REMODELING PRICING GUIDE
How much to charge for remodeling
The 2026 US prices per square foot for whole-home, kitchen and bathroom remodels, flat prices by project, what the finish level and a contingency do to the number, the margins remodelers report — and a free calculator that turns them into a price you can put on your website.
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The short answer
Whole-home remodeling runs about $15 to $60 per square foot for standard updates and up to $150 for gut renovations with structural changes (Housecall Pro, June 2026). National remodeling costs often range from about $19,473 to $88,336; a kitchen remodel is $14,591–$41,542, a small kitchen $10,500–$20,000, a bathroom $3,500–$25,000 or more and a basement $12,500–$37,500 (Housecall Pro, from Angi's and HomeGuide's 2026 data).
By the square foot, a kitchen is $150–$250 for a full remodel that keeps the layout ($15,000–$50,000), $60–$150 for a basic refresh ($4,000–$18,000) and $250–$350 for a high-end or large one ($50,000–$70,000 or more) (HomeGuide, December 2025). A bathroom is $100–$150 for a minor renovation, $150–$300 for a partial remodel and $250–$500 for a full one with layout changes — $3,500 to $25,000 or more for a 35-to-50-square-foot room (HomeGuide, June 2025).
The reference costs the industry quotes: a midrange minor kitchen remodel is $28,458 and recoups 113% at resale, a midrange bath remodel $26,138 (80%) and a basement remodel $52,012 (71%) (Remodeling's 2025 Cost vs. Value Report, national averages). Residential remodelers averaged a 29.9% gross margin and a 6.3% net margin in 2024 (NAHB's 2026 Remodelers' Cost of Doing Business Study, as Housecall Pro reports it).
Price every remodel from its costs — labor, materials, subs, permits, overhead — divide by one minus your target margin, and add a contingency of 5%–10% for cosmetic work or 15%–20% for kitchens, bathrooms and older homes (Housecall Pro). Then put the per-square-foot range on your website: the homeowner planning a kitchen is pricing it on their phone before they call anyone.
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What should I charge for this remodel?
Enter the square footage for a whole-home, kitchen or bathroom remodel and pick the finish level, or choose a common project for a flat price; add the contingency and the extras. The range uses the published 2026 US figures in the table below.
Suggested price
$22,500–$90,000
whole-home remodel, standard updates (per sq ft), 1,500 sq ft
A starting range from published US figures — not a price for a customer's home until you've opened a wall. The finish-level multipliers are our arithmetic from HomeGuide's tiers; the contingency percentages are Housecall Pro's. Build the real price from your own labor, materials, subs and overhead (the formula below).
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RATES · OCTOBER 2026
Remodeling prices (2026)
Per square foot by room, and flat by project. For context: Remodeling's 2025 Cost vs. Value national averages are $28,458 for a midrange minor kitchen remodel, $26,138 for a midrange bath and $52,012 for a basement; HomeGuide's full kitchen is $15,000–$50,000 and its bathroom $3,500–$25,000 or more; a general contractor's fee on a $19,800–$73,200 house remodel is $2,000–$15,000 (HomeGuide, September 2023).
| The job | Typical US price · source |
|---|---|
| Whole-home remodel, standard updates (per sq ft) | $15–$60 per sq ft · about $22,500–$90,000 for 1,500 sq ft · Housecall Pro |
| Kitchen remodel, full, same layout (per sq ft) | $150–$250 per sq ft · about $22,500–$37,500 for 150 sq ft · HomeGuide |
| Bathroom remodel, partial (per sq ft) | $150–$300 per sq ft · about $7,500–$15,000 for 50 sq ft · HomeGuide |
| Common projects (flat price) | Interior painting refresh: $1,000–$5,000 · Flooring replacement: $1,500–$8,000 · Small bathroom refresh: $3,500–$10,000 · Small kitchen remodel: $10,500–$20,000 · Basement remodel: $12,500–$37,500 · Kitchen remodel: $14,591–$41,542 · Whole-home renovation: $19,500–$88,400 · Housecall Pro |
Rates read off each publisher's page in October 2026. The calculator above uses exactly these numbers. Full source list below.
