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What Locksmiths Charge, Company By Company
Prices locksmiths print on their own sites, with trip fees, after hours charges and your state's license check.
87 US companies, 25 states, read on November 12, 2026.
Rockville, MD
Lockout$60 to $150
- Rekey$15 to $35 each
- Service Call$19
- After Hours$50 to $180
From its own price page, read Nov 12
Locked Out? What It'll Cost Right Now
Pick the time, the job and where you are. You get the prices companies near you print for that job, plus their trip and after hours lines, each one linked.
Don't Get Scammed
A $19 lockout ad is a bait price, not a job price. The number on the ad gets you to call, and the real bill shows up at your door. Our source for that is Locksmith Listing's guide to locksmith scams, which names 15, 19 and 29 dollar ads as the pattern.
Compare that with the 70 companies on this site that print a lockout price on their own site, where the middle starting price is $60.
- Get the total on the phone before anyone is sent, trip fee and after hours charge included.
- In a state that licenses locksmiths, ask for the number and check it with the state.
- Check that the website, the van and the invoice all show the same business.
- If the price at the door is higher than the price on the phone, you can say no.
Locksmith Prices By State
The number is how many companies in that state print prices we could read and link.
Cost Guides By Job
Each guide lists every company's own line for that job, cheapest first, with the source.
What The Numbers Say
Of the companies that print a lockout price, the middle starting price is $60. Per lock rekey prices start at $15 and the middle is $25, with the trip charged on top at most of them. Printed trip fees run from $15 to $500.
These are starting prices. A night call, a high security lock or a car with a push to start fob moves the total, so ask for the whole number on the phone.
Who Licenses Locksmiths
We confirmed locksmith licensing on official pages in 12 states, Alabama, California, Connecticut, Illinois, Louisiana, Maryland, Nevada, New Jersey, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Texas, Virginia. In Nevada the permit comes from the county sheriff. See every state and the lookup links.
The US had 15,040 locksmiths and safe repairers in May 2025 with a median wage of $24.68 an hour, per the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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