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St. Louis, MO / Kitchen remodel

Kitchen remodel cost in St. Louis, MO

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 St. Louis, MO is indexed to the BLS construction-and-extraction occupations mean hourly wage for St. Louis, MO-IL of $35.43 (May 2025), applied to the 25% labor share.

City of St. Louis Building Division is the issuing office. The typical permit fee recorded from City of St. Louis Building Division building permit fees ($25 application + $10 per $1,000 over $3,000), retrieved 2026-09-01, is $460. Fee model: valuation.

The national typical for this job is $150. Materials stay at the national figure while labor is wage-indexed for St. Louis, MO.

Room area. 150 to 250 sqft is a common mid-range kitchen.

Typical all-in

$31,367

Job cost plus the recorded local permit fee at this size.

Low
$15,710
Typical
$31,367
High
$52,361

Breakdown

Labor (allocated)$7,740
Materials (allocated)$23,220
Job subtotal$30,960
Permit$407
All-in typical$31,367

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
$407
Range
$230 – $761
Retrieved
2026-09-01
  • Building permit — $375Included. $25 + $10 per $1,000.
  • Electrical permit (residential repair/modify) — $85Ordinance 70802: $25 application + $60 first unit. Included.
  • Plumbing permitSeparate plumbing permit may apply; fixture table was not fully extracted and is not added.

Typical $35,000: building $375.00 + electrical $85.00 = $460.00. Typical-job spec 200 sf.

Typical kitchen is building + electrical. Plumbing dollars were not fully extracted. City of St. Louis, not St. Louis County.

City of St. Louis Building Division building permit fees ($25 application + $10 per $1,000 over $3,000)

Citations

  1. 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%.
  2. City of St. Louis Building Division building permit fees ($25 application + $10 per $1,000 over $3,000) Retrieved Aug 31, 2026. Typical kitchen is building + electrical. Plumbing dollars were not fully extracted. City of St. Louis, not St. Louis County.
  3. BLS OEWS construction wages — St. Louis, MO-IL BLS OEWS construction-and-extraction mean hourly wage / national same vintage, applied to laborShare only. Not a city-specific bid survey.

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