What Should a Bathroom Remodel Cost in 2026?

Key takeaways
– A small-to-standard hall bath, remodeled properly, lands around $12,500. A larger primary bath runs around $14,500.
– Labor is the constant in every bathroom price. Materials are what swing — they follow the selections you make.
– The cheapest way to get an honest number: send a 30-second video of the room and get it priced line by line, free.

The Short Answer

Homeowners ask us this more than any other question, so here it is without the runaround.

A small-to-standard hall bathroom — tub-and-shower combination, a 60-inch vanity, new tile floor and surround, new fixtures, same layout — should cost about $12,500 done right, by a licensed contractor, in South Florida in 2026.

A larger primary bathroom — more floor, a bigger shower, a full-size double vanity — lands around $14,500.

If you’re being quoted dramatically less than that, ask what’s missing. If you’re being quoted dramatically more, ask what’s included. Either way, make them show the math. Here’s ours.

Where the Money Actually Goes

Take the $12,500 hall bath and open it up:

• Labor: roughly $8,000
• Materials: roughly $3,000
• Demo and waste removal: roughly $1,500

That split surprises people, so understand it, because it explains every bathroom quote you’ll ever get: labor is the constant. Tearing out a tub, setting tile so it stays waterproof for twenty years, plumbing fixtures correctly, finishing drywall — that takes the hours it takes, and licensed, insured trades charge what they charge. Nobody honest does that work at half price.

Materials are the swing. The same bathroom gets porcelain floor tile at $1.99 a square foot or large-format Italian tile at four times that. A stock vanity or a custom one. Basic fixtures or designer ones. Your selections can move the materials line by thousands — in either direction — while the labor barely changes. When a contractor’s number comes in way under ours, he’s usually not cheaper on labor. He’s cheaper on what he’s putting in your walls, or he’s planning to make it up in change orders. If you’re comparing remodelers, our bathroom remodeling page lays out how we scope a job before we price it.

What Drives the Price Up

• Moving plumbing. Keeping the toilet, tub, and vanity where they are is the single biggest money-saver in a bathroom. Relocating drains and supply lines means opening floors and walls — and paying for it.
• Layout changes and wall work. Same reason. A new layout is a new bathroom, not a remodel of the old one.
• Shower upgrades. A tub-to-shower conversion stays reasonable in the existing footprint. A curbless shower, a bench, multiple heads, and frameless glass each add real money.
• Discoveries. Rot behind a tub surround, old plumbing that can’t pass inspection, mold. A good contractor prices what he can see and tells you plainly what might be hiding. A bad one lowballs the bid and “finds” the extra cost later, when your bathroom is already torn apart.

What Keeps the Price Honest

• Same footprint. Fixtures stay put; everything else gets renewed.
• Smart selections. Beautiful tile exists at friendly prices. Spend on what you see and touch daily; save where nobody can tell the difference.
• A written, itemized scope. The price should be a list, not a lump. If a quote is one number on one line, you’re not looking at a price — you’re looking at a starting point for an argument.

Get Your Bathroom’s Actual Number

These are our calibrated ranges for typical rooms. Your bathroom has its own dimensions, its own condition, its own selections — and its own number.

That’s what the Scan Estimate is for. Record the room on your phone, say what you want done, and text it to (561) 462-9293. We price it from a working licensed contractor’s real price book — materials and labor, line by line — and send back what your bathroom should cost. It’s free, and it’s the only service in America where a licensed general contractor prices your remodel from your video. The full explanation is on our Scan Estimate page.

In Palm Beach or Broward, we’ll follow it with a free in-home measure and a written price good for fourteen days. Anywhere else in the country, take our number into your negotiation and make your contractor earn the difference. Start at onelconstruction.com whenever you’re ready.

Financing is available on everything we do. Payments start at $120 a month on smaller jobs, and most projects land in the low $200s to $300s a month with approved credit. Rates run as low as 4.49% APR for qualified buyers. Ask at the free measure and we’ll lay the options out in writing, next to the estimate.

Insurance savings vary by carrier, policy, and home — figures shown are ‘up to’ amounts, not guarantees. Grant eligibility, amounts, and funding availability are determined by the program and may change. Financing subject to lender approval; rates and payments vary by credit profile. All financing examples assume approved credit through our financing partner.