Paver patio cost in Burlington, VT

Planning more than one job in Burlington?

Because every project leans on different trades, Burlington's wage level does not move all prices equally. Against the US midpoint, concrete driveway runs +4% and retaining wall −1%.

Specs and site conditions that change a Burlington 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).

Burlington against nearby metros and the rest of Vermont

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 $4,100 to $4,700 across Burlington and its five closest metros.

Across 300 US metros, Burlington comes in at #110 from the top. The priciest is Kahului, HI at $5,650; the cheapest is Dothan, AL at $3,500 (midpoints, 300 sq ft). Statewide, Burlington is 2% above the Vermont figure.

Burlington is the only Vermont metro we cover, so the statewide page is the only in-state comparison. It uses statewide wages, which include rural areas.

Cities with a workforce like Burlington's

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

Cost by quality level and size in Burlington

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

We use NOAA's 1991-2020 climate normals for Burlington Intl 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 Burlington (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 145 days a year with a low at or below 32°F at this station.

Burlington gets about 38 inches of precipitation in a normal year, including roughly 88 inches of snow. The wettest months are June, July and October (4.3 inches in June). Inside the workable window, April and August are the driest, at 3.1 and 3.5 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.

Optional extras in Burlington

Extras are quoted nationally and then scaled to Burlington by the average of the local wage index (1.07) and goods index (0.97), a factor of 1.02. 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.

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 Burlington is 1.07 times the national level.

Construction laborers (47-2061), 50% of the weighting: a median of $24.01 an hour, 6% above the US median of $22.66. The middle half of them earn between $23.00 and $28.38 an hour. About 460 work in the metro. That is 38.3 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 $29.84 an hour, in line with the US median of $29.87. The middle half of them earn between $29.64 and $32.00 an hour. About 40 work in the metro. That is 3.3 per 10,000 jobs, compared with 3.4 nationally, so the supply of crews looks typical.

For landscaping and groundskeeping workers (37-3011, weighted 20%) the local median is $22.47 an hour, which is 19% above the national $18.82. The middle half of them earn between $18.99 and $24.79 an hour. BLS counts 600 of them working in the area, 49.9 for every 10,000 jobs (US: 61.3), so the local bench is thinner than average.

Quotes come from real crews, not medians. If the construction laborers on your job are paid at the 75th percentile ($28.38 an hour) instead of the median, the labor line grows by about $250. At the 25th percentile ($23.00) it shrinks by about $55. The total moves by 5.6% or 1.3%, so wages alone rarely explain a quote that is far outside our range.

For context on the local economy, BLS counts 120,150 jobs in the Burlington-South Burlington area. That makes it the 182nd largest of the 300 metros we cover, with 0.08% of US employment.