Paver patio cost in Boulder, CO

Extras that change the Boulder total

Add-ons start from national price ranges and are scaled by 1.01 for Boulder, which is the average of the area's wage index (1.07) and goods price index (0.96). The estimator above can add them to your total.

Boulder against nearby metros and the rest of Colorado

Of the five closest metros, 4 are cheaper than Boulder. Cheyenne is the lowest at about $4,100 (midpoint, 300 sq ft), 90 miles away.

Out of the 300 metros we cover, Boulder ranks #113 for the cost of this job (#1 is the most expensive). Statewide, Boulder is 0% below the Colorado figure.

Elsewhere in Colorado

Metros of a similar size

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

Paver patio: what moves the price in Boulder

• Pattern

  Herringbone and curves take longer to lay and waste more stone than a running bond.

• Permit

  At-grade patios often need no permit; add a retaining wall, a cover, or a connection to the house and that changes.

• Paver material

  Pavers alone average $2-$4 per sq ft but the full range is $1-$15 depending on concrete, brick, or natural stone (HomeGuide).

Pick a size, pick a tier: paver patio pricing in Boulder

The cited range is split into basic, standard and premium bands, then scaled to Boulder. Bands overlap, because plenty of standard jobs cost as much as a light premium one. Sizes run from 12x12 (144 sq ft) to pool deck (800 sq ft).

Who does the work: Boulder trade wages

The labor line is built from BLS wage data, one trade at a time. This job draws on 3 trades. We compare each trade's local median with the US median, weight the ratios by how much of the job each trade does, and apply the blend to the national labor cost. For Boulder the blend is 1.07.

For construction laborers (47-2061, weighted 50%) the local median is $23.07 an hour, which is in line with the national $22.66. The middle half of them earn between $19.64 and $28.23 an hour. BLS counts 540 of them working in the area, 28.1 for every 10,000 jobs (US: 70.5), so the local bench is thinner than average.

Brickmasons and blockmasons (47-2021) carry 30% of the labor weighting. BLS does not publish this trade for the Boulder metro, so we used the Colorado statewide median: $31.37 an hour against $29.87 for the US. The middle half of them earn between $24.63 and $36.12 an hour.

Landscaping and groundskeeping workers (37-3011), 20% of the weighting: a median of $22.85 an hour, 21% above the US median of $18.82. The middle half of them earn between $20.81 and $28.45 an hour. About 1,200 work in the metro. That is 62.4 per 10,000 jobs, compared with 61.3 nationally, so the supply of crews looks typical.

A quick sensitivity check: moving the lead trade (construction laborers) from the median to the 75th percentile wage adds about $290 to the midpoint estimate; the 25th percentile takes off about $190. That is a swing of roughly 4.4% to 6.7% of the total, which is useful for judging whether a bid reflects wages or something else, such as scope or margin.

Boulder has 192,390 jobs in total (BLS, May 2025), ranking 119th by size among the 300 metros on this site.

Related projects, priced for Boulder

Jobs that often go together with paver patio are priced below at their usual sizes, using the same Boulder wage and price inputs. Compared with national midpoints, concrete driveway comes out highest (+2%) and wood deck lowest (−2%); the gap comes from the trades each job uses.

The best months for paver patio in Boulder

Climate numbers on this page come from NOAA's 1991-2020 U.S. Climate Normals at the nearest suitable station, Boulder (5 miles from the city center). They are 30-year averages, so any one year can run hotter, colder or wetter.

For digging, grading and setting material in the ground, the comfortable months in Boulder are April through October: 7 of 12. Outside them, January, February, March, November and December have an average overnight low at or below freezing (32°F).

In January, February, March, November and December the average low is at or below freezing, which means frozen ground and slower digging, compaction and sod or stone placement. NOAA counts about 138 days a year with a low at or below 32°F at this station.

Boulder gets about 21 inches of precipitation in a normal year, including roughly 93 inches of snow. The wettest months are April, May and September (3.2 inches in May). Inside the workable window, August and October are the driest, at 1.7 and 1.6 inches. The station averages about 33 days a year at 90°F or above.

We do not adjust the estimate by month, because we have no reliable published data on seasonal pricing. It is still worth asking contractors whether an off-peak start date changes their bid.