Paver patio cost in Colorado Springs, CO

Climate in Colorado Springs: timing your paver patio job

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

April through October is the stretch where digging, grading and setting material in the ground runs into the fewest weather problems in Colorado Springs (7 of 12 months). 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 160 days a year with a low at or below 32°F at this station.

Colorado Springs gets about 16 inches of precipitation in a normal year, including roughly 33 inches of snow. The wettest months are June, July and August (3.1 inches in July). Inside the workable window, September and October are the driest, at 1.4 and 0.8 inches. The station averages about 23 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.

Colorado Springs: what basic, standard and premium work costs

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

Optional extras in Colorado Springs

Extras are quoted nationally and then scaled to Colorado Springs by the average of the local wage index (1.03) and goods index (0.96), a factor of 1.00. 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 Colorado Springs

Because every project leans on different trades, Colorado Springs's wage level does not move all prices equally. Against the US midpoint, concrete driveway runs level and wood deck −4%.

Specs and site conditions that change a Colorado Springs bid

• Excavation and grading

  Digging out is $1-$5 per sq ft; regrading a sloped yard is $0.40-$2.00 per sq ft.

• 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.

Colorado Springs labor market for paver patio

Wages are the part of this estimate that changes most from town to town. 3 trades carry the job here, and each is compared with its US median. The weighted result for Colorado Springs is 1.03 times the national level.

Construction laborers (47-2061), 50% of the weighting: a median of $22.28 an hour, in line with the US median of $22.66. The middle half of them earn between $19.17 and $24.62 an hour. About 1,790 work in the metro. That is 56.6 per 10,000 jobs, compared with 70.5 nationally, so expect fewer local crews to bid.

Brickmasons and blockmasons (47-2021), 30% of the weighting: a median of $31.50 an hour, 5% above the US median of $29.87. The middle half of them earn between $30.09 and $34.68 an hour. About 60 work in the metro. That is 1.9 per 10,000 jobs, compared with 3.4 nationally, so expect fewer local crews to bid.

For landscaping and groundskeeping workers (37-3011, weighted 20%) the local median is $20.90 an hour, which is 11% above the national $18.82. The middle half of them earn between $18.73 and $22.38 an hour. BLS counts 2,410 of them working in the area, 76.3 for every 10,000 jobs (US: 61.3), so the local bench is deeper than average.

Quotes come from real crews, not medians. If the construction laborers on your job are paid at the 75th percentile ($24.62 an hour) instead of the median, the labor line grows by about $130. At the 25th percentile ($19.17) it shrinks by about $170. The total moves by 3.1% or 4.1%, so wages alone rarely explain a quote that is far outside our range.

For context on the local economy, BLS counts 316,060 jobs in the Colorado Springs area. That makes it the 81st largest of the 300 metros we cover, with 0.20% of US employment.

Colorado Springs against nearby metros and the rest of Colorado

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 300 sq ft range from $4,150 to $4,550 across Colorado Springs and its five closest metros.

Across 300 US metros, Colorado Springs comes in at #135 from the top. The priciest is Kahului, HI at $5,650; the cheapest is Dothan, AL at $3,500 (midpoints, 300 sq ft). Statewide, Colorado Springs is 3% below the Colorado figure.

Other Colorado metros

Cities with a workforce like Colorado Springs's

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