Our initiation fee is $350.00 payable before the first degree is conferred. After the 3rd degree yearly dues ore due which is $90.00, pro-rated based on when you are raised.
One of the things I found odd was all of the questions about if the fee or dues would be a hardship when I was being interviewed. I mean they obviously got to know me, knew I was in the process of buying a newer / bigger house, had newer cars, 2 motorcycles and my kids were out of college - Did they really think $400.00 or so would cause issues for my family? Now that I am an officer I see why they ask so much. The number of Brothers on the list for NPD is hard to believe, and now that I have to take 1/4 of that list to make phone calls, I get it!
I think our dues should actually be higher, but we do pay all of our bills, and have a large amount of funds in investments, so I can see why most WMs are very reluctant to even discuss that! I just think that membership in this awesome organization is "Worth" way more than $90.00 a year. A lot of people spend more than that on coffee each month!