Boston wedding venue cost index
Computed from 32 published fee schedules across the Boston metro, checked on August 18, 2026. Median published starting price $300, with half the listings between $169 and $674. 27 of 32 (84%) start under $1,000.
Starting price distribution
Across 32 Boston area venues in 13 cities, checked on August 18, 2026.
| Published starting price | Amount |
|---|---|
| Lowest published starting price | $25 |
| 25th percentile | $169 |
| Median | $300 |
| 75th percentile | $674 |
| Highest published starting price | $3,200 |
How many come in under each threshold
| Threshold | Venues | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Published starting price under $500 | 22 | 69% |
| Under $1,000 | 27 | 84% |
| Under $2,500 | 31 | 97% |
| Published fee of zero | 0 | 0% |
Cheapest published price by venue type
| Venue type | Cheapest published | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Other Venue | Massachusetts One-Day Marriage Designation (Solemnizer Certificate)Boston, MA | $25 |
| Park & Pavilion | Larz Anderson Park - Individual Barbecue AreaBrookline, MA | $45 |
| State Park | Borderland State ParkNorth Easton, MA | $45 |
| Courthouse & City Hall | Quincy City Hall Wedding CeremonyQuincy, MA | $70 |
| Garden & Conservatory | Stage Fort Park - Rose GardenGloucester, MA | $300 |
| Estate & Historic Home | Lyman Estate - Micro-WeddingWaltham, MA | $895 |
Courthouse ceremony fees
2 courts and clerk offices in the Boston area publish a ceremony fee, running from $70 to $75. That fee is for the ceremony only and never includes the marriage license.
Indoor against outdoor
| Setting | Venues | Median starting price |
|---|---|---|
| Indoor space published | 8 | $895 |
| Outdoor space published | 27 | $300 |
Published capacity
14 of the 32 Boston listings publish a guest capacity. The median among those is 50 guests.
Public agency against everything else
21 of 32 listings (66%) are park, courthouse, or state park sites, and 17 cite a source on a .gov, .us, or .mil domain.
| Listing category | Venues | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Park, courthouse, or state park listing | 21 | 66% |
| Everything else | 11 | 34% |
The listings behind these numbers, each with its source link and date, are on the Boston venue page. The national cost index ranks 41 metros against each other.
Method: every figure on this page is computed from the listings in this directory, and every listing carries a link to the venue's own published price page or a government fee schedule plus the date that page was read. Venues that do not publish a price are not in the dataset, so nothing here is an estimate, a quote, or an average of quotes. Percentiles are linear interpolations over published starting prices.