Nashville, TN / Kitchen remodel
Kitchen remodel cost in Nashville, TN
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 Nashville, TN is indexed to the BLS construction-and-extraction occupations mean hourly wage for Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN of $28.56 (May 2025), applied to the 25% labor share.
Department of Codes and Building Safety is the issuing office. The typical permit fee recorded from Metro Nashville Codes Fee Schedule (16.28.110), Dec 2025 PDF, retrieved 2026-08-13, is $293. Fee model: valuation.
The national typical for this job is $150. Materials stay at the national figure while labor is wage-indexed for Nashville, TN.
Room area. 150 to 250 sqft is a common mid-range kitchen.
Typical all-in
$29,555
Job cost plus the recorded local permit fee at this size.
- Low
- $14,808
- Typical
- $29,555
- High
- $49,279
Breakdown
| Labor (allocated) | $7,328 |
|---|---|
| Materials (allocated) | $21,982 |
| Job subtotal | $29,310 |
| Permit | $245 |
| All-in typical | $29,555 |
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
- Based on project value
- Typical fee
- $245
- Range
- $153 – $429
- Retrieved
- 2026-08-13
- Building valuation fee ($5 / $1,000) — $17516.28.110 A.1 for 1-2 family / townhouses.
- Codes tech fee (10% of valuation fee) — $18Included.
- Zoning examination — $25Included.
- Plumbing permit (minimum) — $7516.12.220. Plus $11 per fixture over the minimum structure.
- Electrical permitSeparate electrical fee schedule in Title 16; amount not extracted from the building-fee PDF.
Building valuation + zoning + tech, plus plumbing/electrical. Plan review exempt for 1-2 family.
Metro Nashville Codes Fee Schedule (16.28.110), Dec 2025 PDF
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%.
- Metro Nashville Codes Fee Schedule (16.28.110), Dec 2025 PDF Retrieved Aug 12, 2026. Building valuation + zoning + tech, plus plumbing/electrical. Plan review exempt for 1-2 family.
- BLS OEWS construction wages — Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN BLS OEWS construction-and-extraction mean hourly wage / national same vintage, applied to laborShare only. Not a city-specific bid survey.