Stamped concrete cost in Oxnard, CA

Cost by quality level and size in Oxnard

Three bands are cut from the same cited range and localized for Oxnard 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 3 common sizes.

Is Oxnard 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 400 sq ft range from $5,750 to $6,350 across Oxnard and its five closest metros.

Across 300 US metros, Oxnard comes in at #28 from the top. The priciest is Kahului, HI at $8,150; the cheapest is McAllen, TX at $4,550 (midpoints, 400 sq ft). Statewide, Oxnard is 0% below the California figure.

Other California metros

Cities with a workforce like Oxnard's

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

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 Oxnard is 1.19 times the national level.

For cement masons and concrete finishers (47-2051, weighted 60%) the local median is $30.81 an hour, which is 12% above the national $27.41. The middle half of them earn between $26.24 and $45.99 an hour. BLS counts 580 of them working in the area, 17.9 for every 10,000 jobs (US: 13.3), so the local bench is deeper than average.

Construction laborers (47-2061), 30% of the weighting: a median of $28.34 an hour, 25% above the US median of $22.66. The middle half of them earn between $23.22 and $36.96 an hour. About 1,790 work in the metro. That is 55.3 per 10,000 jobs, compared with 70.5 nationally, so expect fewer local crews to bid.

For operating engineers and other construction equipment operators (47-2073, weighted 10%) the local median is $40.05 an hour, which is 39% above the national $28.78. The middle half of them earn between $32.90 and $60.07 an hour. BLS counts 780 of them working in the area, 24.1 for every 10,000 jobs (US: 30.7), so the local bench is thinner than average.

Quotes come from real crews, not medians. If the cement masons and concrete finishers on your job are paid at the 75th percentile ($45.99 an hour) instead of the median, the labor line grows by about $900. At the 25th percentile ($26.24) it shrinks by about $270. The total moves by 14.3% or 4.3%, so wages alone rarely explain a quote that is far outside our range.

For context on the local economy, BLS counts 323,890 jobs in the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura area. That makes it the 79th largest of the 300 metros we cover, with 0.21% of US employment.

What nearby projects cost in Oxnard

Because every project leans on different trades, Oxnard's wage level does not move all prices equally. Against the US midpoint, asphalt driveway runs +20% and concrete slab +12%.

Add-ons priced for Oxnard

Extras are quoted nationally and then scaled to Oxnard by the average of the local wage index (1.19) and goods index (1.05), a factor of 1.12. 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.

Why two Oxnard quotes can differ

• Sealing and vapor barrier

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

• Not included

  These prices don't include site prep that depends on the project: demolition, grading, or a thicker base.

• 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.

When to schedule stamped concrete in Oxnard

We use NOAA's 1991-2020 climate normals for Oxnard Ventura Co Ap (in the city). These are 30-year monthly averages, not forecasts.

Weather is not a serious constraint for pouring concrete in Oxnard: no month in the averages is cold enough (an average overnight low of 40°F or below) or hot enough (an average daytime high of 90°F or more) to rule it out, so the workable window is all year.

Oxnard gets about 13 inches of precipitation in a normal year. The wettest months are January, February and March (3.3 inches in February). The station averages about 2 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.