Job Cost Engine

How Much Does a Concrete Driveway Cost in Alaska?

Default-scope CostAnswer range in Alaska (ZIP 99501): about $5,900 (roughly $4,100–$8,000). Labor uses Alaska BLS wages; materials are national. Change the ZIP below for your place.

Your numbers

What should 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

Before you call a contractor

How much does a concrete driveway cost?

Enter your ZIP and scope on this page for a CostAnswer estimated range built from BLS trade wages, ECEC labor loading, and named material or equipment lines.

It is a planning figure, not a contractor bid. Incomplete ranges mean a critical material still has no sourced price.

What is included in this concrete driveway estimate?

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

Trade: Concrete. Modifiers on the form change crew time or materials; they do not invent a market average for your city.

Why is this not the same as a contractor quote?

A quote prices your house, your access, your permit office, and that company’s backlog. This engine prices a named recipe at published wage and cost proxies.

Use Check a quote on the same engine to see whether a written bid sits low, mid, or high against that recipe.

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.

Why does concrete driveway cost differ in Alaska?

Materials use the same national sourced baselines everywhere. Crew wages come from BLS OEWS for Alaska, so labor-heavy jobs move more than material-heavy ones.

Trade wages here run about 63% above the national crew wage bill for this recipe.

Engine notes

  • Unit. Length × width of the pour, in square feet. Thickness changes the concrete quantity, not only a lump factor.
  • Geography. Alaska wages from BLS OEWS. ZIP is an approximate ZIP/ZCTA match to county.
  • Why this state page exists. It opens only when this state’s crew wage bill differs from the national bill by more than the recipe’s confidence band. Materials do not change by state in this engine.