2026 local estimate · updated 2026-07-22
Cost to remodel a kitchen in Orlando, FL
A typical kitchen remodel in the Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL area runs $64,684, with most projects landing between $9,241 and $120,127 — about 8% below the national average.
Low
$9,241
Basic materials, simple job
Typical
$64,684
What most people pay
High
$120,127
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 Orlando is cheaper than average
Almost entirely labor. Carpenters in the Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL area earn about 22% 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 ×0.783 local labor factor to the labor portion.
Open the kitchen remodel calculator →Permits for a kitchen remodel in Orlando
Issuing authority: City of Orlando Economic Development Dept., Permitting Services Division
Orlando's Permitting Services Division prices the building permit at $64.94 for the first $1,000 of construction cost plus $4.32 for each additional $1,000, using whichever is higher between the contractor's price and the city's own Building Valuation Data chart. Trade permits for plumbing, electrical, and gas work are required on top of that: electrical runs $63.67 for the first $1,000 plus $10.60 per $1,000 up to $25,000, and plumbing is a flat $60 plus $7 per fixture.
A 3% technology surcharge applies to the permit fee as well. Because the building and electrical permits are valuation-based while the plumbing permit is per-fixture, a kitchen with more plumbing fixtures or higher-end finishes adds up across several separate charges rather than a single line item, so it helps to ask your contractor for an itemized permit estimate before work begins. That estimate should separate the building permit from each trade permit so you can see where the total comes from.
When a permit is needed
- “Trade permits are also required to cover any electrical, plumbing, gas or other work” — City of Orlando, Residential Permitting Requirements (retrieved 2026-09-23)
Fees
- “Building Permit Fee—Residential 1 or 2 units $64.94 for the first $1,000 of construction cost or fraction thereof, plus $4.32 for each additional $1,000 of construction cost or fraction thereof.” — City of Orlando Permitting Services Division, Fees--Residential Development (1 or 2 units), Effective January 2023 (rev. 5-22-2023) (retrieved 2026-09-23)
- “Construction cost will be calculated using the “Building Valuation Data” chart as published in the Building Safety Journal, a publication of the International Code Council, or the contracted price, whichever is greater.” — City of Orlando Permitting Services Division, Fees--Residential Development (1 or 2 units) (retrieved 2026-09-23)
- “Electrical Permit Fee $63.67 for the first $1,000 of construction cost or fraction thereof, plus $10.60 for each additional $1,000 of construction cost or fraction thereof up to and including 25,000” — City of Orlando Permitting Services Division, Fees--Residential Development (1 or 2 units) (retrieved 2026-09-23)
- “Plumbing/Gas Permit Fee—Residential $60 plus $7 per fixture” — City of Orlando Permitting Services Division, Fees--Residential Development (1 or 2 units) (retrieved 2026-09-23)
- “Technology Surcharge 3% of the permit fee.” — City of Orlando Permitting Services Division, Fees--Residential Development (1 or 2 units) (retrieved 2026-09-23)
Quoted verbatim; not recalculated.
Rules set by the state of Florida
- Florida licenses remodeling contractors at state level: Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation (retrieved 2026-09-23)
Nearby metros
- Kitchen remodel in Cape Coral, FL — typically $65,002
- Kitchen remodel in Jacksonville, FL — typically $65,370
- Kitchen remodel in Miami, FL — typically $65,664
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 Orlando 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: ×0.783, being the mean annual wage for Carpenters in Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL 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 Orlando, FL?+
A typical project in the Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL area runs about $64,684, with most falling between $9,241 and $120,127. Of the typical figure, roughly $19,184 is labor and $45,500 is materials. That puts Orlando about 8% below the national typical cost of $70,000.
Why is it cheaper to remodel a kitchen in Orlando, FL than the national average?+
Almost entirely labor. Carpenters in the Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL area earn about 22% 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 Orlando, FL 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.