Paver patio cost in Youngstown, OH

What nearby projects cost in Youngstown

Because every project leans on different trades, Youngstown's wage level does not move all prices equally. Against the US midpoint, concrete driveway runs level and wood deck −5%.

Specs and site conditions that change a Youngstown bid

• 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).

Local wages behind the labor line

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 Youngstown is 1.00 times the national level.

Construction laborers (47-2061), 50% of the weighting: a median of $23.36 an hour, 3% above the US median of $22.66. The middle half of them earn between $18.83 and $31.39 an hour. About 850 work in the metro. That is 53.1 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 $29.53 an hour, in line with the US median of $29.87. The middle half of them earn between $22.91 and $36.06 an hour. About 130 work in the metro. That is 8.1 per 10,000 jobs, compared with 3.4 nationally, which suggests plenty of local crews to bid.

For landscaping and groundskeeping workers (37-3011, weighted 20%) the local median is $17.28 an hour, which is 8% below the national $18.82. The middle half of them earn between $14.16 and $19.59 an hour. BLS counts 1,030 of them working in the area, 64.3 for every 10,000 jobs (US: 61.3), so the local bench is about average.

Quotes come from real crews, not medians. If the construction laborers on your job are paid at the 75th percentile ($31.39 an hour) instead of the median, the labor line grows by about $450. At the 25th percentile ($18.83) it shrinks by about $250. The total moves by 11.0% or 6.2%, so wages alone rarely explain a quote that is far outside our range.

For context on the local economy, BLS counts 160,160 jobs in the Youngstown-Warren area. That makes it the 148th largest of the 300 metros we cover, with 0.10% of US employment.

How Youngstown compares

Of the five closest metros, none is cheaper than Youngstown. Erie comes closest at about $4,150.

Across 300 US metros, Youngstown comes in at #170 from the top. The priciest is Kahului, HI at $5,650; the cheapest is Dothan, AL at $3,500 (midpoints, 300 sq ft). Statewide, Youngstown is 8% below the Ohio figure.

Other Ohio metros

Cities with a workforce like Youngstown's

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

Cost by quality level and size in Youngstown

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

When to schedule paver patio in Youngstown

We use NOAA's 1991-2020 climate normals for Youngstown Rgnl Ap (10 miles from the city center). These are 30-year monthly averages, not forecasts.

April through November is the stretch where digging, grading and setting material in the ground runs into the fewest weather problems in Youngstown (8 of 12 months). 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 127 days a year with a low at or below 32°F at this station.

Youngstown gets about 41 inches of precipitation in a normal year, including roughly 68 inches of snow. The wettest months are June, July and September (4.3 inches in July). Inside the workable window, October and November are the driest, at 3.3 and 3.0 inches. The station averages about 8 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.

Extras that change the Youngstown total

Extras are quoted nationally and then scaled to Youngstown by the average of the local wage index (1.00) and goods index (0.94), a factor of 0.97. 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.