Cost to Pour a 200 Sq Ft Concrete Slab: $1,300 to $3,760
A 200 sq ft concrete slab, poured 10x20 at 4 inches with wire mesh on a 4-inch crushed-stone base and broom-finished, costs about $2,100 installed. From the lowest published prices to the highest the range is $1,300 to $3,760 ($6.50 to $18.78 per sq ft). It takes 2.47 cubic yards of concrete, a small load that pays the ready-mix short-load charge. A 6-inch slab with a rebar grid, the usual spec for a parking pad, is about $2,770.
200 Sq Ft Slab Cost by Thickness and Reinforcement
What the slab has to carry sets the spec, and the spec sets the price. The table prices four common specifications for the same 10x20 footprint with one model: published ready-mix, stone and materials prices, crew hours at Bureau of Labor Statistics wages, and a stated overhead and margin.
| 10 x 20 spec | Concrete | Low | Typical | High |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4-inch, no reinforcement | 2.47 yd | $1,210 | $1,970 | $3,570 |
| 4-inch, wire mesh (patio) | 2.47 yd | $1,300 | $2,100 | $3,760 |
| 4-inch, 4,000 PSI, mesh (walk or light drive) | 2.47 yd | $1,320 | $2,120 | $3,790 |
| 6-inch, 4,000 PSI, rebar (parking pad) | 3.7 yd | $1,800 | $2,770 | $4,670 |
All rows: broom finish, 4-inch crushed-stone base, national prices. Low uses the lowest published price and our lowest labour assumption at every step; high uses the highest. Wire mesh costs about $48 in materials at this size and adds about $130 to the typical installed price.
Why a 200 Sq Ft Pour Pays the Short-Load Fee
A 4-inch 10x20 slab is 2.47 cubic yards, so with overage the order is about 2.59 to 2.72 yards. That is under both published small-load lines we use: Gehring (Columbus, Nebraska) adds $50 to loads under 4 yards, and Scenic City Ready Mix (Tennessee) adds $100 at 5 yards or less. Scenic City’s second $100 charge applies only at 2 yards or less, which this order clears.
Published 3,000 PSI prices run $127.05 to $165.00 a yard, so the concrete and truck charges for a 200 sq ft slab come to $379 to $967 in our model, about 23% of the typical total. The rest is the stone base, steel, forms, the crew and the contractor’s overhead and margin. On a job this small the fixed work (layout, setting up, stripping forms, cleanup; 8 to 16 crew hours in our model) is a large share of the crew time, which is why the price per square foot is higher than on a 400 sq ft slab.
10x20 vs 14x14 vs 8x25
The three common ways to lay out about 200 sq ft suit different uses. A 10x20 rectangle is the usual patio or single parking pad shape. A 14x14 square (196 sq ft) suits a seating area or fire-pit circle. An 8x25 strip works as a path or a side-yard run. The price barely moves between them, because the concrete is the same and only the forms around the edge change:
| Layout | Edge forms | Typical | Low to high |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 x 20 | 60 ft | $2,100 | $1,300 to $3,760 |
| 14 x 14 (196 sq ft) | 56 ft | $2,070 | $1,280 to $3,710 |
| 8 x 25 | 66 ft | $2,100 | $1,300 to $3,760 |
Same spec in every row: 4-inch, wire mesh, 4-inch stone base, broom finish.
Mixing 200 Sq Ft From Bags
A 4-inch 10x20 slab is 66.7 cubic feet of concrete. QUIKRETE states that an 80 lb bag of its Concrete Mix yields about 0.6 cubic feet, so the slab takes 112 bags before any allowance for waste. At the $9.99 we found for an 80 lb bag on 13 October 2026 (Ace Hardware, price shown for one Maine store), that is about $1,119 of bagged mix.
The same concrete from a ready-mix truck, with the short-load and trip charges, comes to $379 to $967 in our model, and it arrives mixed. A slab has to be placed and finished as one piece, so mixing 112 bags by hand needs a mixer and a crew working in step. The DIY slab guide covers the tools and the order of work.
How 200 Sq Ft Compares to Smaller and Larger Slabs
Fixed set-up work and the short-load fee are spread over more area as a slab grows, so the price per square foot falls. Same spec (4-inch, mesh, stone base) at five sizes:
| Size | Typical total | Per sq ft | Low to high |
|---|---|---|---|
| 100 sq ft (10 x 10) | $1,410 | $14.09 | $830 to $2,880 |
| 200 sq ft (10 x 20) | $2,100 | $10.49 | $1,300 to $3,760 |
| 400 sq ft (20 x 20) | $3,360 | $8.41 | $2,180 to $5,620 |
| 500 sq ft (20 x 25) | $4,050 | $8.09 | $2,650 to $6,630 |
| 1,000 sq ft (25 x 40) | $7,490 | $7.49 | $4,990 to $12,220 |
Use the size calculator for your exact dimensions, or check a quote you already have. Ready-mix at 4,000 PSI runs $132.00 to $175.00 a yard against $127.05 to $165.00 for 3,000 PSI on the same four lists.
