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How much does a elevator cost?

Typical cost
25,000–250,000 $

A powered car running in a shaft, hydraulic in low-rise buildings and rope-driven with a counterweight above that.

Home lifts $25,000-60,000; a low-rise commercial lift $60,000-120,000; high-rise gearless installations far more.

How that compares

Elevator against things of a similar money.

Escalator 90,000–400,000 $
School bus 90,000–200,000 $
Elevator 25,000–250,000 $
Tractor 15,000–600,000 $
Pickup truck 30,000–95,000 $
SUV 27,000–90,000 $
Minivan 35,000–60,000 $
Forklift 20,000–80,000 $

How to read this figure

The range here is wide, and that is the honest answer rather than a hedge: the cheap and expensive ends of this category are genuinely different products, and the price gap between them is real.

Prices are in US dollars and are indicative only. They date faster than anything else on this site — treat them as an order of magnitude. Installation, delivery and tax are excluded unless the note above says otherwise.

More about an elevator

Common questions

How much does an elevator cost?
An elevator costs 25,000–250,000 $. Home lifts $25,000-60,000; a low-rise commercial lift $60,000-120,000; high-rise gearless installations far more.

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Sources

  1. Typical range compiled from manufacturer specifications — At One Place

How these figures are compiled and checked