# Dog walker: Dog Walking Rate Index

> The median published figure in the Dog Walking Rate Index is 27.50 USD across 2 sources' own pages in USD (range 26 to 29 USD; 3 sources publish a figure), read 12 September 2026.

Procedure Cost Checker · https://procedurecostchecker.com/datasets/dog-walking-rate-index/ · computed 2026-10-19

**Median published figure:** 27.5 USD (range 26 to 29 USD; 2 published figures; 3 of 29 sources read publish one).

3 of the 29 named sources read in full publish a figure; 26 publish none, read 12 September 2026.

## By city

| Breakdown | Median | Range | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| city Portland | 26 USD | 26 to 26 USD | 1 |
| city Manchester | 18 GBP | 18 to 18 GBP | 1 |

## Every figure, with its source

One row per source: the figure the source's own page publishes, the page, and the day it was read.

| Source | Figure | Breakdown | Read |
|---|---|---|---|
| [Wags, Whiskers and Walks - rates and details](https://wagswhiskersandwalks.com/rates-and-details) | 29 USD |  | 2026-09-12 |
| [Dog Star Walkers (Portland) - services and rates](http://www.dogstarwalkersportland.com/new-page-2) | 26 USD | Portland | 2026-09-12 |
| [Charlie & Friends (Manchester) - dog walking prices in Manchester](https://www.charlie-n-friends.co.uk/post/how-much-is-dog-walking-in-manchester) | 18 GBP | Manchester | 2026-09-12 |

## The sentence each figure was read from (3)

- [Wags, Whiskers and Walks - rates and details](https://wagswhiskersandwalks.com/rates-and-details), read 2026-09-12: "Occasional \| $29.00/30 min \| $25.00/15 min"
- [Dog Star Walkers (Portland) - services and rates](http://www.dogstarwalkersportland.com/new-page-2), read 2026-09-12: "30 minutes - Regular one on one doggie bliss $26 a walk (up to 2 dogs from the same household)."
- [Charlie & Friends (Manchester) - dog walking prices in Manchester](https://www.charlie-n-friends.co.uk/post/how-much-is-dog-walking-in-manchester), read 2026-09-12: "At Charlie & Friends, we charge £18 per walk, which sits right in the middle of the city average."

