Stamped concrete cost in Binghamton, NY

Specs and site conditions that change a Binghamton bid

• 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).

• Not included

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

Cost by quality level and size in Binghamton

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

Planning more than one job in Binghamton?

Because every project leans on different trades, Binghamton's wage level does not move all prices equally. Against the US midpoint, paver patio runs +8% and asphalt driveway level.

Extras that change the Binghamton total

Extras are quoted nationally and then scaled to Binghamton by the average of the local wage index (1.08) and goods index (1.00), a factor of 1.04. 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.

Is Binghamton 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 $5,650 to $5,850 across Binghamton and its five closest metros.

Across 300 US metros, Binghamton comes in at #87 from the top. The priciest is Kahului, HI at $8,150; the cheapest is McAllen, TX at $4,550 (midpoints, 400 sq ft). Statewide, Binghamton is 7% below the New York figure.

Other New York metros

Cities with a workforce like Binghamton's

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

Binghamton labor market for stamped concrete

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 Binghamton is 1.08 times the national level.

For cement masons and concrete finishers (47-2051, weighted 60%) the local median is $29.98 an hour, which is 9% above the national $27.41. The middle half of them earn between $28.50 and $40.23 an hour. BLS counts 90 of them working in the area, 9.3 for every 10,000 jobs (US: 13.3), so the local bench is thinner than average.

Construction laborers (47-2061), 30% of the weighting: a median of $24.40 an hour, 8% above the US median of $22.66. The middle half of them earn between $21.53 and $35.23 an hour. About 650 work in the metro. That is 67.0 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 $29.33 an hour, which is in line with the national $28.78. The middle half of them earn between $23.48 and $46.62 an hour. BLS counts 330 of them working in the area, 34.0 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 ($40.23 an hour) instead of the median, the labor line grows by about $610. At the 25th percentile ($28.50) it shrinks by about $85. The total moves by 10.5% or 1.5%, so wages alone rarely explain a quote that is far outside our range.

For context on the local economy, BLS counts 97,030 jobs in the Binghamton area. That makes it the 207th largest of the 300 metros we cover, with 0.06% of US employment.

Climate in Binghamton: timing your stamped concrete job

We use NOAA's 1991-2020 climate normals for Binghamton (10 miles from the city center). These are 30-year monthly averages, not forecasts.

May through October is the stretch where pouring concrete runs into the fewest weather problems in Binghamton (6 of 12 months). January, February, March, April, November and December have an average overnight low of 40°F or below.

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.

Binghamton gets about 42 inches of precipitation in a normal year, including roughly 87 inches of snow. The wettest months are June, August and September (4.7 inches in June). Inside the workable window, May and October are the driest, at 3.8 and 3.8 inches. 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.