Equipment, buildout, operating cost and payback for a cannabis extraction lab come down to three choices made before any vendor quote: the extraction method, the daily throughput, and the state. This calculator takes those, plus your yield, biomass cost and crude price, and returns the equipment and facility budget, the annual operating cost, the cost per gram of crude, and the break-even timeline, using the same figures as the extraction lab cost breakdown and the C1D1 room requirements guide. State application and license fees come from the extraction licensing lookup. It is a planning estimate; vendor quotes and your buildout scope set the final number.

Read this before you use the number. Equipment and facility figures are 2025 to 2026 price bands by throughput tier, not quotes. Yield and crude price defaults are typical values per method; your own measured yield and your contract prices replace them and move the break-even more than any other input. Licensing fees change by statute and rulemaking, so confirm the current figure with the state agency before it goes into a business plan. Use Compare All Methods to see where one method overtakes another at your scale.

Extraction Cost Calculator

Extraction method, throughput, and state in. Equipment cost, annual operating cost, cost per gram of crude, and break-even timeline out.

Extraction method

Closed-loop BHO includes both butane and propane blends

Daily throughput (lbs biomass/day)

Dry-weight biomass input per operating day

State

Adds licensing fees and facility requirements to the estimate

Operating days per year

Typical: 250 (5 days/wk). High-volume: 300+

Expected crude yield (%)

Leave blank for method default. BHO: 14-18%. CO2: 8-12%. Ethanol: 10-14%. Rosin: 4-8% from trim, 15-25% from flower

Biomass cost ($/lb)

Your contract price for input material. Fresh frozen flower runs $100-300/lb; hash-grade input $150-250/lb at commercial scale. Trim and hemp biomass run far lower. Leave blank and profit excludes it

Crude sale price ($/g)

Leave blank for method default. Current range: $2-8/g crude depending on market and quality

Fill in your extraction parameters above and click Calculate.

Estimates based on 2025-2026 equipment pricing and typical operating parameters. Actual costs vary by vendor, buildout scope, local labor rates, and regulatory requirements. This tool is for planning purposes. Contact WKU Consulting for a facility-specific cost analysis.

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