## Read in full, publishes no figure

- [Rover - national dog walking rates](https://www.rover.com/blog/dog-walking-rates-national/), read 2026-09-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- [Rover - San Diego dog walking price](https://www.rover.com/blog/san-diego-ca-dog-walking-price/), read 2026-09-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- [Wag! support - what fees does Wag charge](https://support.wagwalking.com/en_us/what-kind-of-fees-does-wag-charge-pp-HJ6yu5zq), read 2026-09-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- [WAGS Houston - services and rates](https://www.wagshouston.com/services--rates.html), read 2026-09-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- [Rover - dog walking cost in London](https://www.rover.com/uk/blog/london-uk-dog-walking-price/), read 2026-09-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- [Rover - dog walking cost in Chicago](https://www.rover.com/blog/chicago-il-dog-walking-price/), read 2026-09-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- [Rover - dog walking cost in Los Angeles](https://www.rover.com/blog/los-angeles-ca-dog-walking-price/), read 2026-09-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- [NARPS UK - dog walking rates in the UK (the trade association)](https://www.narpsuk.co.uk/blog/hourly-rates-of-dog-walking-uk), read 2026-09-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- [Windy City Paws (Chicago) - services and pricing](https://windycitypaws.com/services-pricing/), read 2026-09-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- [The Big City Woof Walker (Chicago) - services and rates](https://www.thebigcitywoofwalker.com/services-rates-chicago), read 2026-09-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- [Chicago Dog Walkers - pricing and policies](https://www.chicago-dogwalkers.com/pricing-policies), read 2026-09-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- [Windy City Dog Walkers (Chicago) - services and rates](https://www.windycitydogwalkers.com/services-rates.html), read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [Canine Cab Company - what a dog walker costs](https://caninecabcompany.com/how-much-does-a-dog-walker-cost/), read 2026-09-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- [Golden Pawps (Massachusetts) - what a dog walker costs](https://goldenpawps.com/how-much-does-a-dog-walker-cost/), read 2026-09-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- [Love Pet Care (New York) - dog walking prices in NYC](https://lovepetcare.com/exploring-dog-walking-prices-in-nyc/), read 2026-09-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- [Four Dog Paws (Denver) - what dog walkers charge](https://fourdogpaws.com/how-much-do-dog-walkers-charge/), read 2026-09-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- [Denver Dog - Denver dog walking service rates](https://www.denverdog.co/denver-dog-walking-service-rates-2026-guide), read 2026-09-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- [My Pawsome Companions (Los Angeles) - prices and rates](https://www.mypawsomecompanionsllc.com/pricing-rates), read 2026-09-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- [Walk It Like A Dog (Philadelphia) - pricing](https://walkitlikeadog.com/pricing/), read 2026-09-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- [Green Dog Walking (London) - services](https://greendogwalking.co.uk/services), read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [Leading The Way (North London) - pricing](https://www.leadingthewaydogwalking.co.uk/pricing), read 2026-09-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- [Leading The Way (North London) - areas covered and pricing](https://www.leadingthewaydogwalking.co.uk/areas-covered-pricing), read 2026-09-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- [H and H Dog (London) - dog walker price per hour](https://www.hnhdog.co.uk/how-much-is-a-dog-walker-per-hour-in-london-2026-price-guide/), read 2026-09-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- [US Bureau of Labor Statistics - OEWS occupation 39-2021, nonfarm animal caretakers](https://www.bls.gov/oes/2018/may/oes392021.htm), read 2026-09-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- [US Bureau of Labor Statistics - OEWS national employment and wage table, May 2025](https://www.bls.gov/news.release/ocwage.t01.htm), read 2026-09-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- [US Bureau of Labor Statistics - OEWS programme home](https://www.bls.gov/oes/), read 2026-10-12: every candidate on the page was refused

## Methodology

Every row is a verbatim sentence read from the named source's own page through our fetch service on the date shown, hash-pinned to the stored read (the sha of the page's visible text; the raw page is mirrored to R2). 3 of the 29 named sources that could be read published a usable figure; 26 published none and are recorded as not published, never filled in; 4 could not be read (blocked, dead or unreachable) and count nowhere. The headline figures (median, minimum, maximum, quartiles) are over ONE figure per source in USD (a source's median where its page yielded several accepted sentences), so N counts sources, never sentences; 171 candidate sentence(s) were refused by a reviewer with the reason recorded. The fuller derivation this dataset is chartered to grow into (not yet what the figures above are; they are each source's own published figure as read): one row per walker or service per city per walk length carrying the published rate, beside the marketplaces' own national figure and the BLS wage series for animal caretakers; the derivation is what neither a marketplace nor a single walker publishes: the median and spread of the published rate for a 20, 30 and 60 minute walk by city, the premium a marketplace's service fee adds to the walker's own rate, and how the published rate compares with the occupational wage the statistics agency measures for the same work

