Concrete Patio Cost Calculator
A 12×16 ft, 4 in concrete patio costs $1,890 to $3,760 nationally. Broom, smooth, stamped, and exposed aggregate finishes are all priced as options above.
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Estimated total
$2,950 – $5,860
typical ≈ $4,400
$7.37 – $14.64 per sq ft
400 sq ft
Prices for: United States (national average)
Data: wages May 2025 · material: Census baseline, index-adjusted to August 2026
Cost breakdown
Mobilization (site setup & delivery) (estimate)$740 – $1,460 (typical ≈ $1,100)
- ESTIMATEConcreteCostCalc estimate (no public data available) · Data: September 2026
Concrete material (incl. forms)$590 – $1,180 (typical ≈ $890)
- ESTIMATEConcreteCostCalc estimate (no public data available) · Data: September 2026
- SOURCEDDerived by ConcreteCostCalc from U.S. Census Bureau — 2022 Economic Census (product statistics) and U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Producer Price Index · PCU327320327320 · Data: August 2026 · Level: national
- SOURCEDU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Producer Price Index (national index, baseline for regional factors) · PCU327320327320 · Data: August 2026 · Level: national
- CALIBRATEDPublished home-improvement cost guides (used for calibration only) · Data: 2026
Labor & placement$1,470 – $2,930 (typical ≈ $2,200)
- CALIBRATEDPublished home-improvement cost guides (used for calibration only) · Data: 2026
- SOURCEDDerived by ConcreteCostCalc from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (national estimate: employment-weighted average across 393 metro areas; not a BLS-published national figure) · Data: May 2025 · Level: national
- SOURCEDU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Employer Costs for Employee Compensation, Construction (NAICS 23, private industry) · Data: Q2 2026 · Level: national
- CALIBRATEDDerived by ConcreteCostCalc from U.S. Census Bureau — 2022 Economic Census, NAICS 238110 (Poured Concrete Foundation and Structure Contractors) · Data: 2022 (Census EC2223BASIC) / 2026-Q2 (ECEC) · Level: national
Subbase (4 in)$150 – $290 (typical ≈ $210)
- CALIBRATEDPublished home-improvement cost guides (used for calibration only) · Data: 2026
- CALIBRATEDIndustry technical guidance (American Concrete Pavement Association and building-material installation guides) · Data: 2024-08 / 2026
What drives the cost of a concrete patio
The cost to lay a concrete patio depends mostly on its size and finish. A patio only carries foot traffic and outdoor furniture, never vehicle loads. That changes two things versus a driveway: the base can be thinner, and a fancy finish is a common upgrade. This concrete patio cost calculator reflects both of those by default.
Setup is a flat fee behind every patio pour
Every pour carries a flat setup fee: the crew and truck show up, gear gets staged, and the site gets laid out, no matter how big the patio is. Like the pad and driveway pages, this fee is our own estimate, since no public source breaks out setup costs on their own. It matters most on a small patio; on a larger one it is a smaller share of the total. The concrete patio cost calculator prices that setup fee as its own line item.
Finish options set patios apart from driveways
Broom finish is the plain, no-extra-cost default, and it holds up well outdoors. Patios are the job where people most often pay for something fancier, since the surface is meant to be lived on and looked at. This concrete patio cost calculator prices every finish upgrade as its own add-on, on top of the broom-finish base price.
A lighter subbase than a driveway needs
A patio never carries vehicle loads, so the packed-gravel base here is thinner than the driveway page’s default. That is enough for drainage and a firm base, with no need to build for a load the slab will never see. You can still raise the base depth by hand if your soil drains poorly or swells. That is a fair reason to go thicker no matter the load.
How material and labor add up
Concrete volume comes from your patio’s area and thickness plus a waste share, priced against a national material rate adjusted by region. Material pricing only exists at the national and four-region level in the public data behind this site. It does not reach the metro level. Edge forms are priced per linear foot, and orders below a typical plant minimum pick up a small-load fee, which matters more for small patios than large ones.
Reinforcement
Wire mesh or a rebar grid is optional for a patio and priced as an add-on for extra crack resistance. Many patios skip it, but the option is there if your contractor wants it for your soil type or slab size. If you already know you want a rebar grid and want to size it on its own, see the rebar calculator.
For a driveway that carries vehicle loads, see concrete driveway cost; for a general-purpose pad, see the pad calculator.
