Asphalt driveway cost in Greenville, SC

Climate in Greenville: timing your asphalt driveway job

We use NOAA's 1991-2020 climate normals for Greenville Dwtn Ap (in the city). These are 30-year monthly averages, not forecasts.

August through June is the stretch where digging, grading and setting material in the ground runs into the fewest weather problems in Greenville (11 of 12 months). July has an average daytime high of 90°F or more.

Greenville gets about 47 inches of precipitation in a normal year. The wettest months are March, July and December (5.2 inches in July). Inside the workable window, September and October are the driest, at 3.5 and 3.2 inches. The station averages about 52 days a year at 90°F or above.

Does the season change the price? Probably, but we do not have a sourced seasonal price curve, so the estimator shows a year-round figure and does not adjust by month. When you collect quotes, ask whether scheduling in a slower month gets a better rate.

Asphalt driveway: what moves the price in Greenville

• Hot-mix price

  Hot-mix asphalt is $100-$200 per ton delivered and moves with oil prices (PaveGauge).

• Sealcoating

  Sealing is $1-$2 per sq ft and is a maintenance cost, not part of the install.

• New versus overlay

  Resurfacing an existing driveway runs $3-$7 per sq ft; a full new driveway runs $5-$12+ (HomeGuide). Tearing out and replacing one is higher still.

What nearby projects cost in Greenville

Because every project leans on different trades, Greenville's wage level does not move all prices equally. Against the US midpoint, concrete slab runs −7% and concrete driveway −9%.

Greenville labor market for asphalt driveway

Wages are the part of this estimate that changes most from town to town. 3 trades carry the job here, and each is compared with its US median. The weighted result for Greenville is 0.87 times the national level.

For paving, surfacing and tamping equipment operators (47-2071, weighted 40%) the local median is $22.24 an hour, which is 13% below the national $25.64. The middle half of them earn between $19.13 and $23.61 an hour. BLS counts 80 of them working in the area, 1.8 for every 10,000 jobs (US: 2.7), so the local bench is thinner than average.

Construction laborers (47-2061), 30% of the weighting: a median of $21.34 an hour, 6% below the US median of $22.66. The middle half of them earn between $17.77 and $23.59 an hour. About 3,250 work in the metro. That is 74.7 per 10,000 jobs, compared with 70.5 nationally, so the supply of crews looks typical.

For operating engineers and other construction equipment operators (47-2073, weighted 30%) the local median is $23.55 an hour, which is 18% below the national $28.78. The middle half of them earn between $22.10 and $27.31 an hour. BLS counts 1,130 of them working in the area, 26.0 for every 10,000 jobs (US: 30.7), so the local bench is thinner than average.

Quotes come from real crews, not medians. If the paving, surfacing and tamping equipment operators on your job are paid at the 75th percentile ($23.61 an hour) instead of the median, the labor line grows by about $45. At the 25th percentile ($19.13) it shrinks by about $100. The total moves by 0.9% or 2.1%, so wages alone rarely explain a quote that is far outside our range.

For context on the local economy, BLS counts 434,900 jobs in the Greenville-Anderson-Greer area. That makes it the 58th largest of the 300 metros we cover, with 0.28% of US employment.

Is Greenville cheap or dear? The local comparison

Of the five closest metros, 4 are cheaper than Greenville. Athens is the lowest at about $4,700 (midpoint, 600 sq ft), 70 miles away.

Across 300 US metros, Greenville comes in at #223 from the top. The priciest is Kahului, HI at $7,650; the cheapest is Fort Smith, AR at $4,450 (midpoints, 600 sq ft). Statewide, Greenville is 0% above the South Carolina figure.

Other South Carolina metros

Cities with a workforce like Greenville's

Big cities and small ones price differently, so here is Greenville against the 4 metros with the closest total employment.

Greenville: what basic, standard and premium work costs

Three bands are cut from the same cited range and localized for Greenville wages and prices. They overlap on purpose: a good standard job and a modest premium job can cost the same. The grid below prices the same bands at 4 common sizes.

Add-ons priced for Greenville

Extras are quoted nationally and then scaled to Greenville by the average of the local wage index (0.87) and goods index (0.96), a factor of 0.92. Tick any of them in the estimator above to add them to your total. Treat these as planning figures: an add-on touches different trades than the main job, so the scaling is an approximation.