Stamped concrete cost in Little Rock, AR

Pick a size, pick a tier: stamped concrete pricing in Little Rock

The cited range is split into basic, standard and premium bands, then scaled to Little Rock. Bands overlap, because plenty of standard jobs cost as much as a light premium one. Sizes run from 10x20 patio (200 sq ft) to 2-car driveway (600 sq ft).

Stamped concrete: what moves the price in Little Rock

• Pattern and color

  Basic to average coloring runs $8-$19 per sq ft. A 2-car stamped driveway runs $12-$18 per sq ft (HomeGuide); Estimators.us puts decorative slabs at $15-$30.

• Specialist labor

  Stamping has to be done before the concrete sets, so crews arrive in larger teams and charge for it.

• Sealing and vapor barrier

  Sealer is usually quoted separately; vapor barrier material is $0.20-$1.50 per sq ft depending on thickness (HomeGuide).

Is Little Rock cheap or dear? The local comparison

Of the five closest metros, 4 are cheaper than Little Rock. Fort Smith is the lowest at about $4,650 (midpoint, 400 sq ft), 125 miles away.

Out of the 300 metros we cover, Little Rock ranks #281 for the cost of this job (#1 is the most expensive). Statewide, Little Rock is 0% below the Arkansas figure.

Elsewhere in Arkansas

Metros of a similar size

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

The best months for stamped concrete in Little Rock

Climate numbers on this page come from NOAA's 1991-2020 U.S. Climate Normals at the nearest suitable station, Little Rock Ap Adams Fld (5 miles from the city center). They are 30-year averages, so any one year can run hotter, colder or wetter.

For pouring concrete, the comfortable months in Little Rock are March through June and September through October: 6 of 12. Outside them, January, February, November and December have an average overnight low of 40°F or below, and July and August have an average daytime high of 90°F or more.

The 40°F line is a deliberately cautious stand-in. The American Concrete Institute's cold-weather guide (ACI 306R-16) defines cold-weather concreting around an average daily air temperature below 40°F, which is colder than our test of an average overnight low at or below 40°F, so we flag a few extra shoulder months. In cold weather crews may need heated enclosures, insulating blankets or accelerated mixes, and those measures can raise a quote.

Heat matters for concrete as well. With average highs of 90°F or more in July and August, crews often start early, wet the base and plan for faster set times.

Little Rock gets about 50 inches of precipitation in a normal year, including roughly 4 inches of snow. The wettest months are April, May and December (5.6 inches in April). Inside the workable window, June and September are the driest, at 3.5 and 3.0 inches. The station averages about 76 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.

Planning more than one job in Little Rock?

Jobs that often go together with stamped concrete are priced below at their usual sizes, using the same Little Rock wage and price inputs. Compared with national midpoints, paver patio comes out highest (−11%) and concrete driveway lowest (−16%); the gap comes from the trades each job uses.

Optional extras in Little Rock

Add-ons start from national price ranges and are scaled by 0.87 for Little Rock, which is the average of the area's wage index (0.80) and goods price index (0.94). The estimator above can add them to your total.

Who does the work: Little Rock 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 Little Rock the blend is 0.80.

Cement masons and concrete finishers (47-2051), 60% of the weighting: a median of $22.13 an hour, 19% below the US median of $27.41. The middle half of them earn between $18.19 and $23.85 an hour. About 420 work in the metro. That is 11.7 per 10,000 jobs, compared with 13.3 nationally, so the supply of crews looks typical.

For construction laborers (47-2061, weighted 30%) the local median is $17.88 an hour, which is 21% below the national $22.66. The middle half of them earn between $16.75 and $20.34 an hour. BLS counts 2,790 of them working in the area, 77.9 for every 10,000 jobs (US: 70.5), so the local bench is about average.

Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators (47-2073), 10% of the weighting: a median of $22.25 an hour, 23% below the US median of $28.78. The middle half of them earn between $19.43 and $23.95 an hour. About 1,230 work in the metro. That is 34.3 per 10,000 jobs, compared with 30.7 nationally, so the supply of crews looks typical.

A quick sensitivity check: moving the lead trade (cement masons and concrete finishers) from the median to the 75th percentile wage adds about $100 to the midpoint estimate; the 25th percentile takes off about $230. That is a swing of roughly 4.8% to 2.1% of the total, which is useful for judging whether a bid reflects wages or something else, such as scope or margin.

Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway has 358,210 jobs in total (BLS, May 2025), ranking 72nd by size among the 300 metros on this site.