2026 local estimate · updated 2026-07-22
Cost to remodel a kitchen in Las Vegas, NV
A typical kitchen remodel in the Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV area runs $71,519, with most projects landing between $10,217 and $132,821 — about 2% above the national average.
Low
$10,217
Basic materials, simple job
Typical
$71,519
What most people pay
High
$132,821
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 Las Vegas is more expensive than average
Almost entirely labor. Carpenters in the Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV area earn about 6% more 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 ×1.062 local labor factor to the labor portion.
Open the kitchen remodel calculator →Permits for a kitchen remodel in Las Vegas
Issuing authority: City of Las Vegas Building & Safety Department
Las Vegas Building & Safety Department's own list of work that doesn't need a permit includes painting, tiling, carpeting, and installing cabinets, countertops, and other finish work — so the visible remodel work itself sits outside the permit requirement. What does trigger a permit is relocating existing plumbing, and separately, installing or replacing a kitchen range exhaust, bathroom fan, dryer exhaust, or any appliance that has to be vented.
If your remodel adds mechanical, plumbing, or electrical work, the city's fee table lists $162 and $523 on its 1,000 row for a single-family remodel with MPE work. Without any of those trades involved, the same 1,000 row lists $162 and $389. Ask the department which row your job falls on.
When a permit is needed
- “5. Painting, papering, tiling, carpeting, cabinets, countertops, interior wall, floor or ceiling covering, and similar finish work;” — City of Las Vegas Building & Safety Department, When Do I Need a Permit? A Homeowner's Guide (Permits are NOT required for the following) (retrieved 2026-09-23)
- “4. Remodel or add on to your home when existing plumbing is to be relocated.” — City of Las Vegas Building & Safety Department, When Do I Need a Permit? A Homeowner's Guide (Plumbing Improvements - A permit is required to) (retrieved 2026-09-23)
- “4. Install bathroom fans, dryer exhausts, kitchen range exhausts, and appliances that are required to be vented.” — City of Las Vegas Building & Safety Department, When Do I Need a Permit? A Homeowner's Guide (Mechanical Improvements - A permit is required to) (retrieved 2026-09-23)
Fees
- “68 R-3 Single-Family Resid. - Remodel with MPE's 1,000 $162 $523” — City of Las Vegas Building & Safety Department, City of Las Vegas 2020 Building User Fees (Effective July 1, 2021), Table 3-A (columns: Size Basis sq ft | Plan Check Fee | Inspection/Permit Fee) (retrieved 2026-09-23)
- “69 R-3 Single-Family Resid. - Remodel without MPE's 1,000 $162 $389” — City of Las Vegas Building & Safety Department, City of Las Vegas 2020 Building User Fees (Effective July 1, 2021), Table 3-A (retrieved 2026-09-23)
Fee source marked 2020, effective 2021; still the linked version — confirm current fees.
Quoted verbatim; not recalculated.
Rules set by the state of Nevada
- Nevada licenses remodeling contractors at state level: Nevada State Contractors Board (retrieved 2026-09-23)
Nearby metros
- Kitchen remodel in Reno, NV — typically $70,613
- Kitchen remodel in Providence, RI — typically $71,274
- Kitchen remodel in New Haven, CT — typically $71,936
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 Las Vegas 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: ×1.062, being the mean annual wage for Carpenters in Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV 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 Las Vegas, NV?+
A typical project in the Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV area runs about $71,519, with most falling between $10,217 and $132,821. Of the typical figure, roughly $26,019 is labor and $45,500 is materials. That puts Las Vegas about 2% above the national typical cost of $70,000.
Why is it more expensive to remodel a kitchen in Las Vegas, NV than the national average?+
Almost entirely labor. Carpenters in the Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV area earn about 6% more 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 Las Vegas, NV 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.