Planning
Average wedding cost by US city
Real 2026 numbers for 40 US metros. Sourced from The Knot, WeddingWire and Zola benchmarks, then sanity-checked against active venue quotes.
- New York City, NY$63,000 avg · $245/guest
- San Francisco, CA$58,000 avg · $230/guest
- Los Angeles, CA$52,000 avg · $210/guest
- Boston, MA$52,000 avg · $220/guest
- Chicago, IL$48,000 avg · $195/guest
- Washington, DC$47,000 avg · $195/guest
- Honolulu, HI$46,000 avg · $200/guest
- Miami, FL$45,000 avg · $190/guest
- San Diego, CA$44,000 avg · $185/guest
- Seattle, WA$44,000 avg · $185/guest
- Philadelphia, PA$42,000 avg · $175/guest
- Atlanta, GA$38,000 avg · $160/guest
- Denver, CO$38,000 avg · $165/guest
- Austin, TX$38,000 avg · $165/guest
- Nashville, TN$38,000 avg · $165/guest
- New Orleans, LA$38,000 avg · $165/guest
- Portland, OR$36,000 avg · $155/guest
- Dallas, TX$36,000 avg · $155/guest
- Minneapolis, MN$36,000 avg · $155/guest
- Houston, TX$35,000 avg · $150/guest
- Phoenix, AZ$35,000 avg · $150/guest
- Orlando, FL$33,000 avg · $145/guest
- Detroit, MI$32,000 avg · $140/guest
- Charlotte, NC$32,000 avg · $140/guest
- Tampa, FL$32,000 avg · $140/guest
- Pittsburgh, PA$31,000 avg · $140/guest
- Raleigh-Durham, NC$31,000 avg · $140/guest
- San Antonio, TX$30,000 avg · $135/guest
- Cleveland, OH$30,000 avg · $135/guest
- Milwaukee, WI$30,000 avg · $135/guest
- Salt Lake City, UT$30,000 avg · $135/guest
- Richmond, VA$30,000 avg · $135/guest
- St. Louis, MO$29,000 avg · $130/guest
- Las Vegas, NV$28,000 avg · $130/guest
- Kansas City, MO$28,000 avg · $125/guest
- Indianapolis, IN$28,000 avg · $125/guest
- Columbus, OH$28,000 avg · $125/guest
- Louisville, KY$28,000 avg · $125/guest
- Albuquerque, NM$26,000 avg · $120/guest
- Oklahoma City, OK$26,000 avg · $120/guest