2026 local estimate · updated 2026-07-22
Cost to remodel a kitchen in Greensboro, NC
A typical kitchen remodel in the Greensboro-High Point, NC area runs $64,316, with most projects landing between $9,188 and $119,444 — about 8% below the national average.
Low
$9,188
Basic materials, simple job
Typical
$64,316
What most people pay
High
$119,444
Premium materials or complex job
What's priced: Mid-range remodel of a typical kitchen — new cabinets, countertops, sink and fixtures — without moving walls or relocating plumbing. Excludes permits, structural repairs found mid-job, and premium upgrades.
Why Greensboro is cheaper than average
Almost entirely labor. Carpenters in the Greensboro-High Point, NC area earn about 23% less than the national mean for the same occupation, per Bureau of Labor Statistics wage data. Because kitchen remodel is roughly 35% labor, that difference flows straight into the total.
Cabinets and countertops are the largest line items in a kitchen remodel and are bought rather than built on site, so materials carry most of the cost. Labor share rises on gut renovations that move plumbing or electrical, and falls on cabinet-and-counter refreshes.
Get a number for your own job
The figures above are for a standard project. Your size, materials, and access will move them. Run your own specification through the calculator, then apply the ×0.768 local labor factor to the labor portion.
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Issuing authority: City of Greensboro Engineering & Inspections / Development Services
Greensboro's Engineering & Inspections / Development Services requires a building permit for construction costing $40,000 or less when the work adds or changes the design of plumbing, but not for replacements that don't change size or capacity. For interior alterations only, you file a Residential Building Permit Application in person with the Building Inspections Division. The building fee follows a table tied to the job's stated value: $85.00 at the low end, $112.00, $202.00 and $302.00 as the value rises toward the $100,000 to $500,000 band, where the rate becomes $302.00 plus $2.00 per $1,000 above that. Adding $10.00 to any residential permit is required when the contractor is state-licensed.
Plumbing and electrical fixtures are billed separately from the building fee: each sink costs $7.00, with an $85.00 minimum permit fee for the plumbing trade, and each dishwasher, range, oven or cooktop is $10.00, with outlets at $0.30 each and the same $85.00 electrical minimum.
When a permit is needed
- “You need a building permit for construction that cost forty thousand dollars ($40,000) or less when work involves ... The addition or change in the design of plumbing. However, no permit is required for replacements ... that do not change size or capacity.” — City of Greensboro Engineering & Inspections, Residential Construction (retrieved 2026-09-23)
- “For interior alterations only, fill out a Residential Building Permit Application and submit it in person to the Building Inspections Division for approval.” — City of Greensboro Engineering & Inspections, Residential Construction (retrieved 2026-09-23)
Fees
- “RESIDENTIAL ADDITION/COMMERCIAL ALTERATIONS/REPAIRS ... $100,000 - 500,000 = $302.00 PLUS $2.00 PER $1,000 ... Minimum permit fee - $85 ... STATE LICENSED CONTRACTORS: Add $10.00 to all Residential Permits” — City of Greensboro Engineering & Inspections, City of Greensboro Building Permit Fee Schedule (Document #1005 12/19/24) (retrieved 2026-09-23)
- “Residential Alt/Add [column] 11,000 $ 85.00 ... 20,000 $ 112.00 ... 50,000 $ 202.00 ... 100,000 $ 302.00” — City of Greensboro Engineering & Inspections, City of Greensboro Building Permit Fee Schedule (Document #1005 12/19/24) (retrieved 2026-09-23)
- “Sink 7.00 ea. ... Minimum Permit/Inspection Fee $ 85.00” — City of Greensboro Engineering & Inspections, Plumbing Permit Fee Schedule (Document #4300 7/16/24) (retrieved 2026-09-23)
- “Dishwasher 10.00 ea. ... Range, Oven, Cook top 10.00 ea. ... Outlets (receptacles, switches, etc.) 0.30 ea. ... Minimum Permit Fee 85.00” — City of Greensboro Engineering & Inspections, Electrical Permit Fee Schedule (Document #4100 7/16/24) (retrieved 2026-09-23)
Quoted verbatim; not recalculated.
Nearby metros
- Kitchen remodel in Winston, NC — typically $64,586
- Kitchen remodel in Raleigh, NC — typically $64,708
- Kitchen remodel in Durham, NC — typically $65,149
Compare kitchen remodel cost across every US metro we cover — the same labor-adjusted model as this page, ranked from most to least expensive, if you want the national picture rather than Greensboro alone.
How we calculate this
We take a national installed-cost range, split it into labor and materials, and scale only the labor half by this metro's actual wage data. That is the whole model — no black box, and reproducible from the figures on this page.
- National range: $10,000–$130,000, from our kitchen remodel cost data (last verified 2026-07-13).
- Labor share: 35%. An industry rule of thumb, not a measured value — the softest assumption here, which is why we state it rather than bury it.
- Metro labor factor: ×0.768, being the mean annual wage for Carpenters in Greensboro-High Point, NC divided by the national mean for the same occupation.
- Materials: held at the national level. We vary labor by metro and hold materials at the national level. That is deliberate: shingles, copper, HVAC equipment, and cabinets are nationally traded and priced, and what actually varies locally is freight and sales tax — both small next to the labor spread. We have no metro-level materials index we can defend, so rather than invent one, we vary only what we can source.
Wage source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), metropolitan area estimates, May 2025. A U.S. Government work, in the public domain and free to reuse. Where BLS suppresses wage data for a metro, we publish no page for it rather than fill the gap with an estimate.
Educational estimate only. A real quote for your specific property beats any model, including ours — get at least three.
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Frequently asked questions
How much does it cost to remodel a kitchen in Greensboro, NC?+
A typical project in the Greensboro-High Point, NC area runs about $64,316, with most falling between $9,188 and $119,444. Of the typical figure, roughly $18,816 is labor and $45,500 is materials. That puts Greensboro about 8% below the national typical cost of $70,000.
Why is it cheaper to remodel a kitchen in Greensboro, NC than the national average?+
Almost entirely labor. Carpenters in the Greensboro-High Point, NC area earn about 23% less than the national average for the same occupation, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics wage data. Because kitchen remodel is roughly 35% labor, that wage difference flows through to the total. Materials are priced nationally and barely move between metros.
What's included in these Greensboro, NC estimates?+
Installed cost — materials plus labor for a standard project of this type. It does not include permits, which vary by municipality, structural repairs discovered mid-job, or premium upgrades. The range reflects genuine variation in scope and material grade, not uncertainty about the metro. Always get at least three local quotes before budgeting; a real quote for your specific property will beat any estimate, including ours.
How is this different from a national average with the city name swapped in?+
We split the national installed cost into labor and materials, then scale only the labor half using the actual mean wage for Carpenters in this specific metro area, published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Materials stay at the national level because we have no defensible metro-level materials index — shingles and HVAC equipment are nationally traded, and only freight and sales tax really vary. Where BLS suppresses wage data for a metro, we do not publish a page for it at all rather than fill the gap with a guess.