How much does an excavator cost?

An excavator costs 25,000–700,000 $. New; a 20-tonne machine is roughly $150,000-250,000.

How much does a excavator cost?

Typical cost

25,000–700,000 $

A tracked machine with a boom, dipper and bucket on a rotating house.

New; a 20-tonne machine is roughly $150,000-250,000.

How that compares

Excavator against things of a similar money.

Garbage truck 200,000–500,000 $

Ambulance 150,000–450,000 $

Concrete mixer truck 140,000–350,000 $

Excavator 25,000–700,000 $

Semi truck 120,000–220,000 $

Escalator 90,000–400,000 $

School bus 90,000–200,000 $

Elevator 25,000–250,000 $

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.