Charlotte, NC / Kitchen remodel
Kitchen remodel cost in Charlotte, NC
Remodeled kitchen $75–$250/sf; average remodel $14,600–$41,300. A new-from-scratch kitchen around $65,000 ($35,000–$95,000) is a different scope and is not this typical. $35,000 typical is the midpoint of that remodel band, rounded. Labor is often quoted as about 25% of the project.
Labor for Kitchen remodel in Charlotte, NC is indexed to the BLS construction-and-extraction occupations mean hourly wage for Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC of $27.54 (May 2025), applied to the 25% labor share.
Mecklenburg County Code Enforcement (LUESA) — issues City of Charlotte building/trade permits is the issuing office. The typical permit fee recorded from Mecklenburg County LUESA Fee Ordinance (revised July 1, 2026), Section II.A Note a and Note f, retrieved 2026-08-29, is $258. Fee model: tiered.
The national typical for this job is $150. Materials stay at the national figure while labor is wage-indexed for Charlotte, NC.
Room area. 150 to 250 sqft is a common mid-range kitchen.
Typical all-in
$29,328
Job cost plus the recorded local permit fee at this size.
- Low
- $14,710
- Typical
- $29,328
- High
- $48,790
Breakdown
| Labor (allocated) | $7,268 |
|---|---|
| Materials (allocated) | $21,802 |
| Job subtotal | $29,070 |
| Permit | $258 |
| All-in typical | $29,328 |
Labor is adjusted for construction wages in this metro. Materials stay at the national figure. This is an estimate, not a contractor quote.
Permit fee
- Fee model
- tiered
- Typical fee
- $258
- Range
- $175 – $340
- Retrieved
- 2026-08-29
- Renovation/upfit per-trade fee (Note a) — $239Section II.A Note a: projects under $100,000 renovation/alteration/upfit charged $79.61 per BEMP trade. Typical = 3 trades (building + electrical + plumbing). Included.
- Per-square-foot room charge (Note a)Same Note a: plus $0.12/sf of the room for the building trade and $0.08/sf for each involved E/M/P trade. Not computed — official schedule needs the kitchen's square footage, which this dataset does not assume.
- Technology charge ($3 per permit) — $9Note f: $3.00 on all permits issued. Typical assumes 3 trade permits. Included.
- Homeowner Recovery Fund — $10Section II.D.13: $10.00 per SF construction/alteration permit issued to a general contractor. Included once.
Typical: 3 × $79.61 + 3 × $3 + $10 = $257.83, plus uncomputed Note a sf charges.
Totals are a floor: $79.61 × trades + $3/permit + $10 recovery. The official $0.12/$0.08 per-sf-of-room add-on is not included because room area is not in this dataset. Low = 2 trades; typical = 3 (B+E+P); high = 4 (BEMP). Same-layout cabinet-only work with no plumbing/electrical/HVAC change may be exempt under 160D-1110(c) if ≤ $40,000. Interior kitchens are not on the City LDIRL project list (decks/additions are).
Mecklenburg County LUESA Fee Ordinance (revised July 1, 2026), Section II.A Note a and Note f
Citations
- Kitchen Installation Cost [2026 Data] Retrieved Aug 12, 2026. Remodel $75–$250/sf; average remodel $14,600–$41,300; new install ~$65,000 ($35k–$95k); labor ~25%.
- Mecklenburg County LUESA Fee Ordinance (revised July 1, 2026), Section II.A Note a and Note f Retrieved Aug 28, 2026. Totals are a floor: $79.61 × trades + $3/permit + $10 recovery. The official $0.12/$0.08 per-sf-of-room add-on is not included because room area is not in this dataset. Low = 2 trades; typical = 3 (B+E+P); high = 4 (BEMP). Same-layout cabinet-only work with no plumbing/electrical/HVAC change may be exempt under 160D-1110(c) if ≤ $40,000. Interior kitchens are not on the City LDIRL project list (decks/additions are).
- BLS OEWS construction wages — Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC BLS OEWS construction-and-extraction mean hourly wage / national same vintage, applied to laborShare only. Not a city-specific bid survey.