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.

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.