Concrete Shed Pad Cost 2026: 10×12 Pad $920 to $3,080
A 10×12 concrete shed pad, 4 inches thick with wire mesh on a 4-inch stone base, costs $920 to $3,080 installed, typically $1,550, at prices read in October 2026. A 12×12 is $1,030 to $3,330. Doing it yourself, the concrete for a 10×12 is 67 bags of 80 lb mix ($669 at one store’s shelf price), plus stone and forms.
Concrete Slab Cost Calculator
Shed Pad Cost by Size
| Pad | With mesh, typical | With mesh, low to high | Plain, low to high | Per sq ft, typical | Often poured for |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8×8 (64 sq ft) | $1,160 | $660 to $2,520 | $630 to $2,460 | $18.12 | Small storage shed, equipment pad |
| 8×10 (80 sq ft) | $1,270 | $730 to $2,680 | $690 to $2,600 | $15.88 | Small storage shed |
| 10×10 (100 sq ft) | $1,410 | $830 to $2,880 | $780 to $2,790 | $14.09 | Garden shed |
| 10×12 (120 sq ft) | $1,550 | $920 to $3,080 | $870 to $2,970 | $12.89 | The common shed kit size |
| 10×16 (160 sq ft) | $1,820 | $1,110 to $3,350 | $1,040 to $3,200 | $11.39 | Bike or mower storage |
| 12×12 (144 sq ft) | $1,710 | $1,030 to $3,330 | $970 to $3,190 | $11.88 | Garden shed |
| 12×16 (192 sq ft) | $2,040 | $1,260 to $3,670 | $1,170 to $3,490 | $10.63 | Workshop shed |
| 12×20 (240 sq ft) | $2,370 | $1,490 to $4,160 | $1,380 to $3,930 | $9.88 | Large workshop shed |
Every row: 4 inches of 3,000 PSI ready-mix, 4-inch crushed-stone base, broom finish, forms, crew, overhead and margin, national prices. The plain column leaves out the mesh. Excavation of sloping ground, haul-off and a permit are not included.
DIY Shed Slab: Bagged Mix vs Ready-Mix
| Pad, 4 in | Concrete | 80 lb bags | Bags at $9.99 | Contractor, typical |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8×8 | 0.79 cu yd | 36 | $360 | $1,160 |
| 8×10 | 0.99 cu yd | 45 | $450 | $1,270 |
| 10×10 | 1.23 cu yd | 56 | $559 | $1,410 |
| 10×12 | 1.48 cu yd | 67 | $669 | $1,550 |
| 10×16 | 1.98 cu yd | 89 | $889 | $1,820 |
| 12×12 | 1.78 cu yd | 80 | $799 | $1,710 |
| 12×16 | 2.37 cu yd | 107 | $1,069 | $2,040 |
| 12×20 | 2.96 cu yd | 134 | $1,339 | $2,370 |
- Bags: 0.6 cubic feet per 80 lb bag, from the QUIKRETE Concrete Mix data sheet, with no allowance for waste. The price is the $9.99 Ace Hardware showed for its Calais, ME store on 13 October 2026: one shelf price, not a national average.
- Ready-mix: the four published price lists we use charge $127.05 to $165.00 a cubic yard for 3,000 PSI. Small orders pay a small-load charge on top: $50 under 4 yards at Gehring Construction & Ready-Mix, $100 for 5 yards or less at Scenic City Ready Mix, plus another $100 there for 2 yards or less. Every pad on this page needs less than 4 yards.
- Stone: a 4-inch compacted base is $0.65 to $1.11 per square foot of pad in crusher run alone, at $44.00 to $74.75 a cubic yard.
AC, Hot Tub and Equipment Pads
An AC condenser or generator pad is far smaller than a shed pad and is often a pre-cast or plastic pad rather than a pour; see the AC condenser pad cost page. A hot tub needs a pad sized and reinforced for its filled weight, which the manufacturer states; see the hot tub pad cost page. For any other size, the calculator above prices the slab from the same inputs. If you are pouring two small pads, ask the contractor to price both in one visit, since setup time and the small-load charge are per visit.
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 12 ft shed pad (4-inch, 3,000 PSI, wire mesh, broom finish, 4-inch stone base).
| Line | Low | Typical | High | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ready-mix concrete | $198 | $226 | $269 | 1.48 cu yd plus 5 to 10% overage, at published per-yard prices |
| Delivery and small-load charges | $50 | $110 | $619 | Per-truck charges from the same price lists (10 yd per truck) |
| Crushed-stone base | $78 | $97 | $133 | 4 in compacted crusher run |
| Reinforcement | $29 | $29 | $29 | 6x6 10-gauge mesh panels, lapped |
| Form lumber | $17 | $25 | $33 | Perimeter boards, shared across reuses |
| Crew labour | $397 | $702 | $1,121 | Crew hours x BLS wages x employer costs |
| Overhead and margin | $154 | $357 | $881 | 20% to 40% on direct cost |
| Installed total | $920 | $1,550 | $3,080 | 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. All read 13 October 2026. Crew hours, overage, overhead and margin are our estimates and are listed in the method above.