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The BJJ Class Cost Index (2026)

"How much does BJJ cost a month?" is the single most-asked question about the sport — so we built the number instead of guessing at it. We read the pricing that US BJJ gyms publish themselves and rolled it into one index: what membership actually costs, how prices spread, and how the states compare. Updated 2026-07-18.

The headline number

The typical BJJ membership in America is about $68 a month.

Most gyms land between $30 and $121 a month, across a full range of $15 to $370. Based on the 286 gyms in our directory that post a price publicly. Good news for a first-timer: you rarely pay to try at all — a free trial or intro class is common, so you can feel the room before you commit a dollar.

Embeddable one-liner, cite with a link: “The typical US BJJ membership is $68/month; most gyms charge $30–$121.” — BJJGyms.net Cost Index, 2026.

What you'll actually pay: the price bands

BJJ membership isn't one price — it's a spread. Here's how the 286 priced gyms fall out by band. The tails matter: budget gyms and community programs anchor the low end, while premium academies with big affiliations and full unlimited access push the top.

Membership per month	Gyms	Share of priced gyms
Under $75	145	51%
$75–99	58	20%
$100–124	12	4%
$125–149	9	3%
$150–199	27	9%
$200+	35	12%

Read it as a floor on your homework, not a quote: these are the prices gyms chose to publish. Many list only "first class free" or "contact us," so treat this as a starting point and confirm the current rate — and ask what's included (gi vs no-gi classes, open mat, how many sessions a week) before you compare two gyms on price alone.

The state cost index

Where enough gyms post a price to rank a state honestly (at least 5 priced gyms), here's the median membership by state. Colorado sits at the top at $180 a month.

#	State	Median membership	Range	Gyms sampled
1	Colorado	$180	$20–$208	9
2	Virginia	$125	$20–$240	9
3	Texas	$99	$15–$300	25
4	Florida	$90	$20–$300	19
5	North Carolina	$80	$20–$300	9
6	Michigan	$80	$15–$99	7
7	Missouri	$80	$50–$100	7
8	Illinois	$75	$15–$250	10
9	California	$65	$15–$350	43
10	New Jersey	$63	$25–$240	6
11	New York	$60	$20–$370	22
12	Georgia	$55	$20–$99	6
13	Massachusetts	$50	$15–$200	8
14	Oregon	$49	$25–$200	9
15	Oklahoma	$44	$20–$50	6
16	Tennessee	$42	$17–$100	10
17	Washington	$40	$20–$330	9
18	Pennsylvania	$38	$15–$200	12
19	Wisconsin	$25	$15–$100	8

Emerging state data

An honest note on coverage: cost data is the hardest field to gather, because most gyms don't post a price at all. So far 286 gyms across 42 states publish one — 4.3% of the directory. That's plenty for a solid national figure, but thin at the state level, so we show every state with at least 3 priced gyms below and flag the small samples plainly. These rows will firm up as our crawl grows.

State	Median membership	Range	Gyms sampled
Colorado	$180	$20–$208	9
Virginia	$125	$20–$240	9
Nevada	$125	$20–$160	3 (small sample)
Texas	$99	$15–$300	25
Florida	$90	$20–$300	19
New Hampshire	$90	$20–$188	4 (small sample)
North Carolina	$80	$20–$300	9
Michigan	$80	$15–$99	7
Missouri	$80	$50–$100	7
Arizona	$80	$20–$300	4 (small sample)
Montana	$75	$15–$99	3 (small sample)
Illinois	$75	$15–$250	10
California	$65	$15–$350	43
New Jersey	$63	$25–$240	6
New York	$60	$20–$370	22
Connecticut	$58	$20–$250	4 (small sample)
Georgia	$55	$20–$99	6
South Carolina	$53	$30–$160	4 (small sample)
Massachusetts	$50	$15–$200	8
Oregon	$49	$25–$200	9
Oklahoma	$44	$20–$50	6
Tennessee	$42	$17–$100	10
Washington	$40	$20–$330	9
Minnesota	$40	$30–$99	3 (small sample)
Pennsylvania	$38	$15–$200	12
New Mexico	$35	$15–$150	3 (small sample)
Louisiana	$30	$25–$175	3 (small sample)
Wisconsin	$25	$15–$100	8

Why BJJ prices spread so far

Three things move the number, and none of them are worth over-thinking before your first class:

Gi, no-gi, or both. An unlimited membership covering gi and no-gi plus open mat sits above a limited two-classes-a-week plan. Decide how often you'll really train before you compare prices.
Intro offers & family plans. Most academies welcome a free first class or intro week, and many discount kids' and family memberships — so you can feel the room before you commit a dollar.
What you're paying for. Premium academies with a well-known affiliation, black-belt professors, and open-mat access sit at the top of the range; no-frills community gyms sit at the bottom. Both can be excellent — price isn't a proxy for coaching quality.

Want the long-form version with sample budgets? Read the guide: How much does BJJ cost?

Cite this data

Suggested attribution: “The BJJ Class Cost Index” — BJJGyms.net, 2026, linked to https://www.bjjgyms.net/bjj-stats/cost-index/. The tables are CC BY 4.0: chart them, quote them, publish them — just link back. Want a custom cut (by state, metro, or discipline)? Email us.

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Methodology: prices are the gyms' own publicly posted figures, read from gym websites and pricing pages in our national directory of 6,639 BJJ gyms. We prefer the monthly membership rate — it's what most people mean by "how much is BJJ a month" — and fall back to a drop-in / class rate only where that's all a gym posts. Every number is a floor on coverage — a gym only enters the index once it lists a price, so the sample (286 gyms, 4.3% of the directory) grows with each re-crawl. National median and quartiles are computed across all priced gyms; a state is ranked once it has 5+ priced gyms and shown as "emerging" at 3+. Prices change often — always confirm the current rate on the gym's own schedule. More data: the stats hub and best cities for BJJ.