Cost guide

Water well drilling costs in Texas

Every figure below is copied from a public page we read on Oct 23, 2026. If that page does not name the city, this guide says not available. These are not 1ClickStart prices and not a quote for your well.

Data checked Oct 23, 2026

Sources

Figures we could source

  • Texas, statewide

    $8,500 typical residential well

    WellDrillingCosts.com also lists drilling at $25 to $58 per foot, a complete system (pump, pressure tank, and hookup) at $12,000 to $22,000, average residential depth 225 feet, and permit costs of $0 to $500 depending on the groundwater district.

    WellDrillingCosts.com

  • Texas, statewide

    Median depth 250 feet. Complete system $14,640 to $24,400

    Texas Water Well Reports computed this from 455,171 official TDLR SDR well records across 252 counties. The page says depth is measured and cost is modeled from published per-foot rates. It calls the cost a planning estimate, not a quote.

    Texas Water Well Reports

  • El Paso (Far West Texas region)

    Complete well $15,000 to $40,000+. Drilling $35 to $58 per foot. Typical depth 200 to 800+ feet

    WellDrillingCosts.com puts El Paso in its Trans-Pecos / Far West region, with Alpine, Fort Davis, and Marathon. The same section says some areas exceed 1,200 feet. A separate line on that page says rates rise past $60 per foot in some Brewster and Presidio terrain. That line is not an El Paso figure. El Paso County is not in the Texas Water Well Reports county tables we read, so a county median for El Paso is not available.

    WellDrillingCosts.com

  • Abilene

    Not available

    Neither source page we read names Abilene or Taylor County. The statewide figures above are not an Abilene measurement.

    Not available

  • Laredo

    Not available

    Neither source page we read names Laredo or Webb County. Do not use the statewide figures as a Laredo price.

    Not available

  • La Salle County (not Laredo)

    Median depth 1,730 feet. Typical range 335 to 2,850 feet. Complete system $33,000 to $55,000

    Texas Water Well Reports lists La Salle County in its deepest-counties table. The page says the cost is modeled, not a quote. La Salle is a neighboring county. It is not a Laredo or Webb County figure. Cotulla, which appears in our Laredo-area directory, is in La Salle County. That does not make this a Laredo price.

    Texas Water Well Reports

Questions about these figures

Are these 1ClickStart prices?

No. Each figure is copied from the source named in the table, read on Oct 23, 2026. A driller bid can differ. Where a source does not name the city, this page says not available.

What does a well cost in Abilene?

Not available. The WellDrillingCosts.com regional tables we read name the Gulf Coast, East Texas, the Hill Country, the High Plains, Far West Texas (including El Paso), and North Central Texas (Dallas and Fort Worth). They do not name Abilene. The Texas Water Well Reports tables we read do not list Taylor County.

What does a well cost in Laredo?

Not available for Laredo or Webb County from the pages we read. La Salle County, next door, is listed on Texas Water Well Reports at a median depth of 1,730 feet and a modeled complete system of $33,000 to $55,000. That is La Salle County, not Laredo.

What does a well cost in El Paso?

WellDrillingCosts.com includes El Paso in Far West Texas: a complete well of $15,000 to $40,000+, drilling at $35 to $58 per foot, and a typical depth of 200 to 800+ feet. That is a regional range, not a bid for one address. An El Paso County median was not in the Texas Water Well Reports tables we read.