Stamped concrete cost in Appleton, WI

Optional extras in Appleton

Add-ons start from national price ranges and are scaled by 1.09 for Appleton, which is the average of the area's wage index (1.24) and goods price index (0.94). The estimator above can add them to your total.

Stamped concrete: what moves the price in Appleton

• 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.

Related projects, priced for Appleton

Jobs that often go together with stamped concrete are priced below at their usual sizes, using the same Appleton wage and price inputs. Compared with national midpoints, concrete driveway comes out highest (+13%) and concrete slab lowest (+6%); the gap comes from the trades each job uses.

Is Appleton 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 $5,800 to $6,200 across Appleton and its five closest metros.

Out of the 300 metros we cover, Appleton ranks #44 for the cost of this job (#1 is the most expensive). Statewide, Appleton is 4% above the Wisconsin figure.

Elsewhere in Wisconsin

Metros of a similar size

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

Appleton: what basic, standard and premium work costs

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

What local crews earn in Appleton

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 Appleton the blend is 1.24.

Cement masons and concrete finishers (47-2051), 60% of the weighting: a median of $33.17 an hour, 21% above the US median of $27.41. The middle half of them earn between $27.94 and $38.23 an hour. About 330 work in the metro. That is 26.6 per 10,000 jobs, compared with 13.3 nationally, which suggests plenty of local crews to bid.

For construction laborers (47-2061, weighted 30%) the local median is $28.49 an hour, which is 26% above the national $22.66. The middle half of them earn between $21.86 and $36.28 an hour. BLS counts 1,030 of them working in the area, 82.9 for every 10,000 jobs (US: 70.5), so the local bench is deeper than average.

Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators (47-2073), 10% of the weighting: a median of $39.91 an hour, 39% above the US median of $28.78. The middle half of them earn between $32.49 and $45.77 an hour. About 480 work in the metro. That is 38.6 per 10,000 jobs, compared with 30.7 nationally, which suggests plenty of local crews to bid.

A quick sensitivity check: moving the lead trade (cement masons and concrete finishers) from the median to the 75th percentile wage adds about $300 to the midpoint estimate; the 25th percentile takes off about $310. That is a swing of roughly 5.1% to 4.9% of the total, which is useful for judging whether a bid reflects wages or something else, such as scope or margin.

Appleton has 124,230 jobs in total (BLS, May 2025), ranking 174th by size among the 300 metros on this site.

Appleton weather and the stamped concrete calendar

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

For pouring concrete, the comfortable months in Appleton are May through September: 5 of 12. Outside them, January, February, March, April, October, 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.

Appleton gets about 33 inches of precipitation in a normal year, including roughly 49 inches of snow. The wettest months are May, June and July (4.7 inches in June). Inside the workable window, August and September are the driest, at 3.6 and 3.2 inches. The station averages about 6 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.