Lawn care hourly rates are $40 to $80 for yard work. Lawn mowing charges per visit are $30 to $85 for a ⅛ to ¼ acre yard or $60 to $150 per acre, depending on the frequency. Full-service lawn care costs $100 to $400 per month for ⅛ to ¼ acre or $800 to $1,600 per acre monthly.

TruGreen, our top pick, services all states except Alaska and Hawaii and offers comprehensive lawn care service plans. We also recommend Lawn Love because it connects you with vetted local lawn care companies through its intuitive online interface.

There's very little learning curve—like how to use the equipment, how to stripe a lawn, or how to sharpen your mower blades, whether to grass-cycle or bag the grass clippings to the nearest landfills, and so on. Overall, owning a lawn care business is a good self-employment opportunity with lots of sunny prospects.