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Paver patio cost calculator

Type the patio size. We price the pavers, the base under them, the digging and the labor, with the source and date of every price.

Patio size

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State Labor index: BLS OEWS May 2025, landscaping workers (SOC 37-3011), state median over national median ($18.82/hr). Applied to labor only; materials have no state data. Paver price $/ft² Our midpoint of $5.20 to $10.80/ft² concrete pavers. Rock Hard Landscape Supply, MN, price sheet created Apr 2025. Low confidence: old, one region. Use your supplier's price. Laying pattern Our rule of thumb for cuts. Low confidence: no published source. Waste % Base depth ICPI minimum for patios is 4 in, 1 in bedding, paver 2⅜ in or thicker (ICPI Construction Tolerance Guide, rev. Feb 2020). Homewyse prices 6 in (May 2026). Base gravel $/yd³ 2A limestone, MK Landscape Supply, PA, price list updated Nov 3 2026. Base volume includes a 20% compaction allowance (our arithmetic). Tons at 1.4 t/yd³, the estimate builder's default. Bedding sand $/yd³ Mason sand, MK Landscape Supply, PA, Nov 3 2026. It is not ASTM C33 concrete sand; ask your installer which they use. Fabric, edging, joint sand $/ft² Our midpoint of fabric $0.30 to 0.50, edging $0.10 to 0.20 and polymeric sand $0.10 to 0.30. HomeGuide, Sep 2024. Low confidence: midpoint of ranges. Haul-off of dig-out $/yd³ Homewyse debris removal $71 to 83/yd³, May 2026, as on our price list. Dig depth is base + 1 in sand + 2⅜ in paver. Install speed ft²/person-hr HomeGuide (Sep 2024): a two-person crew lays about 100 ft² a day; we divide by 16 person-hours. A contractor log shows 5.7. Medium confidence: our arithmetic from one source. Billable labor rate $/hr What a crew bills per person-hour. $75 to 100 is the most common band; $88 is our starting point. SynkedUp 2026 labor-rate benchmark, via our price list, Aug 2026.

Published installed ranges disagree by about 2×: HomeGuide $10 to $17 per ft² (Sep 2024 data), Homewyse $21.74 to $28.49 per ft² (May 2026). Our defaults land between the two, nearer Homewyse.

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Questions people ask

How much does a 12x12, 16x20 or 20x20 paver patio cost?

At our defaults, national average labor rate, a 12×12 patio (144 ft²) comes to about $3,800, a 12×16 (192 ft²) about $5,100, a 16×20 (320 ft²) about $8,500 and a 20×20 (400 ft²) about $10,600. That is roughly $26.50 per ft² each time, because every line in the calculator scales with area. These are our defaults, not quotes. Change the paver price and the state to see yours.

Why is labor more than half the price?

At our defaults labor is 53% of the total. The crew digs out about 7 inches or more, spreads and compacts the base in lifts, screeds the sand, lays the pavers and cuts the edges. Very little of that is the pavers themselves. HomeGuide's labor breakdown puts installation at $6.25 to $10.90 per ft², which is a similar picture.

How deep should the base be?

The ICPI minimum for a patio is 4 inches of compacted aggregate, with 1 inch of bedding sand and pavers at least 2⅜ inches thick. Homewyse prices its basic job with a 6 inch base. Go deeper on clay soil or where the ground freezes, and ask your installer what they do locally.

Are pavers or poured concrete cheaper?

Concrete is cheaper. Homewyse (May 2026) lists a broom-finish concrete patio at $10 to $13 per ft² and interlocking pavers at $22 to $28 per ft². Pavers cost more up front but can be lifted and re-laid when a section settles.

Is this the price I should charge?

Switch to "I'm the pro". It uses the same model as our sod calculator: materials, haul-off and your labor cost, plus a markup for overhead and profit. The labor wage and markup start at the sod calculator's values. Set them to your own.

Does this store my numbers?

No. Everything is computed in your browser. Nothing is sent or saved, and there is no sign-in. The copy-link button puts your inputs in the address so you can send the estimate to somebody.

The plus or minus 15% band is our arithmetic, not a market survey. Prices change; check yours with a local supplier and get written quotes.