How We Price a Slab
Every installed price on this site comes from one model: published ready-mix and materials prices, plus crew hours priced at Bureau of Labor Statistics wages, plus overhead and margin. The low figure uses the lowest published input and our lowest assumption at every step; the high figure uses the highest. The crew hours, overage and margin are our own estimates, not published figures, and are listed below so you can check them against your quote. Worked example: a 10 x 20 ft (200 sq ft) slab (4-inch, 3,000 PSI, wire mesh, broom finish, 4-inch stone base).
| Line | Low | Typical | High | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ready-mix concrete | $329 | $377 | $448 | 2.47 cu yd plus 5 to 10% overage, at published per-yard prices |
| Delivery and small-load charges | $50 | $110 | $519 | Per-truck charges from the same price lists (10 yd per truck) |
| Crushed-stone base | $130 | $162 | $221 | 4 in compacted crusher run |
| Reinforcement | $48 | $48 | $48 | 6x6 10-gauge mesh panels, lapped |
| Form lumber | $23 | $34 | $45 | Perimeter boards, shared across reuses |
| Crew labour | $503 | $882 | $1,401 | Crew hours x BLS wages x employer costs |
| Overhead and margin | $217 | $484 | $1,073 | 20% to 40% on direct cost |
| Installed total | $1,300 | $2,100 | $3,760 | Rounded to the nearest $10 |
Not included: excavation and soil haul-off, removing an old slab, permits, pumping, decorative finishes and sealing. Totals are national; the calculators’ state option swaps in that state’s BLS wages and leaves concrete and materials at the published lists.
Published inputs (read 13 October 2026)
- Ready-mix, per cubic yard: 3,000 PSI $127.05 to $165.00, 4,000 PSI $132.00 to $175.00, from Supreme Concrete (Los Angeles, CA), Minimix Concrete (Pequannock, NJ), Gehring Construction & Ready-Mix (Columbus, NE, list dated 2026-01-01), Scenic City Ready Mix (Tennessee, list dated 2024-08-03).
- Small orders and trucks: short-load charge $50 under 4 yd (Gehring) or $100 at 5 yd or less, plus $100 more at 2 yd or less (Scenic City); per truck, no charge within 20 miles (Gehring), a $35 surcharge (Scenic City), or $363.88 Zone A delivery plus a $55 environmental fee (Supreme).
- Crushed-stone base: $44.00 to $74.75 per cubic yard from D & L Supply (Central New York, $44.00/yd), JMJ Companies (Lynchburg, VA, $39.50/ton), Golden Landscaping Supply (Cumming, GA, $50.00/ton), Yard Works Landscape Supply (Fort Mill, SC, $74.75/yd); per-ton prices converted at 2,450 lb per yard.
- Steel, forms, poly: #4 rebar 20 ft $8.99, 6x6 10-gauge mesh 4x8 panel $6.99, 2x6x12 $14.32, 2x4x16 $12.13, 6-mil poly 8 ft 4 in x 100 ft $59.99, rebar chair $0.33 (Menards online prices; Home Depot and Lowe’s pages could not be read that day). That works out to $0.24 per sq ft for mesh and $0.74 per sq ft for a rebar grid, materials only.
- Wages: BLS OEWS 47-2051 cement masons (May 2025) 25th percentile $22.60, median $27.41, 75th $32.15 an hour; 47-2061 construction laborers $18.57, $22.66, $28.72. Employer costs from BLS ECEC June 2026, construction industry ($51.96 total compensation per $36.13 of wages, x1.44): a crew hour costs $29.60 to $43.77.
Our assumptions (estimates, not published figures)
- Crew: half cement masons, half laborers.
- Setup per job: 8 to 16 crew hours (layout, stripping, cleanup).
- Per 100 sq ft: 4-inch 4 to 7 crew hours, 6-inch 5 to 8.5, 8-inch 6 to 10; add 0.5 to 1 for mesh or 1.5 to 2.5 for rebar.
- Concrete overage 5% to 10%; base stone ordered at 1.2x its compacted volume; form boards charged at half to all of their price.
- Overhead and margin 20% to 40% of direct cost.
- 6-inch and thicker slabs use 4,000 PSI mix; thinner slabs 3,000 PSI.
Sources: BLS OEWS 47-2051 cement masons (May 2025), BLS OEWS 47-2061 construction laborers (May 2025), BLS ECEC, construction (June 2026), ready-mix price lists from Supreme Concrete, Minimix Concrete, Gehring Construction & Ready-Mix, Scenic City Ready Mix, crusher-run prices from D & L Supply, JMJ Companies, Golden Landscaping Supply, Yard Works Landscape Supply, Menards mesh, rebar, lumber and poly prices, QUIKRETE Concrete Mix data sheet (bag yield), Ace Hardware 80 lb bag price, IRC R105.2. All read 13 October 2026. Crew hours, overage, overhead and margin are our estimates and are listed in the method above.