Tree Removal Cost Calculator

This estimator prices a tree removal from the same tables as our Tree Removal Cost guide (costs checked October 2026). Start with the height band, small (up to 30 ft) $200–$500 · medium (30–60 ft) $400–$1,200 · large (60–80 ft) $800–$2,000 · very large (over 80 ft) $1,000–$3,000, then trunk thickness places the job inside its band, difficult access adds +25% to +50%, stump grinding adds $100–$400 per stump only if you choose it (it is off by default, because standard removal never includes the stump), and leaving the wood on site takes $70–$200 back off. Most homeowners pay around $850 for a removal overall. Crane work and emergency call-outs are priced as separate scenarios underneath the estimate, they are never folded into the headline number.

How the estimate is built, step by step

Estimate = [ (Height band, positioned by trunk thickness) × Access factor − Leave-the-wood deduction + Stump add-on ] × Location factor, with every step shown as its own line in the result, adjustments are never blended silently into a single unexplained number.

1. Height band. The tree’s height class sets the starting range (table below). Height decides the method, felled whole, climbed and sectioned, rigged, or crane-assisted, and the method decides the price.
2. Position inside the band (trunk thickness). The guide’s diameter check, applied mechanically: a trunk under about 12 inches prices in the bottom half of the band; about 12–24 inches prices in the middle half (the band’s 25%–75% span); over about 24 inches prices in the top half.
3. Access. Open ground, the tree can be felled, adds nothing. A tree near the house, a fence, other structures or power lines comes down in rigged sections: the low end of the positioned range is multiplied by 1.25 and the high end by 1.50 (the published +25% to +50% difficult-access premium).
4. The wood. The standard job, brush chipped, trunk wood hauled away, is the default and changes nothing. Leaving the wood on site subtracts the haul-away component: −$70 from the low end, −$200 from the high end. (Splitting and stacking the trunk wood instead usually runs $70–$100.)
5. The stump. Default: not included, “tree removal” ends at a low stump, on this page and in any quote that doesn’t say otherwise in writing. Choosing stump grinding adds $100–$400 per stump, multiplied by the number of stumps you enter.
6. Location. See the location section below, for tree removal the dataset is national-only, so most answers leave the national figures unchanged.
7. Rounding and context. The result is rounded to the nearest $10 and shown with every step’s line, plus the anchors for context: most homeowners pay around $850 overall, and each height band carries its own most-pay anchor (small ~$350 · medium ~$750 · large ~$1,200 · very large ~$1,700).

Two things the estimator never does: it never adds crane or emergency pricing into the headline (both print as separate labelled scenarios, see the tables), and it never includes a permit ($60–$150 typical where a city requires one, priced separately in the guide), permits sit outside every figure here, exactly as they do in the guide.

The price tables underneath

Height bands (standard scope: brush chipped, trunk wood hauled away, stump excluded)

Source: the Tree Removal Cost guide’s headline table, costs checked October 2026.

Adjustments the estimator applies

Separate scenarios: printed under the estimate, never added to it

Prices where you live: what the location answers actually do

Honesty first: tree removal has no verified state or metro figures yet. Only one established dataset (Angi) publishes state-level removal ranges, and our method requires two before a figure is presented as verified, so the location dataset carries this topic as national only, and the guide prints Angi’s state table labelled as one dataset’s view rather than as verified ranges. The estimator behaves the same way:

• No state selected, or a state selected on its own: the national figures stand, with a note that state-level data for the topic isn’t published yet.
• “Another city” + your area type: if your city isn’t one with published data, the estimator takes the national range and adjusts it by the dataset’s Tier 3 labour factor once you say whether your area is a city / metro area or a small town / rural area, ×1.01 for urban, ×0.89 for rural (BLS OEWS May 2025 wage data for the tree and construction trades; dataset v1.1.0, checked 2026-10-22). The result is labelled in the tool’s own words: “City-level data for [your city] is not published yet, this is the national range adjusted for urban [or rural] areas.” Until you classify your area, no adjustment is applied or claimed, the unadjusted range shows with a prompt.
• For scale: on a $700–$1,400 estimate, the urban factor moves the result to about $710–$1,410 and the rural factor to about $620–$1,250. It is a labour-cost nudge, not a local price, tight urban sites cost more mainly through access and rigging, which step 3 already prices.

Worked example: a medium tree, stump ground

Answers: medium (30–60 ft) · trunk about 12–24 inches · open ground · brush chipped and trunk wood hauled away (standard) · stump grinding: yes, 1 stump · no crane · not an emergency · no state selected.

