2026 local estimate · updated 2026-07-22
Cost to remodel a kitchen in Oxnard, CA
A typical kitchen remodel in the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA area runs $73,822, with most projects landing between $10,546 and $137,098 — about 5% above the national average.
Low
$10,546
Basic materials, simple job
Typical
$73,822
What most people pay
High
$137,098
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 Oxnard is more expensive than average
Almost entirely labor. Carpenters in the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA area earn about 16% 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 ×1.156 local labor factor to the labor portion.
Open the kitchen remodel calculator →Permits for a kitchen remodel in Oxnard
Issuing authority: City of Oxnard Building and Engineering Division (Community Development Dept.)
Oxnard's Building and Engineering Division lists cabinets, countertops, and other built-in furniture as a category, alongside electrical, mechanical, and plumbing fixture replacement.
The permit fee itself is a base plus a percentage of valuation: $97.88 plus 1.240 percent of the amount over $3,000 for jobs between $3,001 and $37,500, or $525.68 plus 0.880 percent of the amount over $37,500 for jobs up to $75,000. That percentage drops as the valuation climbs into the higher bracket, so the fee doesn't grow in a straight line with the job's cost. Plan review adds 85 percent of that permit fee, covering the first three submittals, and issuing the permit — or revising it later — costs another $45 on top of everything else, a separate charge from the plan review and the base fee.
When a permit is needed
- “Cabinets, counter tops- and other build in furniture” — City of Oxnard, When Building Permits Are Not Required (Single-Family Residential) (retrieved 2026-09-23)
- “Electrical/ Mechanical/ Plumbing Fixture Replacement” — City of Oxnard, When Single-Family Building Permits ARE Required (retrieved 2026-09-23)
Fees
- “$3,001 to $37,500 $97.88 plus 1.240% of valuation over $3000” — City of Oxnard, City of Oxnard Community Development Department Fees Charged Developers (Effective July 18, 2025) (retrieved 2026-09-23)
- “$37,501 to $75,000 $525.68 plus 0.880% of valuation over $37,500” — City of Oxnard, City of Oxnard Community Development Department Fees Charged Developers (Effective July 18, 2025) (retrieved 2026-09-23)
- “The plan review fee for buildings or structures shall be 85 percent of the building permit fee, as shown in Table 1. This fee covers the first three submittals only.” — City of Oxnard, City of Oxnard Community Development Department Fees Charged Developers (Effective July 18, 2025) (retrieved 2026-09-23)
- “Permit Issuance Fee. For the issuance of each permit or revision, a $45.00 fee, shall be charged.” — City of Oxnard, City of Oxnard Community Development Department Fees Charged Developers (Effective July 18, 2025) (retrieved 2026-09-23)
Quoted verbatim; not recalculated.
Rules set by the state of California
- California licenses remodeling contractors at state level: Contractors State License Board (retrieved 2026-09-23)
Nearby metros
- Kitchen remodel in San Diego, CA — typically $74,337
- Kitchen remodel in Riverside, CA — typically $72,940
- Kitchen remodel in Sacramento, CA — typically $72,940
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 Oxnard 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: ×1.156, being the mean annual wage for Carpenters in Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA 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 Oxnard, CA?+
A typical project in the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA area runs about $73,822, with most falling between $10,546 and $137,098. Of the typical figure, roughly $28,322 is labor and $45,500 is materials. That puts Oxnard about 5% above the national typical cost of $70,000.
Why is it more expensive to remodel a kitchen in Oxnard, CA than the national average?+
Almost entirely labor. Carpenters in the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA area earn about 16% 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 Oxnard, CA 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.