Concrete Cost Calculator for South Dakota - Free 2026 Cost Estimates

South Dakota Concrete Labor Costs — Verified from BLS OEWS (2025)

Every figure on this page is a published U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics value. Last verified 2026-06-20.

In South Dakota, cement masons & concrete finishers — the core trade for concrete work — earn a mean wage of $23.46/hr ($48,800 per year) in the 2025 BLS OEWS release. That is 19% below the national average (national mean $60,050 per year). South Dakota employs about 2,550 cement masons & concrete finishers statewide. Related trades that price into a typical concrete job include construction laborers ($44,310/yr), carpenters ($51,330/yr), first-line supervisors of construction trades ($78,970/yr). Because labor is the largest variable cost on most concrete projects, these published state wage levels are the biggest single reason concrete costs differ between South Dakota and other states. Every figure here is a mean value published by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and is refreshed automatically when BLS releases new OEWS data.

Across the trades that touch a typical concrete job in South Dakota, BLS reports mean wages of cement masons & concrete finishers at $48,800 per year ($23.46/hr); construction laborers at $44,310 per year ($21.30/hr); carpenters at $51,330 per year ($24.68/hr); first-line supervisors of construction trades at $78,970 per year ($37.96/hr). The spread between first-line supervisors of construction trades ($78,970) and construction laborers ($44,310) reflects differences in skill, certification, and supervisory responsibility on South Dakota job sites, and it is why a detailed, line-item estimate beats a single blended rate when you are budgeting concrete work.

Half of South Dakota cement masons & concrete finishers earn less than the median of $47,160 per year — below the $48,800 mean, which a smaller number of higher earners pulls upward. For budgeting, the median is often the more realistic figure for routine concrete crews. BLS counts roughly 2,550 cement masons & concrete finishers, 1,780 construction laborers, 4,560 carpenters, 2,360 first-line supervisors of construction trades employed across South Dakota, a measure of how deep the local concrete-trade labor pool is and how much competition for crews you can expect when scheduling work.

When you budget a concrete job in South Dakota, treat these BLS wage levels as the labor-rate floor: a crew's billed rate adds overhead, insurance, equipment, and margin on top of the $23.46/hr mean wage shown above. Because South Dakota's cement masons & concrete finishers wages sit 19% below the national average, a concrete quote that comes in far below these published rates is worth a second look — labor that cheap usually signals a different scope, materials, or crew experience. Use the calculator on this page to combine these South Dakota labor rates with your project's material quantities for a complete estimate.

Wages are statewide means published by BLS and reflect labor cost only — not the total installed cost of a project. Use the calculator below for a full materials-and-labor estimate, and always obtain written bids from licensed South Dakota contractors.