Stamped concrete cost in Oregon

Why two Oregon quotes can differ

• 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).

• Not included

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

Basic, standard or premium: Oregon prices

Bands overlap on purpose, since a good standard job can cost as much as a light premium one. Below are the three bands for the default size, then a grid from 10x20 patio (200 sq ft) to 2-car driveway (600 sq ft).

Wages behind the Oregon number

Oregon's labor line is priced from 3 trades, each compared with its US median wage. After weighting by each trade's share of the work, the state comes out at 1.17 times the national level.

Cement masons and concrete finishers (47-2051), 60% of the weighting: a median of $32.95 an hour, 20% above the US median of $27.41. The middle half of them earn between $27.85 and $39.84 an hour. About 2,170 work in the state. That is 11.0 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 $24.45 an hour, which is 8% above the national $22.66. The middle half of them earn between $21.65 and $29.91 an hour. BLS counts 12,620 of them working in the state, 64.2 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 $35.30 an hour, 23% above the US median of $28.78. The middle half of them earn between $29.42 and $47.04 an hour. About 5,630 work in the state. That is 28.6 per 10,000 jobs, compared with 30.7 nationally, so the supply of crews looks typical.

A crew paid at the 75th percentile for cement masons and concrete finishers ($39.84 an hour) would add about $410 to the statewide midpoint; one at the 25th percentile ($27.85) would take off about $300. Use that as a rough guide to how far a bid can sit from our midpoint on wages alone.

BLS counts 1,967,130 jobs across Oregon (May 2025), which is 1.3% of US employment.

Stamped concrete cost by metro in Oregon

2 of the 5 metros sit above the statewide midpoint of $6,200, and the top-to-bottom gap is 10%. Each row prices the default size with that metro's own BLS wages and BEA price levels, so the gap between rows is real local variation rather than a flat markup.

Oregon versus the states around it

Oregon ranks 9 of 51 (the 50 states plus DC) for stamped concrete, where 1 is the most expensive. The costliest is Hawaii at $7,800 and the cheapest Arkansas at $4,850, both for 400 sq ft at the midpoint. Oregon sits at $6,200. The five states closest by workforce center are listed below.

Related projects, priced for Oregon

Each project weights the trades differently, so Oregon's wage level does not push every price by the same amount. Compared with the US midpoint, concrete driveway is +12% and concrete slab +9%.

Extras that change the Oregon total

Add-ons start from national price ranges and are scaled by 1.11 for Oregon, which is the average of the area's wage index (1.17) and goods price index (1.05). The estimator above can add them to your total.

Weather windows across Oregon

Weather decides when pouring concrete can happen, and Oregon is not uniform. The table uses NOAA's 1991-2020 climate normals from the weather station nearest each metro we cover, and counts the months that are neither cold nor hot enough to complicate the job.

Portland has the longest comfortable season of the metros we cover in Oregon at 8 months (April through November); Bend has the shortest at 4 (June through September). Rainfall runs from 11 inches a year in Bend to 41 inches in Eugene.

We do not adjust prices by month, because we have no reliable published data on seasonal pricing. Timing is still worth raising when you collect bids.