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How Much Does a Concrete Driveway Cost?

How much does a concrete driveway cost? Price one by the square foot at cement-mason wages near you, with the materials and hours listed.

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What should a concrete driveway cost?

ZIP, the quantities you can actually measure, and a few named modifiers. The range is a CostAnswer estimate, not a market quantile.
Mapped to county with an approximate ZIP/ZCTA match, not a HUD USPS crosswalk.
square feet of slabLength × width of the pour, in square feet. Thickness changes the concrete quantity, not only a lump factor.

Common questions

Questions before you call a contractor

How much does a concrete driveway cost?

Put your ZIP code and the size of the job into the form on this page. It prices the labor from what that trade earns in your area (BLS), adds what employers pay on top of wages, and lists every material and piece of equipment it counts.

The result is a range for planning, not a bid. If a key material has no published price yet, the range says so instead of guessing.

What is included in the concrete driveway estimate?

Length × width of the pour, in square feet. Thickness changes the concrete quantity, not only a lump factor.

The work is priced at concrete wages. The options on the form change the hours or the materials; they do not pull an average price for your city.

Why is a contractor’s quote different?

A quote prices your house: how easy it is to reach, what your permit office charges, and how busy that company is. This page prices a standard version of the job from published wages and material costs.

Paste a written bid into Check a quote to see whether it sits low, in the middle or high against the same job.

How thick should a concrete driveway be?

Standard passenger vehicle driveways require a minimum of 4 inches of 4,000 PSI concrete over a well-compacted gravel base.

For heavier vehicles, RVs, or delivery trucks, a 5 to 6-inch slab reinforced with rebar or wire mesh is strongly recommended to prevent cracking.

How the estimate is worked out

  • Unit. Length × width of the pour, in square feet. Thickness changes the concrete quantity, not only a lump factor.
  • Location. Your ZIP code is matched to a county for local wages. It is approximate: a ZIP that crosses county lines is matched to just one of them.
  • Range. A low-to-high range for planning. If a key material has no published price, the range is marked incomplete instead of guessed.