Concrete and Paver Sealing Prices Per Square Foot (2026 Contractor Guide)

Sealing is the easiest upsell a pressure washing company has. You are already on the driveway, the concrete is already clean, and the customer just watched it go from gray to white. The question they ask next is "how do I keep it like this?" This guide gives you the published rates for concrete and paver sealing, the material math, and a quote structure that holds up.

Concrete and paver sealing prices at a glance

These are national ranges from consumer cost guides and one paver installer. Use them to sanity-check your own number, not to replace it.

Service	Published rate	Source
Concrete sealing (professional)	$0.85–$2.13 per sq ft	LawnStarter
Concrete sealing labor	$1.25–$1.75 per sq ft	Bob Vila
Acrylic sealer, installed	$0.85–$1.15 per sq ft	Bob Vila
Polyurethane sealer, installed	$0.95–$1.10 per sq ft	Bob Vila
Epoxy coating	$3–$7 per sq ft	Bob Vila
Paver sealing	$0.50–$2.50 per sq ft	Pacific Pavers
Paver joint re-sanding	$0.10–$0.50 per sq ft	Pacific Pavers
Patio sealing (all materials)	$3–$10 per sq ft	Fixr
Pressure washing before sealing	$0.27–$0.39 per sq ft	LawnStarter

The Fixr patio figure is far above the others and is not broken down by material or sealer type. Treat it as the top of what a homeowner may have read, not the normal rate for a plain broom-finish slab.

For comparison, asphalt sealcoating is a different, cheaper product at $0.15–$0.23 per square foot Bob Vila. If a customer says "my neighbor paid $200 to seal his driveway," ask whether it was asphalt.

Typical job totals

Bob Vila puts concrete cleaning and sealing at a $1,500 national average, with most jobs between $1,250 and $1,750 Bob Vila. The same guide shows how much location moves the price for a 500 sq ft job:

City	500 sq ft clean and seal
San Antonio, TX	$665
Philadelphia, PA	$939
Chicago, IL	$960
New York City, NY	$1,099

Source: Bob Vila.

For pavers, Pacific Pavers lists small patios up to 200 sq ft at $100–$400, medium patios of 200–500 sq ft at about $400–$1,000, and large patios over 500 sq ft at $1,000–$2,500 Pacific Pavers.

Concrete sealing vs paver sealing

They look like the same job from the street. They are not.

Concrete is one continuous slab. The work is wash, dry, and roll or spray sealer. The main decision is sealer type: a penetrating sealer that soaks in with no visible film, or a film-forming acrylic that adds sheen and darkens color.

Pavers have joints. Washing blows sand out of them, so a proper paver job is wash, dry, re-sand the joints, then seal. The sand step is real labor and real material. A 50 lb bag of Alliance Gator Super Sand G2 is listed at $74.99 on sale, $84.99 regular, and covers 65–85 sq ft on narrow 1/8 to 3/8 inch joints, but only 22–42 sq ft on 3/4 to 1-1/4 inch joints Polymeric Sand Store.

That is roughly $0.90 to $1.30 per square foot of material on narrow joints and $1.80 to $3.90 on wide ones, which is why re-sanding is a separate line, not part of the sealing rate.

Sealer types and how they change the price

Sealer	Installed price	Look	How long it lasts
Acrylic (film-forming)	$0.85–$1.15 per sq ft	Wet look or satin sheen	Replace every 2–3 years
Polyurethane	$0.95–$1.10 per sq ft	Glossy, harder film	Replace every 2–3 years
Epoxy	$3–$7 per sq ft	Thick coating, mostly garages	Coating job, not a seal
Silane-siloxane (penetrating)	Price from material and labor	Invisible, no sheen	Up to 7–10 years

Installed prices and the 2–3 year replacement interval are from Bob Vila. The 7–10 year life is the manufacturer's claim for one penetrating sealer Armor Concrete Sealers.

Penetrating sealers mean fewer repeat visits per customer. Film-forming sealers mean more. Explain that trade-off on the quote and let the customer pick; it is a natural place for a good, better, best option, which we cover in good-better-best pricing.

