Concrete slab cost in Bend, OR

Concrete slab: what moves the price in Bend

• Small-job minimums

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

• Finish

  A broom finish is the baseline. Stamped, stained, or exposed-aggregate finishes are priced as add-ons on top of the slab.

• Thickness and mix

  A 4-inch slab uses about 1.23 cubic yards of concrete per 100 sq ft; a 6-inch slab uses about 1.85. Stepping up from a 3,000 PSI to a 4,000-4,500 PSI mix adds $10-$40 per cubic yard (Estimators.us).

Cost by quality level and size in Bend

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

Extras that change the Bend total

Extras are quoted nationally and then scaled to Bend by the average of the local wage index (1.13) and goods index (1.05), a factor of 1.09. 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.

What nearby projects cost in Bend

Because every project leans on different trades, Bend's wage level does not move all prices equally. Against the US midpoint, concrete driveway runs +10% and detached garage +9%.

Bend against nearby metros and the rest of Oregon

Of the five closest metros, 2 are cheaper than Bend. Eugene is the lowest at about $4,000 (midpoint, 400 sq ft), 100 miles away.

Across 300 US metros, Bend comes in at #39 from the top. The priciest is Kahului, HI at $5,300; the cheapest is McAllen, TX at $3,200 (midpoints, 400 sq ft). Statewide, Bend is 1% below the Oregon figure.

Other Oregon metros

Cities with a workforce like Bend's

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

Bend 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 Bend is 1.13 times the national level.

For cement masons and concrete finishers (47-2051, weighted 50%) the local median is $31.63 an hour, which is 15% above the national $27.41. The middle half of them earn between $27.86 and $37.11 an hour. BLS counts 220 of them working in the area, 20.3 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 $25.37 an hour, 12% above the US median of $22.66. The middle half of them earn between $22.68 and $29.52 an hour. About 780 work in the metro. That is 72.1 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 $32.46 an hour, which is 13% above the national $28.78. The middle half of them earn between $29.73 and $38.88 an hour. BLS counts 580 of them working in the area, 53.6 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 $29.64 an hour, which is in line with the national $29.12. The middle half of them earn between $23.71 and $35.99 an hour. BLS counts 1,180 of them working in the area, 109.0 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 ($37.11 an hour) instead of the median, the labor line grows by about $160. At the 25th percentile ($27.86) it shrinks by about $110. The total moves by 3.9% or 2.7%, so wages alone rarely explain a quote that is far outside our range.

For context on the local economy, BLS counts 108,240 jobs in the Bend area. That makes it the 193rd largest of the 300 metros we cover, with 0.07% of US employment.

Climate in Bend: timing your concrete slab job

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

June through September is the stretch where pouring concrete runs into the fewest weather problems in Bend (4 of 12 months). January, February, March, April, May, October, November and December have an average overnight low of 40°F or below.

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.

Bend gets about 11 inches of precipitation in a normal year, including roughly 22 inches of snow. The wettest months are January, November and December (2.1 inches in December). Inside the workable window, August and September are the driest, at 0.3 and 0.3 inches. The station averages about 16 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.