Ask whether the pump and the tank are in the price.

The same 150 feet in a lower-cost area and in a high-labor city can sit at opposite ends of $4,500–$9,000 without either bid being wrong. Ask whether the pump is in, and ask whether the lot is rock. A repipe of the pipe inside the house, a tank water heater the well will feed, a tankless unit on that supply, and a water softener on that water are the projects that show up beside this one. Price them on their own pages. Two bids that disagree about the depth, the pump, and whether the labor is in are not the same job.

DIY or hire

Hire the drill. The casing, the seal, and the pump depth are the job. A weekend crew is most likely to stop in a hole that does not make water, or to set a pump the well cannot support, and the rig is the part an owner does not have.

A shallow hole the owner drives, where the water is already high and the soil will take a point, is a different product. It is not the installed rate on this page, and it is not 150 feet of drilled well with the pump and the tank in. The installed row is the pro price. On that hole, the job is $4,500–$9,000. That is the labor and the materials together. A drilled residential well is a hire.

Do not treat a pump in a carton as the price of the well. If you are pricing a rig, a casing, and a seal you have not set before, you are pricing a driller’s job without the rig. The person who drills the hole should say what happens if the first hole is dry. The stake can be looked at from the lot, with the septic and the property lines in mind, before anyone starts.

Repair or replace

Replace the pump when the hole still makes water, the casing is sound, and the failure is the pump or the tank. A pump on a well that stays is typically $400–$2,500. A pressure tank on that well is typically $800–$1,500. A quote near $400 should say a pump, not 150 feet of new well. Four hundred plus $800 is $1,200, which is $300 under this page’s wider floor. It is equipment on a sound hole.

Drill a new well when the house has no usable supply, the casing has failed, the hole has gone dry, or the old well cannot be restored to a drinking-water use. That job, at about 150 feet with the pump and the tank in, is the typical band, $4,500–$9,000. A quote near $1,500 should say about 50 feet, not this hole. A quote near $3,000 on this hole should say the pump is out.

Repipe the house when the well is sound and the pipe inside the walls is the failure. That job is the whole-house repipe guide, typically $4,500–$15,000. Forty-five hundred can be this well or that repipe. A new tank, when the vessel is the failure and the well stays, is the water heater guide. A tankless conversion is the tankless water heater guide. If the same season includes any of those, they are separate scopes. Do not fold them into the well price.

How long a new well lasts is not a number on this page. A cased hole is not a warranty that the water will stay potable. A new pump is not a warranty that the aquifer will hold. The bid’s scope is the work you bought.

How to use this number

Ask two or three well drillers for a written price that names the depth, whether the pump and the pressure tank are in, whether the price is a lump sum, whether the materials and the labor are both included, and what happens if the first hole is dry. Compare about 150 feet, drilled and equipped, with $4,500–$9,000. Compare 50 feet with $1,500–$4,000, 100 feet with $3,000–$8,000, 200 feet with $6,000–$16,000, and 300 feet with $9,000–$24,000. Keep the materials and the labor inside those rows. Put left-out treatment at $800–$4,000, and a left-out supply run at $50–$150 a foot, on their own lines.

A very low bid on one well is a reason to ask whether the labor and the pump are both included, not a reason to celebrate. A quote near $1,500 should say about 50 feet, not an equipped 150-foot well. A quote near $3,000 on 150 feet should say the pump is out. A high bid should point at depth, rock, treatment, a long trench, or the labor market. Two or three local bids on the same depth, the same pump, and the same lot are the number that matters. How this site sets the band is explained on the methodology page.