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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My son—age 12—started his first 'working job' this summer. He's mowing area lawns for $40 a yard. He's also walking dogs. He's already made over $500. [/quote]

$40 a YARD? Good for him but that's way expensive.[/quote]

Really? I charged $25-30 35 years ago.  [/quote]

There are so many lawn service companies now, it brings down the price.  We pay $25 a mow, as do many of our neighbors, in McLean with a lawn service company.  It's a decent size yard - but not big by McLean standards.  I once thought I would try and help out the local teens by hiring one of them to do the yard.  He wanted $50.00 and used my mower.  I thought it was a little high, but I said OK.  After he was finished, his mom emailed me and said it took longer than it should b/c the mower was too small for the yard (now, this is a regular size mower BTW) and the kid wasn't here any longer than maybe 1 hour, 15 minutes (pushing it to say 1 1/2 hours).  She thought he deserved more money!  I didn't even know what to say - and no I did not give him any more money.  After that, I went with a lawn service company and never looked back.[/quote]

This one must depend on the size of the yard.  We pay the mowing company $50 a mow for 1/3 acre.  We got a few quotes and this was the cheapest.[/quote]

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