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Snow Removal Pricing Calculator
Turn your hourly rate and route times into a per-push price band, depth surcharges, a seasonal contract price, and a commercial per-push figure, ready to publish.
Your snow pricing
Price per push (up to 6")
| 1-car · up to 600 sq ft | — |
| 2-car · 600–1,200 sq ft | — |
| 3-car or long · 1,200–2,000 | — |
| Extra-long · 2,000+ sq ft | — |
Depth surcharge (2-car)
| 2–6" | — |
| 6–12" | — |
| 12"+ | — |
Under a seasonal contract you carry the weather risk: a 20-storm winter pays the same as a 6-storm one unless your agreement caps pushes. Validate against ten real jobs before publishing.
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Load these prices into Sorvius and customers pick their driveway size, see the price, and save a card on file, so a storm turns into booked, paid pushes instead of phone tag.
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Start from one number: what an hour of your truck, plow, and operator costs, plus margin. This example uses $120 per hour for a one-person pickup with a plow and assumes about 10 minutes of travel between stops on a tight route. Every price below comes from that rate and the time each job takes.
A 2-car driveway takes 20 minutes on site plus 10 minutes travel, so 30 ÷ 60 × $120 = $60 per push. Running the same math across sizes gives a per-push card of $45 for a 1-car, $60 for a 2-car, $80 for a 3-car, and $110 for an extra-long driveway (published to the nearest $5). Deeper snow is a bigger job, so a 6–12 inch storm at a 50% surcharge takes the 2-car to $90.
For a seasonal contract, multiply the per-push price by the storms you expect and apply a discount. At $60 per push and 12 plowable storms that is $720, and a 15% discount lands at $612, commonly rounded to about $600 for the winter. Commercial lots price the same way by time: a 20,000 sq ft lot at 1.25 hours × $120 is $150 per push.
Published 2026 ranges for reference: residential $50–$150 per push and $350–$700 seasonal (InvoiceFly, August 2026); commercial plowing $50–$150 per hour (Trillium Facility Services, 2026).
The formula
Each model is built from your hourly rate and the time a job takes. Time on site plus travel gives per-push pricing; storms per season and a discount give the seasonal price; hours per push give commercial pricing. Salt is billed on its own because it is needed on a different schedule.
per push = hourly rate × (on-site min + travel min) ÷ 60
depth price = per push × (1 + depth surcharge %)
seasonal price = expected pushes × per push × (1 − seasonal discount %)
commercial push = hourly rate × hours per push
salt price = (material cost × markup) + (apply min ÷ 60 × hourly rate)On-site minutes reflect how long each driveway size takes; travel minutes spread your drive time across stops. The depth surcharge covers the extra time heavy snow adds. The seasonal discount is what you give up for guaranteed revenue, and it should reflect how much weather risk you are taking on, since a fixed seasonal price pays the same in a light or a heavy winter.
Common questions
How much should I charge for snow removal per push?
Price each push off your hourly rate and the time the job takes: per-push price = hourly rate × (minutes on site + travel) ÷ 60. At $120 an hour, a 2-car driveway that takes 30 minutes including travel comes to $60 per push. Published 2026 guides list residential snow plowing at $50–$150 per push (InvoiceFly, August 2026), but your own rate and route speed set the real number.
How do I calculate a seasonal snow removal contract price?
Multiply your per-push price by the number of plowable storms your area averages, then apply a contract discount. For a 2-car driveway at $60 and 12 storms, that is $720, and a 15% discount brings it to $612, commonly rounded to about $600. Use a five-year snowfall average, not last winter, and remember you carry the weather risk under a seasonal contract.
Should I charge more for deep snow?
Yes. A driveway with 3 inches of snow is a different job from the same driveway with 14 inches, so most operators add a depth surcharge above roughly 6 inches. A common structure is base price for 2–6 inches, plus 50% to 100% for 6–12 inches, and double the base above 12 inches. On a $60 base that is $90 at a 50% surcharge.
How much should I charge to plow a commercial parking lot?
Commercial lots are usually priced per hour or per push based on how long the lot takes to clear: per-push price = hourly rate × hours per push. A 20,000 sq ft lot that takes 1.25 hours at $120 an hour is $150 per push. Published 2026 guides list roughly $100–$400 per visit for small and mid-size commercial lots (InvoiceFly, August 2026), with larger equipment billed higher.
How much should I charge for salting and de-icing?
Bill salting separately from plowing, because salt is needed on its own schedule during freeze-thaw cycles. Price it as material cost plus application time plus margin. Published guides show salting adding about 20% to 40% to a visit, with smaller applications listed around $20–$50 each (InvoiceFly, August 2026).
What is a trigger depth in a snow removal contract?
The trigger depth is the snowfall amount that starts service under your agreement, commonly two inches. It decides how many service events a storm produces and how customers understand what they are paying for. Put the trigger depth in writing, because a 1-inch trigger and a 2-inch trigger produce very different numbers of pushes over a season.
Related reading: How to price snow removal in 2026
Turn these numbers into a booking page
Load your prices into Sorvius and customers answer a few questions about the job, see your price, pick a date, and leave a card on file while you're on site. Your rate card becomes a live booking page.