Material cost and coverage math

Sealer is cheap relative to labor. LawnStarter lists DIY sealer at $25–$161 per 5 gallons LawnStarter, and Pacific Pavers lists a 5-gallon bucket of paver sealant at $50–$150 Pacific Pavers. Bob Vila estimates about $200 of sealant per 1,000 sq ft of paver patio Bob Vila, or about $0.20 per square foot.

To estimate your own material, use the label coverage:

• Armor SX5000 lists "up to 175 square feet per gallon in one coat" on porous surfaces and 200–225 on smooth surfaces, with two coats recommended Armor Concrete Sealers.
• Gallons needed = square feet ÷ coverage per gallon × number of coats.

For a 600 sq ft broom-finish driveway: 600 ÷ 175 × 2 = 6.9 gallons, so 7 gallons, or one 5-gallon pail plus two singles. Add 10% if the surface is old and thirsty.

Then compare material to the installed rate. If sealer costs you $0.20–$0.40 per square foot and the market rate is $0.85–$2.13, most of the price is labor, drying time, and the return trip if weather interrupts.

How to measure for a sealing quote

You need clean square footage of each surface: driveway, walk, patio, pool deck. Measure each one separately, because pavers and concrete get different rates.

Most driveways and patios are clear in satellite imagery. Our free Driveway Square Footage Calculator traces the slab and gives square feet, and the step-by-step method is in how to measure a driveway for a pressure washing quote. For pavers, also ask for a close-up photo with a tape across a joint so you know which sand coverage to use.

Job minimums

Sealing needs a dry surface, a cure window, and a weather check, so small jobs are expensive to run. LawnStarter notes that contractors often add a $100–$200 project fee on top of the per-foot rate LawnStarter. Pacific Pavers says its own minimum is around $1,000 for areas up to 700 sq ft Pacific Pavers.

Set yours from cost. Bob Vila notes most sealers need 36 to 48 hours to react fully with the concrete Bob Vila, so many jobs mean a wash day and a seal day. Two trips cost twice the drive time.

A worked clean-and-seal quote

A customer has a 600 sq ft concrete driveway and a 300 sq ft paver patio with narrow joints. They want a penetrating sealer. Rates are chosen from inside the published ranges above.

Line	Math	Price
Wash driveway	600 × $0.35	$210
Seal driveway, 2 coats	600 × $1.25	$750
Wash patio	300 × $0.35	$105
Re-sand patio joints	300 × $0.50	$150
Seal patio	300 × $1.50	$450
Total		$1,665

Check it against the market: Bob Vila's typical concrete clean-and-seal job is $1,250–$1,750 Bob Vila, and this quote covers 900 sq ft across two surfaces.

Now check it against cost. Re-sanding at $0.50 is the top of the published range, but at narrow-joint coverage the sand alone is about $1 per square foot, so on this patio the re-sand line does not cover its own material. Raise it or fold the difference into the patio seal line. This is exactly the kind of mistake that disappears when you price each step from your own costs, using the cost-plus-margin method in Jobber's pricing guide: labor plus overhead plus materials, divided by (1 – target margin).

Book the reseal

Concrete reseal intervals are quoted anywhere from every 1–10 years depending on climate and product LawnStarter, and every three years in temperate climates or every other year in extreme heat or cold Bob Vila. Pacific Pavers recommends every one to three years for pavers Pacific Pavers.

Write the reseal year on the invoice. A customer who paid for a seal is already sold on the next one.

For the washing rates that sit underneath every sealing quote, see how much to charge for driveway pressure washing.

Sources

• Bob Vila – Concrete Cleaning and Sealing Services Costs
• Bob Vila – Driveway Sealing Cost
• Bob Vila – Paver Patio Cost
• LawnStarter – Driveway Sealing Price Guide
• Fixr – Patio Repair Cost
• Pacific Pavers – The True Cost of Sealing Pavers
• Armor Concrete Sealers – Armor SX5000
• Polymeric Sand Store – Alliance Gator Super Sand G2
• Jobber – How to Price Pressure Washing Jobs