ADD-ONS AND ADJUSTMENTS
What the finish level, the contingency and the extras do
The finish tier moves the per-square-foot rate most; the contingency is a percentage on top; demolition and permits are their own lines.
| What | Typical US price · source |
|---|---|
| Kitchen finish level: basic or small refresh | $60–$150 per sq ft for a basic refresh against $150–$250 for a full remodel · HomeGuide figures |
| Kitchen finish level: high-end or large, new layout | $250–$350 per sq ft for a high-end or large remodel against $150–$250 for a full one · HomeGuide figures |
| Bathroom scope: minor renovation | $100–$150 per sq ft for a minor renovation against $150–$300 for a partial remodel · HomeGuide figures |
| Bathroom scope: full remodel, layout changes | $250–$500 per sq ft for a full remodel against $150–$300 for a partial one · HomeGuide figures |
| Contingency: cosmetic remodel | 5%–10% more · Housecall Pro |
| Contingency: kitchen, bathroom or older home | 15%–20% more · Housecall Pro |
| Demolition | +$500–$2,500 · HomeGuide |
| Building permits | +$50–$2,000+ · HomeGuide |
Where a row shows a sum (a rate × a quantity, or a percentage worked out from published dollar ranges), the arithmetic is ours and the inputs are the publisher's.
THE PRICING FORMULA
How to price a remodeling job
Six steps from the walkthrough to the number on the proposal and your website.
Add up the direct costs
Labor with its burden, materials and allowances, subcontractors, permits and disposal (Housecall Pro, June 2026). Fixed-price for a clearly defined remodel; cost-plus when the scope will evolve; time and materials for punch-list work.
Add the overhead
The job's share of the office, the trucks, insurance and software — Housecall Pro's bathroom example carries $600 of overhead on $3,600 of direct cost, its kitchen $2,800 on $27,200.
Divide by one minus the margin
$4,200 of break-even cost ÷ (1 − 0.30) is a $6,000 bathroom refresh; $30,000 ÷ (1 − 0.25) is a $40,000 kitchen (Housecall Pro). Remodelers averaged 29.9% gross and 6.3% net in 2024 (NAHB, via Housecall Pro) — the gross margin has to carry the whole office.
Add the contingency
5%–10% for a straightforward cosmetic remodel, 15%–20% for kitchens, bathrooms and older homes (Housecall Pro). On pre-1980 homes, a 10%–15% discovery allowance quoted up front beats renegotiating mid-job.
Check it per square foot
Whole-home $15–$60 standard, up to $150 gut (Housecall Pro); kitchen $60–$150 basic, $150–$250 full, $250–$350 high-end (HomeGuide, December 2025); bathroom $100–$150 minor, $150–$300 partial, $250–$500 full (HomeGuide, June 2025). If your number is far outside, find out why before you send it.
Offer good, better, best
Tiered finish options let homeowners self-select into a bigger scope (Housecall Pro) — stock cabinets against semi-custom, a prefab surround against a tiled shower. A close rate of 50%–70% means the price is about right; closing everything means it's too low.
The formula, worked through
Say a 50-square-foot bathroom, a partial remodel — new tub, vanity, toilet and tile, the plumbing staying put — in an average-cost market.
At HomeGuide's $150–$300 per square foot for a partial remodel, that's $7,500–$15,000 — inside its $5,300–$15,000 total for the tier. Housecall Pro's bathroom example builds the same kind of job from the cost side: $1,400 of labor, $2,200 of materials and fixtures, $600 of overhead, $4,200 break-even, and a 30% margin makes it $6,000 — a refresh at the light end of the range.
Add a 15%–20% contingency for the surprises behind a bathroom wall and permits of $50–$2,000 or more (HomeGuide), and “bathroom remodels from $150 a square foot, kitchens from $150, whole-home updates from $15” is a fair line for your website. The arithmetic is ours; the figures are the publishers'.
What to charge in your area
The ranges on this page are US national figures. Prices follow local labor: Housecall Pro notes a bathroom in Phoenix prices differently from the same scope in Boston or San Francisco (June 2026). Across all prices, the Bureau of Economic Analysis puts California at 110.7 against a US average of 100 and Arkansas at 86.9 (2024 regional price parities, released February 2026) — so a $200 per square foot kitchen in an average market is about $220 in California and about $175 in Arkansas.
Resale value moves with the region too: Remodeling's Cost vs. Value Report publishes its national averages alongside nine regional tables, and a midrange kitchen that recoups 113% nationally recoups more or less where you work. Say what the job is worth at resale on the proposal — it is the number the homeowner's spouse asks about.
