2018 Maintenance Budget Survey Report

The survey polled superintendents on total maintenance budgets including all labor expenses and excluding capital expenditures.

The purpose of the Maintenance Budget survey is to establish baselines, trends and allocations of resources as they relate to golf course operational budgets and today’s golf course management.

To access the report online, you must be a GCSAA Class A, B, C, E, EM or ISM member.. Login for access. It is also available for purchase, see below to order.

View the 2018 Maintenance Budget Survey Report

Highlights from the report

In February 2018, an online survey was sent to superintendent members of the GCSAA in the United States totaling 7,362 members. The final result of completed surveys totaled 1,816 data sets of the distributed 7,362, a response rate of 25 percent.

Respondents were asked to provide their total maintenance budget including all labor expenses and excluding capital expenditures. The nationwide average maintenance budget for an 18-hole golf course in 2017 is $739,493.