Stamped concrete cost in Honolulu, HI

Who does the work: Honolulu 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 Honolulu the blend is 1.71.

Cement masons and concrete finishers (47-2051), 60% of the weighting: a median of $46.28 an hour, 69% above the US median of $27.41. The middle half of them earn between $33.80 and $47.60 an hour. About 500 work in the metro. That is 11.2 per 10,000 jobs, compared with 13.3 nationally, so expect fewer local crews to bid.

For construction laborers (47-2061, weighted 30%) the local median is $37.48 an hour, which is 65% above the national $22.66. The middle half of them earn between $24.21 and $41.41 an hour. BLS counts 3,040 of them working in the area, 68.1 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 $56.55 an hour, 96% above the US median of $28.78. The middle half of them earn between $42.10 and $57.93 an hour. About 1,430 work in the metro. That is 32.0 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 $80 to the midpoint estimate; the 25th percentile takes off about $740. That is a swing of roughly 9.4% to 1.0% of the total, which is useful for judging whether a bid reflects wages or something else, such as scope or margin.

Urban Honolulu has 446,380 jobs in total (BLS, May 2025), ranking 56th by size among the 300 metros on this site.

How Honolulu compares

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 $6,100 to $8,150 across Honolulu and its five closest metros.

Out of the 300 metros we cover, Honolulu ranks #2 for the cost of this job (#1 is the most expensive). Statewide, Honolulu is 0% above the Hawaii figure.

Elsewhere in Hawaii

Metros of a similar size

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

Optional extras in Honolulu

Add-ons start from national price ranges and are scaled by 1.41 for Honolulu, which is the average of the area's wage index (1.71) and goods price index (1.12). The estimator above can add them to your total.

The best months for stamped concrete in Honolulu

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

Weather is not a serious constraint for pouring concrete in Honolulu: 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.

Honolulu gets about 16 inches of precipitation in a normal year. The wettest months are March, November and December (2.4 inches in March). The station averages about 32 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.

Honolulu: what basic, standard and premium work costs

The cited range is split into basic, standard and premium bands, then scaled to Honolulu. 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 Honolulu

• 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).

Related projects, priced for Honolulu

Jobs that often go together with stamped concrete are priced below at their usual sizes, using the same Honolulu wage and price inputs. Compared with national midpoints, concrete driveway comes out highest (+51%) and paver patio lowest (+31%); the gap comes from the trades each job uses.