Stamped concrete cost in Hattiesburg, MS

When to schedule stamped concrete in Hattiesburg

We use NOAA's 1991-2020 climate normals for Hattiesburg Chain Muni Ap (5 miles from the city center). These are 30-year monthly averages, not forecasts.

February through May and September through December are the stretches where pouring concrete runs into the fewest weather problems in Hattiesburg (8 of 12 months). January has an average overnight low of 40°F or below; June, 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 June, July and August, crews often start early, wet the base and plan for faster set times.

Hattiesburg gets about 59 inches of precipitation in a normal year. The wettest months are January, June and July (5.8 inches in June). Inside the workable window, October and November are the driest, at 3.7 and 3.7 inches. The station averages about 96 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.

Hattiesburg: what basic, standard and premium work costs

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

Stamped concrete: what moves the price in Hattiesburg

• 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.

Extras that change the Hattiesburg total

Extras are quoted nationally and then scaled to Hattiesburg by the average of the local wage index (0.77) and goods index (0.96), a factor of 0.87. 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.

What nearby projects cost in Hattiesburg

Because every project leans on different trades, Hattiesburg's wage level does not move all prices equally. Against the US midpoint, concrete slab runs −12% and concrete driveway −17%.

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 Hattiesburg is 0.77 times the national level.

Cement masons and concrete finishers (47-2051) carry 60% of the labor weighting. BLS does not publish this trade for the Hattiesburg metro, so we used the Mississippi statewide median: $21.14 an hour against $27.41 for the US. The middle half of them earn between $17.50 and $22.89 an hour.

Construction laborers (47-2061), 30% of the weighting: a median of $17.17 an hour, 24% below the US median of $22.66. The middle half of them earn between $14.92 and $19.52 an hour. About 420 work in the metro. That is 67.5 per 10,000 jobs, compared with 70.5 nationally, so the supply of crews looks typical.

For operating engineers and other construction equipment operators (47-2073, weighted 10%) the local median is $22.61 an hour, which is 21% below the national $28.78. The middle half of them earn between $17.99 and $27.82 an hour. BLS counts 180 of them working in the area, 28.9 for every 10,000 jobs (US: 30.7), so the local bench is about average.

Quotes come from real crews, not medians. If the cement masons and concrete finishers on your job are paid at the 75th percentile ($22.89 an hour) instead of the median, the labor line grows by about $100. At the 25th percentile ($17.50) it shrinks by about $220. The total moves by 2.1% or 4.4%, so wages alone rarely explain a quote that is far outside our range.

For context on the local economy, BLS counts 62,230 jobs in the Hattiesburg area. That makes it the 280th largest of the 300 metros we cover, with 0.04% of US employment.

How Hattiesburg compares

Same job, same size (400 sq ft), priced for the nearest metros. Slidell is the priciest of the group at $5,000. Gulfport is the cheapest at $4,750.

Across 300 US metros, Hattiesburg comes in at #284 from the top. The priciest is Kahului, HI at $8,150; the cheapest is McAllen, TX at $4,550 (midpoints, 400 sq ft). Statewide, Hattiesburg is 1% below the Mississippi figure.

Other Mississippi metros

Cities with a workforce like Hattiesburg's

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