What should a teenager charge to pressure wash a driveway?
Around $50 to $100 for a two car driveway is a realistic teen range. The better test is whether the job clears a decent hourly rate.
Young FoundersFor a teen, somewhere around $50 to $100 for a standard two car driveway is a realistic starting range, and it depends on size, how bad the staining is, and your area.
Professional companies price this work by the square foot and a typical driveway runs well into the hundreds, because they carry insurance, commercial equipment, and payroll. A teen with a consumer machine is not competing at that level and should not try to charge like it.
The better way to price it. Work out how long the job takes, then check the hourly rate. If a driveway takes two hours and you charged $60, that is $30 an hour, which is good money at fifteen. If it takes five hours, the price was wrong.
Two things worth knowing before quoting. Pressure washing is one of the few teen services that can cause expensive damage. The same machine that cleans concrete can strip paint, force water behind siding, or destroy soft wood. Quote concrete and stone confidently, and be cautious about siding, decks, and anything painted.
Because of that, this is the service where a parent should be in the conversation about damage and coverage before the first job, not after.
One pricing move that works. Bundle instead of discounting. Driveway and walkway for one price, driveway alone for less. The price per unit of work never drops.
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