Kitchen remodel cost (2026): a Tampa Bay example
Example area: Tampa Bay, Florida. In Wylie, prices adjust for where your job is.
A kitchen remodel is priced from its components, not from a single magic number. The honest way to estimate one is to price each work item at current local cost before markup (material plus labor), roll the items up by trade, and then apply markup in the open. Component-level renovation cost rows for the trades a kitchen touches most run from under a dollar per square foot for some floor covering work to several dollars per square foot for drywall and tile, with device-level electrical work in the tens of dollars per device.
The figures below are aggregated from nationally published 2026 cost data for renovation work, with Tampa Bay area modifiers. They are costs before markup for individual work items, not installed project totals. Scope, finish level, and kitchen size drive the total more than any single line.
How much do kitchen remodel work items cost in Tampa Bay?
Typical component-level cost ranges before markup for the trades a kitchen remodel touches, at the middle two quartiles of the current renovation cost data:
| Work | Unit | Low | Middle | High |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tile work | per SF | $5.69 | $23.25 | $39.10 |
| Painting | per SF | $1.54 | $2.33 | $3.77 |
| Drywall and gypsum work | per SF | $2.00 | $3.88 | $4.56 |
| Floor covering work | per SF | $1.69 | $3.95 | $14.68 |
| Outlets, switches, and devices | per device | $49.63 | $116 | $283 |
Figures are low, middle and high points (25th percentile, median, 75th percentile) across single work items, each priced for its material and labor, in nationally published 2026 cost data, computed November 2026 and refreshed quarterly. They are costs before contractor overhead and profit, and before job conditions. They are not installed project totals and not bids. Wylie Estimates adjusts every price for where the job is, in every part of the country.
What drives the cost of a kitchen remodel most?
Three things dominate: cabinet and countertop scope (replace versus reface, stock versus custom), how much of the room is opened up (moving walls, plumbing, or electrical multiplies drywall, framing, and rough-in work), and finish level (tile and flooring selections swing per-square-foot cost by several times).
Layout changes are the quiet budget killer. Keeping the sink, range, and refrigerator where they are keeps rough plumbing and electrical work close to device-level costs. Moving them turns a cosmetic remodel into light construction.
What is the difference between cost before markup and a bid?
Cost before markup is material plus labor for the work itself, before contractor overhead and profit. It is the floor, not the price. A contractor who bids at cost before markup earns nothing for supervision, insurance, warranty risk, or running the business.
A typical bid adds 25% or more on top of cost before markup. In Wylie Estimates you start from cost before markup, set your own markup, and approve every line before your client sees the price. Setting the markup in the open is how you protect your number before you send it.
How do Tampa Bay kitchen remodel costs compare across the area?
The engine applies ZIP-level area modifiers to national cost before markup: Tampa (335, 336) sits at the national baseline, St Petersburg and Clearwater (337) about 5% below, Lakeland (338) about 7% below, and Bradenton (342) about 5% below. The same kitchen scope priced in Lakeland lands measurably below the identical scope in Tampa, and your estimate should reflect that before you commit to a number.
Frequently asked questions
- How much does a kitchen remodel cost in Tampa?
- There is no single number: a kitchen remodel is the sum of its priced work items. In the current renovation data, material and labor for single work items run $1.54 to $3.77 per square foot for painting, $2.00 to $4.56 for drywall, $1.69 to $14.68 for floor covering and $5.69 to $39.10 for tile, plus $49.63 to $283 per electrical device. A contractor's bid adds 25% or more on top of cost before markup.
- Why do kitchen remodel quotes vary so much between contractors?
- Mostly scope interpretation and markup discipline. Two contractors pricing the same kitchen often assume different demolition, patching, and finish scope, and many price from memory instead of current local cost data. Estimating from priced work items makes the differences visible line by line.
- Is 2026 a more expensive year to remodel a kitchen?
- Costs move quarterly, which is why the figures on this page carry an updated date and are refreshed on a quarterly cadence rather than treated as permanent.
Price your next job from the same cost data these figures come from, adjusted for where the job is. You set your markup and approve every line before you bid.
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