Paver patio cost in Sioux Falls, SD

Is Sioux Falls cheap or dear? The local comparison

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 $4,000 to $4,750 across Sioux Falls and its five closest metros.

Across 300 US metros, Sioux Falls comes in at #166 from the top. The priciest is Kahului, HI at $5,650; the cheapest is Dothan, AL at $3,500 (midpoints, 300 sq ft). Statewide, Sioux Falls is 2% above the South Dakota figure.

Other South Dakota metros

Cities with a workforce like Sioux Falls's

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

Climate in Sioux Falls: timing your paver patio job

We use NOAA's 1991-2020 climate normals for Sioux Falls (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 Sioux Falls (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 162 days a year with a low at or below 32°F at this station.

Sioux Falls gets about 28 inches of precipitation in a normal year, including roughly 45 inches of snow. The wettest months are May, June and August (4.2 inches in June). Inside the workable window, September and October are the driest, at 2.7 and 2.4 inches. The station averages about 15 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.

Paver patio: what moves the price in Sioux Falls

• 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).

Sioux Falls 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 Sioux Falls is 0.98 times the national level.

Construction laborers (47-2061), 50% of the weighting: a median of $22.53 an hour, in line with the US median of $22.66. The middle half of them earn between $18.79 and $23.83 an hour. About 700 work in the metro. That is 39.2 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 $29.55 an hour, in line with the US median of $29.87. The middle half of them earn between $22.46 and $33.28 an hour. About 160 work in the metro. That is 9.0 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 $17.98 an hour, which is 4% below the national $18.82. The middle half of them earn between $16.38 and $22.00 an hour. BLS counts 1,090 of them working in the area, 61.0 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 ($23.83 an hour) instead of the median, the labor line grows by about $75. At the 25th percentile ($18.79) it shrinks by about $210. The total moves by 1.8% or 5.1%, so wages alone rarely explain a quote that is far outside our range.

For context on the local economy, BLS counts 178,590 jobs in the Sioux Falls area. That makes it the 130th largest of the 300 metros we cover, with 0.11% of US employment.

Sioux Falls: what basic, standard and premium work costs

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

Related projects, priced for Sioux Falls

Because every project leans on different trades, Sioux Falls's wage level does not move all prices equally. Against the US midpoint, retaining wall runs −3% and wood deck −9%.

Extras that change the Sioux Falls total

Extras are quoted nationally and then scaled to Sioux Falls by the average of the local wage index (0.98) and goods index (0.95), 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.