Independent turf pricing · we don't install, we don't sell
What does artificial turf
actually cost?
About $8 to $22 per square foot installed, and most people pay $12 to $15. We just tell you the number an installer makes you ask for.
We don't sell turf or book installs
No lead form, no installer referral fees. We earn on material links, marked and disclosed.
Priced by the square foot
Material and labor split out, not hidden in one "from" price.
Dated, sourced figures
Ranges trace to published 2026 cost data, cited on each page with the date checked.
22 cost pages
From backyards to putting greens to the parts list.
Start here
The number you came for
Four ways in, each a real 2026 range, not a lead form.
The cross-section
Where your money
actually goes
The green roll everyone shops for is the smallest line on the invoice. Three parts make an installed lawn cost what it does.
The turf roll
The green blades themselves. Polyethylene landscape turf is the cheap part of the job.
$2–$5/ sq ft
Base + infill
Compacted aggregate for drainage, silica sand to hold the blades upright.
$1.80–$3.35/ sq ft
The labor
Excavate, grade, seam, stretch, infill. The craft you're really paying for.
50–60%of the total
What the cost data says
Not our opinion. The published numbers.
Artificial grass installation runs $8 to $22 per square foot, with most homeowners paying around $12 to $15.
Labor accounts for roughly half to sixty percent of a professional turf install's total cost.
The synthetic grass material itself is a fraction of the finished price; base prep and infill carry the rest.
By use
Pricing a specific project?
Same math everywhere: turf, base, infill, labor. What changes is the grade and the base.
Your yard, your number
Put your square footage in
Square footage in, an installed range out: budget, mid, and premium. No email, no lead form, no "get a free quote."
