2026 local estimate · updated 2026-07-22
Cost to remodel a kitchen in Salt Lake City, UT
A typical kitchen remodel in the Salt Lake City-Murray, UT area runs $66,913, with most projects landing between $9,559 and $124,267 — about 4% below the national average.
Low
$9,559
Basic materials, simple job
Typical
$66,913
What most people pay
High
$124,267
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 Salt Lake City is cheaper than average
Almost entirely labor. Carpenters in the Salt Lake City-Murray, UT area earn about 13% 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 ×0.874 local labor factor to the labor portion.
Open the kitchen remodel calculator →Permits for a kitchen remodel in Salt Lake City
Issuing authority: Salt Lake City Building Services
Salt Lake City Building Services requires a permit for most construction projects, naming painting, flooring, and other cosmetic work as the exceptions. The building permit fee runs $115.97 for the first $2,000 of valuation plus $20 for each additional $1,000, stepping to a $575.97 base plus $14 per $1,000 once the job passes $25,000, so the fee tracks how the city values the declared scope of work.
Plan review adds 65% of the building permit fee on top of that, which is a substantial share given how the building fee itself already scales with valuation. Electrical and plumbing are billed separately, each with a $59 base fee, and the residential electrical schedule adds a $40 line for minor remodel and additional circuits.
When a permit is needed
- “Most construction projects require a permit. Exceptions include painting, laying flooring or other cosmetic issues.” — Salt Lake City Corporation (Building Services), FAQ’s | Building Services (retrieved 2026-09-23)
Fees
- “$2,000.01 - $25,000.00 $115.97 for the first $2,000 plus $20 for each additional $1,000 or fraction thereof, to and including $25,000” — Salt Lake City Corporation (Building Services), Salt Lake City Consolidated Fee Schedule (Amended 06/16/2026 by Ord. 2026-29) (retrieved 2026-09-23)
- “$25,000.01 - $50,000.00 $575.97 for the first $25,000 plus $14 for each additional $1,000 or fraction thereof, to and including $50,000” — Salt Lake City Corporation (Building Services), Salt Lake City Consolidated Fee Schedule (Amended 06/16/2026 by Ord. 2026-29) (retrieved 2026-09-23)
- “Plan Review Fees Plan review fee 65% of building permit fee” — Salt Lake City Corporation (Building Services), Salt Lake City Consolidated Fee Schedule (Amended 06/16/2026 by Ord. 2026-29) (retrieved 2026-09-23)
- “Plumbing Permits Base fee $59” — Salt Lake City Corporation (Building Services), Salt Lake City Consolidated Fee Schedule (Amended 06/16/2026 by Ord. 2026-29) (retrieved 2026-09-23)
- “Electrical Permits (Residential) Base Fee $59 18.36.100 Minor remodel and additional circuits $40” — Salt Lake City Corporation (Building Services), Salt Lake City Consolidated Fee Schedule (Amended 06/16/2026 by Ord. 2026-29) (retrieved 2026-09-23)
Quoted verbatim; not recalculated.
Rules set by the state of Utah
- Utah licenses remodeling contractors at state level: Utah Division of Professional Licensing (retrieved 2026-09-23)
Nearby metros
- Kitchen remodel in Ogden, UT — typically $65,345
- Kitchen remodel in Dayton, OH — typically $66,962
- Kitchen remodel in Louisville/Jefferson County, KY — typically $66,962
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 Salt Lake City 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: ×0.874, being the mean annual wage for Carpenters in Salt Lake City-Murray, UT 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 Salt Lake City, UT?+
A typical project in the Salt Lake City-Murray, UT area runs about $66,913, with most falling between $9,559 and $124,267. Of the typical figure, roughly $21,413 is labor and $45,500 is materials. That puts Salt Lake City about 4% below the national typical cost of $70,000.
Why is it cheaper to remodel a kitchen in Salt Lake City, UT than the national average?+
Almost entirely labor. Carpenters in the Salt Lake City-Murray, UT area earn about 13% 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 Salt Lake City, UT 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.