## Sources

- [Rover - national dog walking rates](https://www.rover.com/blog/dog-walking-rates-national/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Rover - San Diego dog walking price](https://www.rover.com/blog/san-diego-ca-dog-walking-price/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Wag! - on-demand dog walking (the platform's own price list)](https://wagwalking.com/dog-walking) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Wag! - how much should you charge for a Wag! walk](https://wagwalking.com/daily/how-much-should-you-charge-for-a-wag-dog-walk) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Wag! support - what fees does Wag charge](https://support.wagwalking.com/en_us/what-kind-of-fees-does-wag-charge-pp-HJ6yu5zq) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Wags, Whiskers and Walks - rates and details](https://wagswhiskersandwalks.com/rates-and-details) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [WAGS Houston - services and rates](https://www.wagshouston.com/services--rates.html) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Wag! - dog walking rates in Chicago](https://wagwalking.com/dog-walking/il-chicago) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Wag! - dog walking rates in Seattle](https://wagwalking.com/dog-walking/wa-seattle) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Rover - dog walking cost in London](https://www.rover.com/uk/blog/london-uk-dog-walking-price/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Rover - dog walking cost in Chicago](https://www.rover.com/blog/chicago-il-dog-walking-price/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Rover - dog walking cost in Los Angeles](https://www.rover.com/blog/los-angeles-ca-dog-walking-price/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [NARPS UK - dog walking rates in the UK (the trade association)](https://www.narpsuk.co.uk/blog/hourly-rates-of-dog-walking-uk) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Windy City Paws (Chicago) - services and pricing](https://windycitypaws.com/services-pricing/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [The Big City Woof Walker (Chicago) - services and rates](https://www.thebigcitywoofwalker.com/services-rates-chicago) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Chicago Dog Walkers - pricing and policies](https://www.chicago-dogwalkers.com/pricing-policies) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Windy City Dog Walkers (Chicago) - services and rates](https://www.windycitydogwalkers.com/services-rates.html) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Canine Cab Company - what a dog walker costs](https://caninecabcompany.com/how-much-does-a-dog-walker-cost/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Golden Pawps (Massachusetts) - what a dog walker costs](https://goldenpawps.com/how-much-does-a-dog-walker-cost/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Love Pet Care (New York) - dog walking prices in NYC](https://lovepetcare.com/exploring-dog-walking-prices-in-nyc/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Dog Star Walkers (Portland) - services and rates](http://www.dogstarwalkersportland.com/new-page-2) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Four Dog Paws (Denver) - what dog walkers charge](https://fourdogpaws.com/how-much-do-dog-walkers-charge/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Denver Dog - Denver dog walking service rates](https://www.denverdog.co/denver-dog-walking-service-rates-2026-guide) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [My Pawsome Companions (Los Angeles) - prices and rates](https://www.mypawsomecompanionsllc.com/pricing-rates) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Walk It Like A Dog (Philadelphia) - pricing](https://walkitlikeadog.com/pricing/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Green Dog Walking (London) - services](https://greendogwalking.co.uk/services) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Leading The Way (North London) - pricing](https://www.leadingthewaydogwalking.co.uk/pricing) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Leading The Way (North London) - areas covered and pricing](https://www.leadingthewaydogwalking.co.uk/areas-covered-pricing) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Charlie & Friends (Manchester) - dog walking prices in Manchester](https://www.charlie-n-friends.co.uk/post/how-much-is-dog-walking-in-manchester) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [H and H Dog (London) - dog walker price per hour](https://www.hnhdog.co.uk/how-much-is-a-dog-walker-per-hour-in-london-2026-price-guide/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [US Bureau of Labor Statistics - OEWS occupation 39-2021, nonfarm animal caretakers](https://www.bls.gov/oes/2018/may/oes392021.htm) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [US Bureau of Labor Statistics - OEWS national employment and wage table, May 2025](https://www.bls.gov/news.release/ocwage.t01.htm) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [US Bureau of Labor Statistics - OEWS programme home](https://www.bls.gov/oes/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)

## Cite or embed

- The median published figure in the Dog Walking Rate Index is 27.50 USD across 2 sources' own pages in USD (range 26 to 29 USD; 3 sources publish a figure), read 12 September 2026.
- 3 of the 29 named sources read in full publish a figure; 26 publish none, read 12 September 2026.
- Dog Walking Rate Index, city Portland: median 26 USD across 1 source, read 12 September 2026.
- Dog Walking Rate Index, city Manchester: median 18 GBP across 1 source, read 12 September 2026.

Cite as: "Procedure Cost Checker Dog Walking Rate Index", updated 2026-10-19, https://procedurecostchecker.com/datasets/dog-walking-rate-index/.

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