Roll-Off Dumpster Rental
A 20-yard is the size these jobs land on, a median of $419, typically $350 to $490.
- 10 yard dumpster10 yd653 companies
- 15 yard dumpster15 yd952 companies
- 20 yard dumpster20 yd1075 companies
- 30 yard dumpster30 yd592 companies
- 40 yard dumpster40 yd264 companies
| Size | Median | Sample |
|---|---|---|
| 40 yard | $600 | 264 companies |
| 30 yard | $520 | 592 companies |
| 20 yard | $419 | 1075 companies |
| 15 yard | $365 | 952 companies |
| 10 yard | $345 | 653 companies |
Where a 20-yard costs most and least
| State | Median | Sample |
|---|---|---|
| New Hampshire | $664 | 10 companies |
| Massachusetts | $620 | 26 companies |
| New Jersey | $597 | 28 companies |
| Connecticut | $550 | 18 companies |
| Idaho | $349 | 9 companies |
| Utah | $338 | 26 companies |
| Iowa | $335 | 19 companies |
| Nebraska | $300 | 14 companies |
A $364 difference for an identical container, which is why a national average is close to useless for budgeting.
What the price includes
| Included | Median | Sample |
|---|---|---|
| Rental period | 7 | days, median |
| Weight allowance | 2 | tons, median |
| Charged on top | Median | Sample |
|---|---|---|
| Per extra ton | $76 | 845 companies |
| Per extra day | $16 | 876 companies |
Those two lines are where a bill diverges from a quote. Put your own numbers in the calculator, or see everything that lands on an invoice.
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What a roll-off dumpster is
A roll-off is the open-top container on a hooklift truck that gets dropped in your driveway and collected when you are done. It is what almost every company on this site rents, and what most people mean when they say dumpster.
Who rents one
Homeowners clearing out, roofers, remodellers and builders. Anything where the waste is generated in one place over days rather than weekly.
The thing that catches people out
The name refers to how it is delivered (it rolls off the back of the truck), not to a size. A 10-yard and a 40-yard are both roll-offs, and the price difference between them is the largest single decision you make.
How it differs from the others
Front-load containers, the kind behind a restaurant, are serviced on a weekly round instead and priced per month. If somebody quotes you a monthly rate, that is what they are quoting.
Choosing the size
Sizing a roll-off is a question about density before it is a question about volume. Light material runs out of space first, so you size on how much room it takes up. Dense material hits the weight allowance first, so you size down and accept a container that looks half empty. That is why a 10 yard is the standard answer for concrete and a 30 yard is the standard answer for a house clearance, even though the clearance is the bigger job by any ordinary measure.
If you are between two sizes on a light load, take the larger one. The price gap between neighboring sizes is consistently smaller than a second delivery, and running out of room halfway through a weekend is the expensive outcome.
What moves the price
Four things move a roll-off quote and none of them are the container itself. The tipping fee at whichever landfill or transfer station the hauler uses, which is set locally and varies more than anything else on the invoice. The drive time from their yard to you and on to the tip. How long the container sits with you, because it earns nothing while it is parked. And what is going in it, since clean loads of a single material are cheaper to dispose of than mixed debris.
The pricing guide works through each of those in turn, and the state medians on the Price Index show how far the first one alone moves the number.