Pole CommunityHow much does a pole class cost?
Most US pole studios sell new students a first class for about $20, and a class pack works out to about $19 a class. Those two numbers come from 207 intro offers we recorded on the studios' own pages, as of 2026-09-06. Here is the full picture, and what we left out.
Based on 207 intro offers we recorded across 849 US studios, as of 2026-09-06. This is what studios charge new students, not an average of all US pole classes.
What new students pay, by offer type
| Offer | Median | Studios | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
| First class | $20 | 69 | $5 to $59 |
| Class pack, per class | $19 | 78 | $10 to $28 |
| Unlimited, 14 days | $72 | 22 | $20 to $109 |
| Unlimited, 30 days | $99 | 9 | $65 to $199 |
| Beginner series, 4 weeks | $99 | 11 | $50 to $160 |
| Drop-in class | $25 | 25 | $10 to $35 |
25 studios (8% of those with an offer) give the first class free. 83 more advertise an intro offer without a price we could use. 9 sell unlimited intros at other windows and 14 sell series of other lengths; too few of each to publish a median.
What a class pack means here
A pack price is divided by the number of classes in it, rounded to the dollar, before it enters the median, so a three-class and a ten-class pack compare on the same footing. The packs behind that number: 3 classes (32), 4 classes (16), 5 classes (13), other (17).
What we left out, and why
- 20 offers written as a discount ("$ off", "% off"), because a discount is not a price.
- 2 offers we could not confirm on the studio's own site, counted here and nowhere else.
- Free first classes: counted above, never averaged into a price.
- 10 offers dropped in review: private lessons, youth programs and bundles with non-class goods.
The verified and listed split behind every count on this site is on the statistics page.
How these numbers are made
When a studio is verified, the intro offer on its own website is copied into its listing as written. A parser types each offer (first class, pack, unlimited window, beginner series, drop-in, free) and pulls the amount; any offer it is unsure about goes to a person before it can count. Studios marked unverified are excluded. Each type publishes its median, not its mean, because a few expensive packages would otherwise move the headline. A type or a window needs at least 8 priced studios to publish a number; below that it is a count. The date is the newest verification date among the contributing studios, not the date the page was built.
Studios that publish an intro offer skew toward the marketing-active and toward cities. This is the median of studios that advertise a price, not of every studio.
We do not publish the per-studio table. A studio's own price, and the date we saw it, is on its listing.
State prices
A state gets its own median only when it has at least 8 priced studios for an offer type, and a state page shows no price figure until then. State medians are not published yet; when they are, they will appear on the state pages linked from the directory.
Common questions
How much is a first pole class?
The median first-class price at US pole studios is $20, from 69 studios that advertise one, with a range of $5 to $59, as of 2026-09-06.
How much does a pole class cost per class if I buy a pack?
An intro class pack works out to a median of $19 a class across 78 US studios. The most common pack is 3 classes (32 of the 78).
Do pole studios offer a free first class?
25 of the 318 studios with an intro offer on file give the first class free, 8%.
Where do these prices come from?
From the intro offer text we record on each studio's own website during verification. A parser types each offer, a person checks every unclear one, and the page publishes medians, never averages, for each offer type with at least 8 priced studios. The date, 2026-09-06, is the newest verification date among the studios that contributed.