Sprinkler / Irrigation System Cost by City (2026)

Nationally, homeowners pay about $4,500 to install a sprinkler system, ranging from $2,500 to $9,000. Prices swing with local labor and materials — pick your city for a localized estimate.

Low end$2,500

Average$4,500

High end$9,000

Sprinkler / Irrigation System cost by city

New York, NY$6,300 San Francisco, CA$6,500 San Jose, CA$6,400 Los Angeles, CA$5,900 San Diego, CA$5,800 Oakland, CA$6,100 Sacramento, CA$5,300 Fresno, CA$4,700 Seattle, WA$5,900 Spokane, WA$4,600 Portland, OR$5,300 Boston, MA$5,900 Providence, RI$5,100 Hartford, CT$5,000 Newark, NJ$5,500 Jersey City, NJ$5,600 Philadelphia, PA$5,000 Pittsburgh, PA$4,400 Washington, DC$5,800 Baltimore, MD$5,000 Richmond, VA$4,600 Virginia Beach, VA$4,500 Chicago, IL$5,300 Minneapolis, MN$5,000 Milwaukee, WI$4,600 Detroit, MI$4,500 Columbus, OH$4,400 Cleveland, OH$4,400 Cincinnati, OH$4,300 Indianapolis, IN$4,300 Kansas City, MO$4,300 St. Louis, MO$4,300 Denver, CO$5,200 Colorado Springs, CO$4,700 Salt Lake City, UT$4,600 Boise, ID$4,600 Las Vegas, NV$4,700 Reno, NV$4,900 Phoenix, AZ$4,600 Tucson, AZ$4,300 Albuquerque, NM$4,100 Austin, TX$4,900 Dallas, TX$4,600 Fort Worth, TX$4,500 Houston, TX$4,500 San Antonio, TX$4,300 El Paso, TX$4,000 Oklahoma City, OK$4,100 Tulsa, OK$4,000 Atlanta, GA$4,600 Charlotte, NC$4,500 Raleigh, NC$4,500 Greensboro, NC$4,200 Nashville, TN$4,600 Memphis, TN$4,100 Knoxville, TN$4,100 Chattanooga, TN$4,100 Louisville, KY$4,200 Birmingham, AL$4,000 Jacksonville, FL$4,400 Orlando, FL$4,500 Tampa, FL$4,500 Miami, FL$5,100 New Orleans, LA$4,400 Baton Rouge, LA$4,100 Little Rock, AR$4,000 Wichita, KS$4,000 Omaha, NE$4,200 Des Moines, IA$4,200 Buffalo, NY$4,400 Rochester, NY$4,400 Honolulu, HI$6,800 Toledo, OH$4,200 Akron, OH$4,400 Dayton, OH$4,400 Youngstown, OH$4,100 Fort Wayne, IN$4,100 Evansville, IN$4,100 South Bend, IN$4,100 Grand Rapids, MI$4,400 Ann Arbor, MI$4,900 Lansing, MI$4,200 Flint, MI$4,100 Madison, WI$4,600 Green Bay, WI$4,300 Lincoln, NE$4,100 Sioux Falls, SD$4,200 Fargo, ND$4,300 Springfield, MO$4,100 Columbia, MO$4,200 Topeka, KS$4,000 Cedar Rapids, IA$4,200 St. Paul, MN$5,000 Rochester, MN$4,500 Peoria, IL$4,100 Springfield, IL$4,100 Rockford, IL$4,200 Naperville, IL$5,000 Fort Collins, CO$4,900 Aurora, CO$5,000 Provo, UT$4,500 Ogden, UT$4,400 Billings, MT$4,400 Cheyenne, WY$4,300 Eugene, OR$4,900 Salem, OR$4,600 Bend, OR$5,000 Tacoma, WA$5,200 Bellevue, WA$6,100 Vancouver, WA$5,000 Chandler, AZ$4,600 Mesa, AZ$4,500 Scottsdale, AZ$5,000 Gilbert, AZ$4,600 Henderson, NV$4,800 Santa Fe, NM$4,500 Las Cruces, NM$4,100 Arlington, TX$4,500 Plano, TX$4,700 Frisco, TX$4,900 Corpus Christi, TX$4,100 Lubbock, TX$4,100 Amarillo, TX$4,100 Waco, TX$4,100 McAllen, TX$4,000 Savannah, GA$4,300 Augusta, GA$4,100 Athens, GA$4,200 Durham, NC$4,500 Winston-Salem, NC$4,200 Fayetteville, NC$4,100 Asheville, NC$4,600 Cary, NC$4,600 Columbia, SC$4,200 Charleston, SC$4,600 Greenville, SC$4,300 Huntsville, AL$4,100 Montgomery, AL$4,000 Mobile, AL$4,100 Jackson, MS$3,900 Shreveport, LA$4,100 Lafayette, LA$4,100 Fort Lauderdale, FL$5,000 St. Petersburg, FL$4,600 Tallahassee, FL$4,300 Fort Myers, FL$4,600 Sarasota, FL$4,700 Cape Coral, FL$4,500 West Palm Beach, FL$5,000 Clarksville, TN$4,100 Murfreesboro, TN$4,400 Lexington, KY$4,200 Norfolk, VA$4,500 Chesapeake, VA$4,500 Roanoke, VA$4,200 Frederick, MD$5,000 Wilmington, DE$4,700 Erie, PA$4,100 Reading, PA$4,300 Scranton, PA$4,200 Lancaster, PA$4,400 Allentown, PA$4,400 Trenton, NJ$5,000 Edison, NJ$5,400 Paterson, NJ$5,300 Camden, NJ$4,700 Yonkers, NY$6,100 Syracuse, NY$4,300 Albany, NY$4,600 Bridgeport, CT$5,200 New Haven, CT$5,000 Stamford, CT$6,100 Worcester, MA$5,200 Springfield, MA$4,700 Cambridge, MA$6,100 Manchester, NH$4,900 Portland, ME$4,900 Burlington, VT$5,000 Warwick, RI$5,000

What affects sprinkler / irrigation system cost

Yard size and number of zones
Head type and coverage
Controller and backflow
Trenching and soil