Concrete patio cost by size
| Size | Total | Per sq ft |
|---|---|---|
| 10×10 | $1,390 – $2,760 | $13.89 – $27.61 |
| 12×12 | $1,630 – $3,240 | $11.33 – $22.51 |
| 12×16 | $1,890 – $3,760 | $9.86 – $19.60 |
| 16×20 | $2,520 – $5,000 | $7.87 – $15.64 |
| 20×20 | $2,950 – $5,860 | $7.37 – $14.64 |
U.S. national average, at a 4 in thickness. Select your metro above for a local price, and adjust the thickness there if needed.
Stamped concrete patio cost
A stamped finish presses a pattern into wet concrete to mimic stone, brick, or tile. It is the most expensive finish upgrade this calculator prices for a patio.
A 16×20 ft patio with a stamped finish costs $3,590 to $7,130 total, versus $2,520 to $5,000 with the plain broom finish this calculator defaults to. Stamped adds $1,070 to $2,130 on its own, close to 30% of the price.
That add-on runs $3.35 to $6.65 per sq ft, priced from a public cost guide.
A stamped pattern needs a release agent and hand-tooling while the concrete is still workable, which is why it costs more than a plain broom finish, both to place and to buy.
Broom, smooth, and exposed aggregate compared
Broom finish is the plain, no-cost default, dragged with a broom for a slip-resistant texture. Smooth troweling and an exposed-aggregate finish, which leaves the stone in the mix visible, both sit between broom and stamped in price.
Both upgrades are our assumption, since no public source breaks either one out on its own. See the parameter levels page for how every number on this site is graded.
Smooth adds $64 to $128 on this patio, close to 2% of the price. Exposed aggregate adds $514 to $1,020, roughly 8 times as much as smooth, close to 17% of the price.
Stamped still costs the most of the three: its add-on alone, $1,070 to $2,130, runs about 2 times exposed aggregate's own add-on.
Smooth troweling suits a modern, minimal look, without the broom's texture or the stamped pattern's design. Exposed aggregate instead shows flecks of the stone used in the mix, closer to a natural-stone look than either broom or smooth.
Smooth runs $0.20 to $0.40 for each square foot, and exposed aggregate runs $1.61 to $3.19. Both scale with the patio's footprint the same way the stamped rate does.
None of the three add-ons change with slab thickness, since each one prices off footprint alone. A thicker patio raises the base price underneath a finish choice, though the finish add-on itself stays the same.
This model prices every finish as a flat add-on and does not add separate labor time for a fancier pattern, even though a decorative finish usually takes a crew longer on site than plain broom. See this site's known limitations for what else every estimate here leaves out.
| Finish | Total |
|---|---|
| Broom | $2,520 – $5,000 |
| Smooth | $2,580 – $5,130 |
| Exposed aggregate | $3,030 – $6,030 |
| Stamped | $3,590 – $7,130 |
Worked example: a 16×20 ft concrete patio in the Seattle, WA area
This is our estimate for a 16×20 ft, 4 in concrete patio in the Seattle, WA area. A contractor's written quote can come in above or below it.
Cement mason wages here run about 49% above the national average, the bigger of the two factors moving this estimate. The West material rate adds a smaller 4% below the national material baseline.
Both ends differ from the national $2,520 to $5,000: the low end is about 10% higher and the high end about 29% higher. This range is wider than the national one because local cement mason wages have a wider spread than wages nationwide, per BLS OEWS wage percentiles.
Switch the location in the calculator above to see this priced for your own area.
| Line item | Amount |
|---|---|
| Mobilization (site setup & delivery) | $660 – $1,540 |
| Concrete material (incl. forms) | $430 – $990 |
| Labor & placement | $1,570 – $3,670 |
| Subbase (4 in) | $100 – $240 |
| Total | $2,760 – $6,440 |
How this estimate is calculated
This concrete patio cost calculator adds a flat setup fee, metro-specific labor, material, and a lighter patio-appropriate subbase. Any decorative finish you choose is priced as its own add-on.
Concrete patio questions
What is the average cost of a concrete patio?
A typical 12×16 ft patio costs $1,890 to $3,760 nationally with the standard broom finish this calculator defaults to. A larger footprint or a decorative finish both raise that total.
How much does a stamped concrete patio cost?
A 12×16 ft stamped patio costs $2,540 to $5,040 nationally, compared with $1,890 to $3,760 for the same patio with a plain broom finish. Stamped concrete is priced as an add-on per square foot on top of the base slab.