Concrete slab cost in Oxnard, CA

How Oxnard compares

Of the five closest metros, 4 are cheaper than Oxnard. Visalia is the lowest at about $3,950 (midpoint, 400 sq ft), 130 miles away.

Across 300 US metros, Oxnard comes in at #25 from the top. The priciest is Kahului, HI at $5,300; the cheapest is McAllen, TX at $3,200 (midpoints, 400 sq ft). Statewide, Oxnard is 1% below the California figure.

Other California metros

Cities with a workforce like Oxnard's

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

Climate in Oxnard: timing your concrete slab job

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

Weather is not a serious constraint for pouring concrete in Oxnard: no month in the averages is cold enough (an average overnight low of 40°F or below) or hot enough (an average daytime high of 90°F or more) to rule it out, so the workable window is all year.

Oxnard gets about 13 inches of precipitation in a normal year. The wettest months are January, February and March (3.3 inches in February). The station averages about 2 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.

Oxnard labor market for concrete slab

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 Oxnard is 1.20 times the national level.

For cement masons and concrete finishers (47-2051, weighted 50%) the local median is $30.81 an hour, which is 12% above the national $27.41. The middle half of them earn between $26.24 and $45.99 an hour. BLS counts 580 of them working in the area, 17.9 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 $28.34 an hour, 25% above the US median of $22.66. The middle half of them earn between $23.22 and $36.96 an hour. About 1,790 work in the metro. That is 55.3 per 10,000 jobs, compared with 70.5 nationally, so expect fewer local crews to bid.

For operating engineers and other construction equipment operators (47-2073, weighted 10%) the local median is $40.05 an hour, which is 39% above the national $28.78. The middle half of them earn between $32.90 and $60.07 an hour. BLS counts 780 of them working in the area, 24.1 for every 10,000 jobs (US: 30.7), so the local bench is thinner than average.

For carpenters (47-2031, weighted 10%) the local median is $35.61 an hour, which is 22% above the national $29.12. The middle half of them earn between $29.47 and $40.40 an hour. BLS counts 2,050 of them working in the area, 63.3 for every 10,000 jobs (US: 43.1), so the local bench is deeper 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 ($45.99 an hour) instead of the median, the labor line grows by about $440. At the 25th percentile ($26.24) it shrinks by about $130. The total moves by 10.4% or 3.1%, so wages alone rarely explain a quote that is far outside our range.

For context on the local economy, BLS counts 323,890 jobs in the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura area. That makes it the 79th largest of the 300 metros we cover, with 0.21% of US employment.

Concrete slab: what moves the price in Oxnard

• Base and reinforcement

  A compacted gravel base, vapor barrier, and wire mesh or rebar are priced separately by some contractors and bundled by others. Ask which one your quote does.

• Truck and pump access

  If the mixer truck can't back up to the forms, someone has to wheelbarrow it in or hire a pump. Pump or line-pump hire is typically billed per day.

• Small-job minimums

  Many crews have a minimum charge, so a 10x10 pad can cost more per square foot than a 20x20 slab.

Planning more than one job in Oxnard?

Because every project leans on different trades, Oxnard's wage level does not move all prices equally. Against the US midpoint, asphalt driveway runs +20% and detached garage +12%.

Pick a size, pick a tier: concrete slab pricing in Oxnard

Three bands are cut from the same cited range and localized for Oxnard 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 5 common sizes.

Optional extras in Oxnard

Extras are quoted nationally and then scaled to Oxnard by the average of the local wage index (1.20) and goods index (1.05), a factor of 1.13. 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.