True cost
How Much Does Weed Cost Per Month?
The price right now
$111.05 — per month, self-reported survey average in legal states
- $53.75 · per month, from dispensary purchase data ($645/yr)
- $111.05 · per month, from consumer self-reports ($1,332.60/yr)
Prices as of July 2026. The two credible measures are twice apart, and that gap is measurement rather than disagreement. Both are on this page; the math below uses the lower one.
Sources: Headset dispensary loyalty data — median annual cannabis spend $645 in legal markets · LendEDU cannabis spending survey — self-reported average $111.05 per month
What it really costs per year
| Cost item | Per year | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| What dispensary data records | $645 | Headset's median annual spend from dispensary loyalty records — about $53.75 a month. This is what tracked purchases actually show. Headset dispensary loyalty data — median annual cannabis spend $645 in legal markets |
| What consumers say they spend | $1,333 | LendEDU's survey average of $111.05 a month, or $1,332.60 a year — more than double the dispensary median. LendEDU cannabis spending survey — self-reported average $111.05 per month |
| Why the two differ | varies | A loyalty-data median only counts purchases made at participating dispensaries by tracked customers; a survey counts everything a person believes they spend. Each measure misses what the other catches, so the honest answer is the band between them. |
| Legal markets only | varies | Both figures come from states with legal sales. Illicit-market pricing appears in neither, and no reliable average for it exists, so none is invented here. |
| Total per year | $645 | The dispensary-data median — the conservative of the two measures. 21 hours of median-income work; at the self-reported $1,332.60 it is 43 hours, and at the federal minimum wage the pair runs from 89 to 184 hours. |
The price in hours of your life
The same yearly figure, converted into working time — one year of this habit costs you:
| Income level | Hourly | Hours of work / year | Work weeks / year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Federal minimum wage | $7.25 | 89 | ≈ 2.2 |
| Median US full-time income | $30.83 | 21 | ≈ 0.5 |
| Higher incomeexample | $50.00 | 13 | ≈ 0.3 |
Sources: US DOL — federal minimum, unchanged since 2009 · BLS Usual Weekly Earnings, Q1 2026 — median weekly earnings $1,233 ÷ 40h
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Two numbers, twice apart
The honest answer to this question is a range with a factor of two inside it, and the reason is measurement rather than disagreement. Headset's $645 median comes from what dispensary loyalty systems actually record. LendEDU's $111.05 a month — $1,332.60 a year — comes from what consumers say they spend. A tracked-purchase median misses anything bought elsewhere; a self-report captures the whole picture but is still a self-report. The truth sits in the band, and the band is 21 to 43 hours of median-income work a year. At the federal minimum wage it is 89 to 184 hours — between two and four and a half work weeks. Whichever measure fits you, the useful move is to check a few months of your own transactions rather than adopt either average.
For
- Even the higher measure is $1,332.60 a year, or 43 hours of median-income work — smaller than most people assume for a daily habit
- There is no contract, no renewal date and no cancellation friction: the cost stops the moment the purchases do
- Legal-market pricing is transparent and tracked, which is the only reason a purchase-data median exists at all
Against
- $645–1,333 a year is 21 to 43 hours of median-income work, every year the habit continues
- At the federal minimum wage that is 89 to 184 hours — between two and four and a half work weeks
- The two credible measures differ twofold, so a budget built on the lower one may be badly wrong
Frequently asked questions
How much does weed cost per month?
Between $53.75 and $111.05, depending on the measure. Dispensary loyalty data puts the median at $645 a year ($53.75 a month); LendEDU's consumer survey puts the average at $111.05 a month ($1,332.60 a year).
Why do the two figures differ so much?
They measure different things. Dispensary data records only tracked purchases at participating stores, while a survey records everything a person believes they spend. Neither captures the other's blind spot, which is why both are shown here.
How much does weed cost per year?
$645 on the dispensary-data median and $1,332.60 on the self-reported average — the range this page works with.
How many hours of work is a cannabis habit?
21 to 43 hours a year at the median US income of $30.83 an hour, 13 to 27 hours at $50 an hour, and 89 to 184 hours at the federal minimum wage.