Well drilling cost
Cost to Drill a Well, by State
Well cost is driven by depth, geology, and casing, so there is no single price. As a national yardstick, residential drilling runs about $21 to $42 per foot for the hole and casing, and a complete private water system - pump, pressure tank, treatment, and permits included - commonly totals $5,000-$15,000 (ranging from about $1,500-$50,000 in the extremes). Pick your state below for the local picture, grounded in real DrillerDB well records.
How deep wells run in each state
Depth is the biggest driver of drilling cost, and typical depth is a local fact. From our own well-log database: the median recorded residential well runs 75 feet in Kansas and 354 feet in Missouri - nearly a 5x swing in the footage you are paying for.
Well drilling cost by state
- Alabama
- Alaska~135 ft
- Arizona~371 ft
- Arkansas~221 ft
- California~288 ft
- Colorado~263 ft
- Connecticut~379 ft
- Delaware~94 ft
- Florida~142 ft
- Georgia~361 ft
- Hawaii
- Idaho~215 ft
- Illinois~168 ft
- Indiana~103 ft
- Iowa~177 ft
- Kansas~112 ft
- Kentucky~151 ft
- Louisiana
- Maine~270 ft
- Maryland~241 ft
- Massachusetts~297 ft
- Michigan~113 ft
- Minnesota~154 ft
- Mississippi~239 ft
- Missouri~355 ft
- Montana~159 ft
- Nebraska~180 ft
- Nevada~245 ft
- New Hampshire~380 ft
- New Jersey~100 ft
- New Mexico~218 ft
- New York~215 ft
- North Carolina~322 ft
- North Dakota~162 ft
- Ohio~110 ft
- Oklahoma~180 ft
- Oregon~199 ft
- Pennsylvania~207 ft
- Rhode Island
- South Carolina~308 ft
- South Dakota~379 ft
- Tennessee~227 ft
- Texas~303 ft
- Utah
- Vermont~302 ft
- Virginia~223 ft
- Washington~190 ft
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin~140 ft
- Wyoming~228 ft