Paver patio cost in Peoria, IL

Related projects, priced for Peoria

Jobs that often go together with paver patio are priced below at their usual sizes, using the same Peoria wage and price inputs. Compared with national midpoints, concrete driveway comes out highest (+19%) and wood deck lowest (+8%); the gap comes from the trades each job uses.

Who does the work: Peoria 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 Peoria the blend is 1.29.

For construction laborers (47-2061, weighted 50%) the local median is $30.27 an hour, which is 34% above the national $22.66. The middle half of them earn between $22.67 and $37.76 an hour. BLS counts 1,020 of them working in the area, 61.4 for every 10,000 jobs (US: 70.5), so the local bench is about average.

Brickmasons and blockmasons (47-2021) carry 30% of the labor weighting. BLS does not publish this trade for the Peoria metro, so we used the Illinois statewide median: $43.26 an hour against $29.87 for the US. The middle half of them earn between $30.02 and $49.16 an hour.

Landscaping and groundskeeping workers (37-3011), 20% of the weighting: a median of $17.95 an hour, 5% below the US median of $18.82. The middle half of them earn between $15.97 and $22.38 an hour. About 1,050 work in the metro. That is 63.2 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 $420 to the midpoint estimate; the 25th percentile takes off about $430. That is a swing of roughly 8.8% to 8.7% of the total, which is useful for judging whether a bid reflects wages or something else, such as scope or margin.

Peoria has 166,020 jobs in total (BLS, May 2025), ranking 141st by size among the 300 metros on this site.

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

The cited range is split into basic, standard and premium bands, then scaled to Peoria. 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).

Why two Peoria quotes can differ

• 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.

The best months for paver patio in Peoria

Climate numbers on this page come from NOAA's 1991-2020 U.S. Climate Normals at the nearest suitable station, Peoria Gtr Peoria Ap (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 Peoria are April through November: 8 of 12. Outside them, January, February, March and December have an average overnight low at or below freezing (32°F).

In January, February, March 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 118 days a year with a low at or below 32°F at this station.

Peoria gets about 38 inches of precipitation in a normal year, including roughly 26 inches of snow. The wettest months are April, May and June (4.7 inches in May). Inside the workable window, October and November are the driest, at 3.2 and 2.7 inches. The station averages about 23 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.

Optional extras in Peoria

Add-ons start from national price ranges and are scaled by 1.11 for Peoria, which is the average of the area's wage index (1.29) and goods price index (0.94). The estimator above can add them to your total.

How Peoria compares

Of the five closest metros, all are cheaper than Peoria. Davenport is the lowest at about $4,400 (midpoint, 300 sq ft), 65 miles away.

Out of the 300 metros we cover, Peoria ranks #28 for the cost of this job (#1 is the most expensive). Statewide, Peoria is 4% below the Illinois figure.

Elsewhere in Illinois

Metros of a similar size

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