Concrete cost calculator: Material Price Series
The median published figure in the Material Price Series is 2.30 percent across 5 sources' own pages (range 1.40 to 5.20 percent), read 11 September 2026.
DrawScheduleWorks sells its own paid plan in this category (our pricing). It is not counted here: every figure in this index is another provider's own published price, read from its own page.
5 of the 21 named sources read in full publish a figure; 16 publish none, read 11 September 2026.
By market
| Breakdown | Median | Range | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| marketUnited States, final demand construction prices, annual | 5.2% | 5.2 to 5.2% | 1 |
| marketCanada, residential construction costs, annual | 2.3% | 2.3 to 2.3% | 1 |
| marketGreat Britain, construction material prices, annual | 3% | 3 to 3% | 1 |
| marketAustralia, building construction output prices, quarter | 1.4% | 1.4 to 1.4% | 1 |
| marketeuro area, industrial producer prices, annual | 1.6% | 1.6 to 1.6% | 1 |
Every figure, with its source
One row per source: the figure the source's own page publishes, the page, and the day it was read. A figure that is not on a page we read is not on this one.
| Source | Figure | Breakdown | Read |
|---|---|---|---|
| US BLS, Producer Price Indexes | 5.2% | United States, final demand construction prices, annual | 2026-09-10 |
| GOV.UK, Construction building materials commentary (December 2025) | 3% | Great Britain, construction material prices, annual | 2026-09-11 |
| Statistics Canada, Building construction price indexes (The Daily) | 2.3% | Canada, residential construction costs, annual | 2026-09-11 |
| Eurostat, Short-term business statistics | 1.6% | euro area, industrial producer prices, annual | 2026-09-11 |
| ABS, Producer Price Indexes Australia (latest release) | 1.4% | Australia, building construction output prices, quarter | 2026-09-11 |
The sentence each figure was read from (5)
- US BLS, Producer Price Indexes, read 2026-09-10:
Final demand construction prices were up 5.2 percent.
- GOV.UK, Construction building materials commentary (December 2025), read 2026-09-11:
increased by 3.0% in November 2025 compared with November 2024
- Statistics Canada, Building construction price indexes (The Daily), read 2026-09-11:
Year over year, construction costs for residential buildings in the 15-census metropolitan area (CMA) composite rose 2.3% in the second quarter, while non-residential building construction costs saw an increase of 3.5%.
- Eurostat, Short-term business statistics, read 2026-09-11:
Industrial producer prices up by 1.6% in the euro area
- ABS, Producer Price Indexes Australia (latest release), read 2026-09-11:
Output of Building construction rose 1.4%, driven by House construction.
Read in full, publishes no figure
16 named sources were read in full on the dates shown and print no usable figure. They are counted, never filled in.
- US BLS, Producer Price Index news release, read 2026-09-11: every candidate on the page was refused
- US BLS, PPI and construction fact sheet, read 2026-09-11: every candidate on the page was refused
- US BLS, PPI tables, read 2026-09-11: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- US BLS, Construction industry at a glance, read 2026-09-11: every candidate on the page was refused
- US Census Bureau, Construction spending (C30), read 2026-09-11: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- US Census Bureau, New residential construction, read 2026-09-11: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- ONS, Construction industry, read 2026-09-11: every candidate on the page was refused
- ONS, Construction output in Great Britain (latest bulletin), read 2026-09-11: every candidate on the page was refused
- ONS, Price movements in construction materials and plant hire, read 2026-09-11: every candidate on the page was refused
- ONS, Construction statistics sources and outputs, read 2026-09-11: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- GOV.UK, Building materials and components monthly statistics, read 2026-09-11: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Statistics Canada, Building construction price indexes table 18-10-0289-01, read 2026-09-11: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Statistics Canada, Industrial product price index table, read 2026-09-11: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- ABS, Building approvals Australia (latest release), read 2026-09-11: every candidate on the page was refused
- FRED, PPI ready-mix concrete (WPU1322), read 2026-09-11: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- bls.gov, read 2026-09-11: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
Methodology
Every row is a verbatim sentence read from the named source's own page through our fetch service on the date shown, hash-pinned to the stored read (the sha of the page's visible text; the raw page is mirrored to R2).
5 of the 21 named sources that could be read published a usable figure; 16 published none and are recorded as not published, never filled in; 0 could not be read (blocked, dead or unreachable) and count nowhere.
The headline figures (median, minimum, maximum, quartiles) are over ONE figure per source in % (a source's median where its page yielded several accepted sentences), so N counts sources, never sentences; 123 candidate sentence(s) were refused by a reviewer with the reason recorded.
The fuller derivation this dataset is chartered to grow into (not yet what the figures above are; they are each source's own published figure as read): one series per material per market per month, taken from the producer price index that measures it - BLS PPI for the US, the DBT/ONS construction material indices for GB, StatCan's BCPI and IPPI for Canada, the ABS PPI for Australia - rebased onto one index so the same material can be read across four economies, which no statistical office does because each publishes only its own.
Two derived figures follow: the material's twelve-month movement ranked against the others (what actually got more expensive), and the RATIO between the material index and the construction output price index, which says whether a rise was passed on or absorbed.
123 candidate sentences on these pages were refused by a reviewer; each refusal and its reason is recorded in the review ledger.
Sources (21)
- US BLS, Producer Price Indexes(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- US BLS, Producer Price Index news release(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- US BLS, PPI and construction fact sheet(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- US BLS, PPI tables(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- US BLS, Construction industry at a glance(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- US Census Bureau, Construction spending (C30)(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- US Census Bureau, New residential construction(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- ONS, Construction industry(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- ONS, Construction output in Great Britain (latest bulletin)(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- ONS, Price movements in construction materials and plant hire(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- ONS, Construction statistics sources and outputs(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- GOV.UK, Building materials and components monthly statistics(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- GOV.UK, Construction building materials commentary (December 2025)(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Statistics Canada, Building construction price indexes (The Daily)(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Statistics Canada, Building construction price indexes table 18-10-0289-01(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Statistics Canada, Industrial product price index table(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- ABS, Producer Price Indexes Australia (latest release)(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- ABS, Building approvals Australia (latest release)(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- FRED, PPI ready-mix concrete (WPU1322)(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Eurostat, Short-term business statistics(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- bls.gov(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
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The median published figure in the Material Price Series is 2.30 percent across 5 sources' own pages (range 1.40 to 5.20 percent), read 11 September 2026.
5 of the 21 named sources read in full publish a figure; 16 publish none, read 11 September 2026.
Material Price Series, market United States, final demand construction prices, annual: median 5.20 percent across 1 source, read 11 September 2026.
Material Price Series, market Canada, residential construction costs, annual: median 2.30 percent across 1 source, read 11 September 2026.
Material Price Series, market Great Britain, construction material prices, annual: median 3 percent across 1 source, read 11 September 2026.
Material Price Series, market Australia, building construction output prices, quarter: median 1.40 percent across 1 source, read 11 September 2026.
Material Price Series, market euro area, industrial producer prices, annual: median 1.60 percent across 1 source, read 11 September 2026.
Cite as: "DrawScheduleWorks Material Price Series", updated 2026-10-05, https://drawscheduleworks.com/datasets/material-price-series/.
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