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~138 ft
- Arizona~331 ft
- Arkansas~217 ft
- California~229 ft
- Colorado~245 ft
- Connecticut~378 ft
- Delaware~150 ft
- Florida~123 ft
- Georgia~358 ft
- Hawaii
- Idaho~223 ft
- Illinois~159 ft
- Indiana~108 ft
- Iowa~164 ft
- Kansas~91 ft
- Kentucky~86 ft
- Louisiana~186 ft
- Maine~266 ft
- Maryland~221 ft
- Massachusetts~243 ft
- Michigan~113 ft
- Minnesota~156 ft
- Mississippi~260 ft
- Missouri~355 ft
- Montana~162 ft
- Nebraska~164 ft
- Nevada~218 ft
- New Hampshire~367 ft
- New Jersey~100 ft
- New Mexico~240 ft
- New York~211 ft
- North Carolina~255 ft
- North Dakota~164 ft
- Ohio~104 ft
- Oklahoma~139 ft
- Oregon~141 ft
- Pennsylvania~181 ft
- Rhode Island~326 ft
- South Carolina~336 ft
- South Dakota~319 ft
- Tennessee~224 ft
- Texas~226 ft
- Utah~332 ft
- Vermont~302 ft
- Virginia~223 ft
- Washington~74 ft
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin~140 ft
- Wyoming~417 ft