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Family law Google Ads cost per click

Across the US, a typical family law campaign on Google Ads pays about $10.10 a click. That ranks 14 of the 146 kinds of business measured here, where the one in the middle pays $5.40.

$10.10

Cost per click, US

1.2 million

Searches a month, US

$4.10 to $33.00

Google's top-of-page bids for the same searches

By service

Clicks for divorce cost the most at $10.20, 2% more than those for child custody and support at $10.00. A campaign that takes every service pays somewhere between, set by which ones people search for most where it runs.

Family law Google Ads cost per click by service, US
ServiceCost per clickSearches a month
Divorce$10.20840,000
Child custody and support$10.00380,000

By state

A click costs the most in Colorado at $25.30, 6.3 times one in Mississippi at $4.00. The same searches cost more where more businesses bid on them and each customer is worth more.

Where people search most

Family law Google Ads cost per click in the ten states with the most searches
StateCost per clickSearches a month
California$13.30130,000
Texas$13.60110,000
Florida$13.2078,000
New York$10.4067,000
Illinois$10.2044,000
Georgia$12.5043,000
Pennsylvania$6.0043,000
North Carolina$9.7040,000
Ohio$5.3040,000
Michigan$9.9032,000

Dearest and cheapest

Family law Google Ads cost per click, the dearest and cheapest states
StateCost per click
Colorado$25.30
Arizona$16.10
Utah$14.50
District of Columbia$14.10
Texas$13.60
West Virginia$4.00
Alaska$4.00
North Dakota$4.00
Kentucky$4.00
Mississippi$4.00
Every state with enough searches (51)
Family law Google Ads cost per click by state, dearest first
StateCost per clickSearches a month
Colorado$25.3027,000
Arizona$16.1023,000
Utah$14.5011,000
District of Columbia$14.103,000
Texas$13.60110,000
California$13.30130,000
Florida$13.2078,000
Georgia$12.5043,000
Nevada$11.7013,000
New Jersey$11.6029,000
Maryland$11.1020,000
Virginia$10.5029,000
New York$10.4067,000
Illinois$10.2044,000
Michigan$9.9032,000
North Carolina$9.7040,000
Washington$9.6026,000
South Carolina$9.2020,000
Oklahoma$9.1014,000
Massachusetts$8.9021,000
Minnesota$8.7017,000
Nebraska$8.405,500
Tennessee$8.3026,000
Oregon$7.1013,000
Wisconsin$6.9019,000
Idaho$6.406,500
Connecticut$6.1012,000
Iowa$6.109,800
Pennsylvania$6.0043,000
New Mexico$5.906,000
Delaware$5.703,200
Indiana$5.3026,000
Ohio$5.3040,000
Missouri$5.1024,000
Rhode Island$4.703,100
Alabama$4.5019,000
Wyoming$4.302,200
Maine$4.304,000
Louisiana$4.2015,000
Arkansas$4.2010,000
Montana$4.103,100
New Hampshire$4.104,200
Vermont$4.001,800
Hawaii$4.003,800
Kansas$4.0011,000
South Dakota$4.002,600
West Virginia$4.005,600
Alaska$4.002,000
North Dakota$4.002,500
Kentucky$4.0016,000
Mississippi$4.009,500

Against Google's own bids

Keyword Planner puts the top-of-page bids for these searches at $4.10 to $33.00: what advertisers bid to show above the results. A typical campaign pays $10.10, inside that range, because Google charges what it takes to beat the ad below and not the bid itself. Planning a budget on the top-of-page bid overstates what clicks will cost.

No published study measures this business on its own, so its price level is the median for its industry in LocaliQ's studies, moved a third of the way toward Google's prices scaled to what campaigns paid. Google's prices set how its services and the states compare.

Searches peak in October, at 59% above December, the slowest month. A budget sized for the slow months runs out sooner in the busy ones.

Where the figures come from

Google's own search counts and click prices for the year to August 2026 (Keyword Planner, through DataForSEO), scaled to what campaigns paid in LocaliQ's published studies, rounded to ten cents. They are medians: half of campaigns pay more. The full method is on the benchmark page, and the budget calculator runs on the same data for any ZIP code.

Written by Grant Epley. Last reviewed October 11, 2026. Search data to August 2026.