In the US, building permits cost $50 to $2,000 or more and separate plumbing and electrical permits can stack (HomeGuide); whether the contractor or the owner pulls them depends on the city — check your local building department before the proposal and list the permit as its own line. Outside the US, treat the ranges as a shape, not a price — a per-square-foot rate by room, a contingency on top, allowances for what the homeowner picks — and check what local remodelers list on their own websites.
Put your prices on your website
A price list — even “from” prices — answers a customer's first question before they pick up the phone, and it's the line an AI assistant can quote when someone asks what a remodel costs near them.
If you build your site with Zarla, tell the editor “add a pricing section: bathroom remodels from $150 a square foot, kitchens from $150 a square foot, whole-home updates from $15 a square foot” and your prices go on the site, in a section you can edit any time. Want to see a finished site first? Browse remodeling website templates or see how Zarla builds remodeling websites.
Still setting up? Write your remodeling business plan, browse remodeling business name ideas, and when the prices are set, read how to get your business on Google. Pricing one job on paper? The free remodeling estimate template carries the lines. Raising prices you set a year ago? The price increase letter tells customers a month ahead.
Starting the company? How to start a remodeling business covers the license, the subs and the first jobs; general contracting is priced in construction rates.
Remodeling pricing: common questions
Whole-home updates run $15–$60 per square foot, gut renovations up to $150 (Housecall Pro, June 2026); a full kitchen $150–$250 (HomeGuide, December 2025) and a partial bathroom remodel $150–$300 (HomeGuide, June 2025). The calculator above multiplies the rate by the room.
$15,000–$50,000, or $150–$250 per square foot, for a full remodel that keeps the layout; $4,000–$18,000 for a basic refresh and $50,000–$70,000 or more for a high-end or large one (HomeGuide, December 2025). Housecall Pro's range is $14,591–$41,542, and Remodeling's midrange minor kitchen averages $28,458 (2025 Cost vs. Value).
$3,500–$7,500 for a minor renovation ($100–$150 per square foot), $5,300–$15,000 for a partial remodel ($150–$300) and $8,800–$25,000 or more for a full one with layout changes ($250–$500), for a 35-to-50-square-foot bathroom (HomeGuide, June 2025). Remodeling's midrange bath averages $26,138 (2025).
Residential remodelers averaged a 29.9% gross profit margin and a 6.3% net margin in 2024 (NAHB's 2026 Remodelers' Cost of Doing Business Study, as Housecall Pro reports it). Housecall Pro's examples price at 25%–30% target margins; contractors who track job costs closely do better than the average.
5%–10% for a straightforward cosmetic remodel, 15%–20% for kitchens, bathrooms and older homes (Housecall Pro, June 2026). On homes built before 1980, quote a 10%–15% discovery allowance up front and put a discovery clause in the contract so added scope is priced before work proceeds.
Use the square foot to set expectations early — basements, whole-home work and flooring price that way — then build the final price from labor, materials, subs, overhead and margin (Housecall Pro). Kitchens and bathrooms cost far more per square foot because of the plumbing, electrical, tile and cabinets.
Demolition runs $500–$2,500 on a kitchen (HomeGuide, December 2025). In the US, building permits cost $50–$2,000 or more, with plumbing and electrical permits sometimes separate (HomeGuide) — list them as their own lines and check your local building department's fee schedule before the proposal.
Yes — per-square-foot ranges by room and “from” prices for the common projects. Homeowners price a kitchen on their phone before they call anyone, and a remodeler who prints a range gets the call. On a Zarla site, tell the editor “add a pricing section” with your ranges, and change them when material costs move.
Where these numbers come from
Every range on this page is read off a published source, dated below. They're US figures for residential work — typical, not a rule; your costs and your market come first.
- Housecall Pro — Home Remodeling Prices: How to Price Jobs in 2026 — dated June 2026, read October 2026
- HomeGuide — How Much Does a Kitchen Remodel Cost? — dated December 2025, read October 2026
- HomeGuide — How Much Does a Bathroom Remodel Cost? — dated June 2025, read October 2026
- HomeGuide — General Contractor Charges, Hourly Rates & Fee Percentage — dated September 2023, read October 2026
- Remodeling / JLC — 2025 Cost vs. Value Report, national averages — no date on the page, read October 2026
- U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis — regional price parities by state, 2024 — dated February 2026, read September 2026
Put your remodeling prices on your website
Add your town and your business name, and Zarla builds the site from that one line. Your ranges go in a pricing section you edit by chat.
Already have a website? Bring it across →Zarla keeps your old page addresses where it can and redirects the ones that change, helping you keep the Google standing you've built.