Concrete slab cost in Medford, OR

Medford against nearby metros and the rest of Oregon

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 400 sq ft range from $4,000 to $4,200 across Medford and its five closest metros.

Across 300 US metros, Medford comes in at #58 from the top. The priciest is Kahului, HI at $5,300; the cheapest is McAllen, TX at $3,200 (midpoints, 400 sq ft). Statewide, Medford is 4% below the Oregon figure.

Other Oregon metros

Cities with a workforce like Medford's

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

Extras that change the Medford total

Extras are quoted nationally and then scaled to Medford by the average of the local wage index (1.06) and goods index (1.05), a factor of 1.06. 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.

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

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

Climate in Medford: timing your concrete slab job

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

April through June and September through October are the stretches where pouring concrete runs into the fewest weather problems in Medford (5 of 12 months). January, February, March, November and December have an average overnight low of 40°F or below; 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 July and August, crews often start early, wet the base and plan for faster set times.

Medford gets about 18 inches of precipitation in a normal year, including roughly 3 inches of snow. The wettest months are January, November and December (3.5 inches in December). Inside the workable window, June and September are the driest, at 0.7 and 0.5 inches. The station averages about 61 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.

Why two Medford quotes can differ

• 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).

Medford 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 Medford is 1.06 times the national level.

For cement masons and concrete finishers (47-2051, weighted 50%) the local median is $29.81 an hour, which is 9% above the national $27.41. The middle half of them earn between $26.38 and $34.90 an hour. BLS counts 120 of them working in the area, 13.5 for every 10,000 jobs (US: 13.3), so the local bench is about average.

Construction laborers (47-2061), 30% of the weighting: a median of $23.72 an hour, 5% above the US median of $22.66. The middle half of them earn between $21.42 and $29.22 an hour. About 520 work in the metro. That is 58.4 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 $30.01 an hour, which is 4% above the national $28.78. The middle half of them earn between $26.77 and $37.14 an hour. BLS counts 270 of them working in the area, 30.3 for every 10,000 jobs (US: 30.7), so the local bench is about average.

For carpenters (47-2031, weighted 10%) the local median is $27.85 an hour, which is 4% below the national $29.12. The middle half of them earn between $24.01 and $35.12 an hour. BLS counts 910 of them working in the area, 102.2 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 ($34.90 an hour) instead of the median, the labor line grows by about $150. At the 25th percentile ($26.38) it shrinks by about $100. The total moves by 3.7% or 2.5%, so wages alone rarely explain a quote that is far outside our range.

For context on the local economy, BLS counts 89,060 jobs in the Medford area. That makes it the 220th largest of the 300 metros we cover, with 0.06% of US employment.

Related projects, priced for Medford

Because every project leans on different trades, Medford's wage level does not move all prices equally. Against the US midpoint, asphalt driveway runs +7% and detached garage +5%.