Paver patio cost in Maine

Wages behind the Maine number

Maine's labor line is priced from 3 trades, each compared with its US median wage. After weighting by each trade's share of the work, the state comes out at 0.93 times the national level.

For construction laborers (47-2061, weighted 50%) the local median is $22.32 an hour, which is in line with the national $22.66. The middle half of them earn between $19.51 and $25.51 an hour. BLS counts 3,960 of them working in the state, 61.8 for every 10,000 jobs (US: 70.5), so the local bench is about average.

For brickmasons and blockmasons (47-2021, weighted 30%) the local median is $20.54 an hour, which is 31% below the national $29.87. The middle half of them earn between $19.31 and $28.53 an hour. BLS counts 90 of them working in the state, 1.4 for every 10,000 jobs (US: 3.4), so the local bench is thinner than average.

Landscaping and groundskeeping workers (37-3011), 20% of the weighting: a median of $22.10 an hour, 17% above the US median of $18.82. The middle half of them earn between $18.30 and $23.25 an hour. About 6,410 work in the state. That is 100.1 per 10,000 jobs, compared with 61.3 nationally, which suggests plenty of local crews to bid.

A crew paid at the 75th percentile for construction laborers ($25.51 an hour) would add about $180 to the statewide midpoint; one at the 25th percentile ($19.51) would take off about $160. Use that as a rough guide to how far a bid can sit from our midpoint on wages alone.

BLS counts 640,610 jobs across Maine (May 2025), which is 0.4% of US employment.

Extras that change the Maine total

Add-ons start from national price ranges and are scaled by 0.95 for Maine, which is the average of the area's wage index (0.93) and goods price index (0.97). The estimator above can add them to your total.

Why two Maine quotes can differ

• 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).

• Base prep

  The base (road base, fabric, edging, bedding and joint sand) is $1.40-$2.20 per sq ft of the materials number.

• 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.

Other Maine jobs that often go with paver patio

Each project weights the trades differently, so Maine's wage level does not push every price by the same amount. Compared with the US midpoint, wood deck is −1% and retaining wall −9%.

Basic, standard or premium: Maine prices

Bands overlap on purpose, since a good standard job can cost as much as a light premium one. Below are the three bands for the default size, then a grid from 12x12 (144 sq ft) to pool deck (800 sq ft).

How Maine compares with nearby states

Maine ranks 39 of 51 (the 50 states plus DC) for paver patio, where 1 is the most expensive. The costliest is Hawaii at $5,550 and the cheapest Mississippi at $3,650, both for 300 sq ft at the midpoint. Maine sits at $4,000. The five states closest by workforce center are listed below.

Paver patio cost by metro in Maine

1 of the 2 metros sit above the statewide midpoint of $4,000, and the top-to-bottom gap is 4%. Each row prices the default size with that metro's own BLS wages and BEA price levels, so the gap between rows is real local variation rather than a flat markup.

Maine seasons and paver patio

Weather decides when digging and ground work can happen, and Maine is not uniform. The table uses NOAA's 1991-2020 climate normals from the weather station nearest each metro we cover, and counts the months that are neither cold nor hot enough to complicate the job.

Portland has the longest comfortable season of the metros we cover in Maine at 7 months (April through October); Bangor has the shortest at 6 (May through October). Rainfall runs from 42 inches a year in Bangor to 48 inches in Portland.

We do not adjust prices by month, because we have no reliable published data on seasonal pricing. Timing is still worth raising when you collect bids.