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title: "How much does a excavator cost?"
description: "An excavator costs 25,000–700,000 $. How that compares to other things, and where the number comes from."
url: https://atoneplace.net/cost/excavator/
site: "At One Place"
---

# 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.

## More about an excavator

- [How much does a excavator weigh?](https://atoneplace.net/weight/excavator/) — 1,000–90,000 kg

## Common questions

### How much does an excavator cost?

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

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## Sources

- Typical range compiled from manufacturer specifications — At One Place (/about/)