Dumpster rental pricing calculator

Builds a price from your own costs: truck time, disposal at your tip fee, container wear and a share of fixed overhead, then applies your target margin. Defaults are placeholders - replace them with your numbers.

Container size

Included tons (0 = use size default)

Your landfill / transfer tip fee ($/ton)

EREF 2023 US average MSW landfill fee: $56.80/ton unweighted. Regions ran $43-$84. Use your own scale-house rate.

Truck minutes per rental (drop + pickup + landfill run)

Truck + driver cost per hour

Driver wage + payroll burden + fuel + maintenance + truck payment. BLS May 2025 median for heavy truck drivers: $28.19/hr before burden.

Container purchase price

Container life (years)

Rentals per container per month

Fixed monthly overhead (insurance, yard, phone, software, ads)

Rentals per month (whole company)

Target margin on price

Handling add-on per overage ton

Planning estimate only. Your real costs, local market prices and tip fees decide what you can charge. Not financial advice.