1. Height band (medium): $400–$1,200.
2. Trunk 12–24 in → middle of the band (25%–75% of the $800 span): $600–$1,000, the removal range for this tree.
3. Access: open ground → no premium. Removal stays $600–$1,000.
4. Wood: hauled away (standard scope) → no change.
5. Stump grinding, 1 stump: +$100–$400 → $700–$1,400.
6. Location: no state selected → no adjustment.

The estimator’s result: “Estimated cost to remove your tree: $700 – $1,400”, followed by the context line: most homeowners pay around $850 overall, and a medium tree with standard access most often lands around $750 for the removal itself.

How this relates to the guide’s own worked example: the guide prices one specific 45-ft maple line by line (crew $450 + equipment $125 + haul-away $75 = a $650 removal, + a $200 stump = $850 total). That job sits inside this estimator’s $600–$1,000 removal band and its $700–$1,400 with-stump result, the guide prices a point, the estimator returns the band the point falls in, and both are built from the same tables.

FAQ

How much does it cost to remove a tree?
Typically $200–$2,000 for one tree in standard scope, brush chipped, trunk wood hauled away, stump excluded, with most homeowners paying around $850 (costs checked October 2026). By height: small (up to 30 ft) $200–$500, medium (30–60 ft) $400–$1,200, large (60–80 ft) $800–$2,000, very large (over 80 ft) $1,000–$3,000. Very large, crane-assisted or hazardous removals run $2,000–$5,000 and beyond, priced in their own sections of our Tree Removal Cost guide.

Does the estimate include stump grinding?
Only if you select it, and the default is No, deliberately: a standard removal never includes the stump, and a quote that seems cheap is often just a quote without one. Grinding runs $100–$400 per stump (most around $200, or $2–$6 per inch of stump diameter), and full stump removal, dug or winched out, runs $200–$700 and is priced in the guide, not in this estimator, which prices grinding only.

What does a crane add to the cost?
The estimator never adds it to your headline, a crane job is priced as its own job: typically $1,500–$2,500 in total, with the crane itself running about $500 a day as equipment, and very large or hazardous crane jobs at $2,000–$5,000 or more (costs checked October 2026). Selecting “Yes, crane-assisted removal” prints that scenario under your estimate so you can compare the two honestly.

How much more does an emergency tree removal cost?
Published data puts emergency removal at 1.5 to 3 times the scheduled price for the same tree (costs checked October 2026). On this page’s worked example, the $600–$1,000 scheduled removal becomes roughly $900–$3,000 as an emergency call-out, the multiplier applies to the removal, before any stump. A stable tree that hit nothing is usually not an emergency purchase: if it can wait safely a week or two, prices fall back toward normal as the post-storm surge clears.

My tree is next to power lines. What should I do?
Call your utility before paying any crew: work next to lines is usually the utility’s own programme and is often free to the homeowner. The estimator still applies the difficult-access premium (+25% to +50%) when you select the power-lines answer, because a private rigged removal near lines is genuinely slower work, and prints the utility note with the result. Never let a general crew work within reach of energised lines.

Why doesn’t choosing my state change the price?
Because for tree removal, only one established dataset publishes state-level figures, and we don’t present one dataset’s numbers as verified state ranges. The guide prints that dataset’s state view, labelled as exactly that; this estimator prices from the national tables (overall range $200–$2,000, most pay around $850) and applies only the Tier 3 urban/rural labour adjustment (×1.01 / ×0.89, BLS OEWS May 2025) when you name a city that has no published data. State rows will be added when a second established dataset publishes them, the dataset is re-checked quarterly.

How this estimate works

Every figure in this estimator comes from our Component-Built Cost Method as published in the Tree Removal Cost guide: crew size and hours by height class at published labour rates ($65–$140 an hour for the service), the equipment the method requires, disposal and haul-away, with permits priced separately, each band cross-checked against at least three independent published cost sources (Angi’s 2026 project data, Lawn Love’s 2026 guide, HomeGuide’s 2026 cost data, Fixr’s cost guides, Thumbtack’s bid data and CostHelper’s reader-reported prices, all checked October 2026). This is a planning estimate, not a quote, a climber still has to see the tree, so get 2–3 local quotes before you decide. Full method: How We Estimate.

Related guides and tools

• Tree Removal Cost, the guide whose tables this estimator runs on (stump, crane, emergency and regional sections in full)
• More outdoor guides: Outdoor Cost Guides
• How We Estimate

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