Concrete driveway cost in Amarillo, TX

Amarillo against nearby metros and the rest of Texas

Contractors rarely work more than an hour or two from home, so the neighboring metros set a rough ceiling and floor for your quotes. Midpoints for 600 sq ft range from $5,450 to $5,900 across Amarillo and its five closest metros.

Across 300 US metros, Amarillo comes in at #271 from the top. The priciest is Kahului, HI at $10,000; the cheapest is McAllen, TX at $4,950 (midpoints, 600 sq ft). Statewide, Amarillo is 4% below the Texas figure.

Other Texas metros

Cities with a workforce like Amarillo's

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

Pick a size, pick a tier: concrete driveway pricing in Amarillo

Three bands are cut from the same cited range and localized for Amarillo 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.

What nearby projects cost in Amarillo

Because every project leans on different trades, Amarillo's wage level does not move all prices equally. Against the US midpoint, asphalt driveway runs −10% and concrete patio −13%.

Amarillo labor market for concrete driveway

Wages are the part of this estimate that changes most from town to town. 4 trades carry the job here, and each is compared with its US median. The weighted result for Amarillo is 0.80 times the national level.

For cement masons and concrete finishers (47-2051, weighted 50%) the local median is $22.00 an hour, which is 20% below the national $27.41. The middle half of them earn between $20.98 and $27.05 an hour. BLS counts 240 of them working in the area, 19.4 for every 10,000 jobs (US: 13.3), so the local bench is deeper than average.

Construction laborers (47-2061), 30% of the weighting: a median of $18.35 an hour, 19% below the US median of $22.66. The middle half of them earn between $16.77 and $21.85 an hour. About 970 work in the metro. That is 78.3 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 10%) the local median is $23.48 an hour, which is 18% below the national $28.78. The middle half of them earn between $21.41 and $28.73 an hour. BLS counts 490 of them working in the area, 39.5 for every 10,000 jobs (US: 30.7), so the local bench is deeper than average.

For carpenters (47-2031, weighted 10%) the local median is $22.97 an hour, which is 21% below the national $29.12. The middle half of them earn between $18.55 and $29.60 an hour. BLS counts 350 of them working in the area, 28.2 for every 10,000 jobs (US: 43.1), so the local bench is thinner than average.

Quotes come from real crews, not medians. If the cement masons and concrete finishers on your job are paid at the 75th percentile ($27.05 an hour) instead of the median, the labor line grows by about $410. At the 25th percentile ($20.98) it shrinks by about $80. The total moves by 7.5% or 1.5%, so wages alone rarely explain a quote that is far outside our range.

For context on the local economy, BLS counts 123,930 jobs in the Amarillo area. That makes it the 175th largest of the 300 metros we cover, with 0.08% of US employment.

Optional extras in Amarillo

Extras are quoted nationally and then scaled to Amarillo by the average of the local wage index (0.80) and goods index (0.94), a factor of 0.87. 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.

Why two Amarillo quotes can differ

• Grading and drainage

  Professional grading runs $3-$8 per sq ft or $700-$2,500 for a typical job. A sloped lot or poor soil raises it.

• Finish

  Decorative driveways run $10-$25 per sq ft installed: colors and borders at $10-$15, stamped patterns at $15-$20, and high-end finishes at $20-$25+ (HomeGuide).

• Permits and the apron

  A driveway permit is typically $50-$200 and is often required for new work. The apron where the driveway meets the street can need a separate right-of-way permit.

Climate in Amarillo: timing your concrete driveway job

We use NOAA's 1991-2020 climate normals for Amarillo (5 miles from the city center). These are 30-year monthly averages, not forecasts.

April through May and September through October are the stretches where pouring concrete runs into the fewest weather problems in Amarillo (4 of 12 months). January, February, March, November and December have an average overnight low of 40°F or below; June, July and August have an average daytime high of 90°F or more.

The 40°F line is a deliberately cautious stand-in. The American Concrete Institute's cold-weather guide (ACI 306R-16) defines cold-weather concreting around an average daily air temperature below 40°F, which is colder than our test of an average overnight low at or below 40°F, so we flag a few extra shoulder months. In cold weather crews may need heated enclosures, insulating blankets or accelerated mixes, and those measures can raise a quote.

Heat matters for concrete as well. With average highs of 90°F or more in June, July and August, crews often start early, wet the base and plan for faster set times.

Amarillo gets about 20 inches of precipitation in a normal year, including roughly 17 inches of snow. The wettest months are June, July and August (2.9 inches in August). Inside the workable window, April and September are the driest, at 1.4 and 1.7 inches. The station averages about 72 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.