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What does aggregate base cost per cubic yard?

Public agencies in 17 states paid a median $70.00 per cubic yard for aggregate base over the last five years, across 4,517 winning bids. The middle half of awarded prices ran from $46.40 to $103.00.

Updated November 2026.

$70.00median per cubic yard

$46.40 – $103.00middle half of awards

4,517winning bids

By year

Letting year	Median per cubic yard	Winning bids
2021	$58.00	173
2022	$69.10	1,034
2023	$70.00	769
2024	$70.00	945
2025	$70.00	939
2026	$67.00	657

By state

State	Median per cubic yard	Middle half	Winning bids
California	$135.00	$85.00 – $220.00	828
Minnesota	$40.00	$30.40 – $54.00	776
Iowa	$62.00	$48.50 – $85.00	519
Pennsylvania	$95.00	$68.70 – $125.00	314
Ohio	$70.00	$50.00 – $100.00	299
Maine	$65.00	$49.00 – $90.00	273
Connecticut	$75.00	$55.00 – $100.00	225
Mississippi	$60.00	$42.40 – $85.00	222
Montana	$65.24	$50.00 – $100.00	187
Oklahoma	$75.06	$61.75 – $83.00	184
Vermont	$60.00	$48.00 – $80.00	158
North Carolina	$54.50	$31.50 – $75.14	156
New Jersey	$70.00	$40.00 – $100.00	105
North Dakota	$70.00	$51.00 – $110.00	67
Louisiana	$152.50	$80.00 – $200.00	46
Wisconsin	$54.00	$40.00 – $70.00	45
District of Columbia	$136.50	$101.50 – $163.00	32

County and agency prices, and a CSV of every bid

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Winning bids only, letting dates 2021 onward, nominal dollars. A family groups items that agencies print under different descriptions by unit and key words; thickness, class and spec details can differ inside it. Prices more than six times the family median are dropped as print or unit errors (8.0% of rows). A state appears with 30+ winning bids from 10+ bid tabulations.