Countertop Cost 2026: $2,000–$4,000 Typical Installed

One kitchen counter at a US single-family house — about 40 square feet, the slab and the labor in one price, on cabinets the crew can reach — often clusters around $2,000–$4,000. That is the typical countertop cost. Countertop prices, in that scope, are that counter, not a bottle of sealer and not a new kitchen. How much countertops cost, for that same counter, is the same band. The countertop installation cost, when the slab and the labor are in the price, is the same band. Kitchen countertop cost, for that same counter, is $50–$100 a square foot. A 30-square-foot run is $1,500–$3,000. A 55-square-foot run is $2,750–$5,500. A bathroom vanity of about 10 square feet is $400–$1,000. The wider national spread, about $400–$8,000, covers a short vanity at $40 a square foot at the low end and 40 square feet at $200 a square foot at the high end. A layout that moves is the kitchen remodel guide. Doors on boxes that stay are the cabinet refacing guide. A bath that is more than the vanity top is the bathroom remodel guide. These are typical planning ranges, not a survey and not a quote.

This page is one kitchen counter at one house. A bid may call it countertop cost, countertop prices, how much countertops cost, the countertop installation cost, or kitchen countertop cost. The slab and the labor are in the price when the number is the typical band. It is not a kitchen remodel, which is the kitchen remodel guide. It is not a cabinet reface, which is the cabinet refacing guide. It is not a bathroom remodel, which is the bathroom remodel guide. A stick-on film the owner presses onto a sound laminate top is a smaller product. This page does not price it as the typical band.

The price of the job is the slab the crew sets and the hour that puts the labor in the price. The size is the first cut. Whether the slab and the labor are already in the price is the second. A vanity, a 30-square-foot run, a standard 40 square feet, and a 55-square-foot run are ways to buy one counter. The counter replaces a different counter. It is not a second counter under a price you already have.

The rows below are ways to read one job. They are not added together. The job table is one kitchen counter the crew can reach. The typical band is about 40 square feet, slab and labor in: that row in full. A 30-square-foot run replaces that rate from $1,500 to $3,000. A 55-square-foot run replaces it from $2,750 to $5,500. A vanity replaces it from $400 to $1,000. Use a rate row only for a line the counter row does not include. A rate the proposal already includes is not a second line.

Job	Typical cost
Bathroom vanity, about 10 square feet	$400–$1,000
Smaller kitchen, about 30 square feet	$1,500–$3,000
Standard kitchen counter, about 40 square feet	$2,000–$4,000
Longer run, about 55 square feet	$2,750–$5,500

Rate or added line	Typical planning range
Per square foot, installed	$50–$100
Laminate, installed, per square foot	$15–$40
Granite, installed, per square foot	$40–$100
Quartz, installed, per square foot	$50–$120
Marble, installed, per square foot	$60–$150
Labor, if the price left it out, per square foot	$10–$30
Edge, if the price left it out, per linear foot	$5–$25
Sink cutout, if the price left it out	$200–$1,000

The job rows replace one another. Do not add a 55-square-foot price on top of a 40-square-foot price for the same kitchen. The rate row is a line the counter left out, or another reading of the same counter. A rate the proposal already includes is not the rate row on top. A sink the bid already folded into $2,000–$4,000 is not the sink row on top.

A standard counter — about 40 square feet, the slab and the labor in one price — is typically $2,000–$4,000. The floor of the row is the typical floor. The top of the row is the typical top. The whole row is the typical band. Two thousand is 40 square feet at $50. Four thousand is 40 square feet at $100. Two thousand can be this row at its floor or a 30-square-foot run inside its overlap. Four thousand can be this row at its top, 40 square feet at $100, or a 55-square-foot run inside its overlap. Ask which reading the bid is.

A smaller kitchen — about 30 square feet, not the common counter — is typically $1,500–$3,000. The overlap with the typical band is $2,000–$3,000. One thousand five hundred is $1,100 above the wider floor and $500 under the typical floor. Three thousand is inside the typical band and $1,000 under the typical top. From $1,500–$2,000 the job sits under the typical band and inside the wider spread. From $2,000–$3,000 the job is inside the typical band and inside this row. Thirty times $50 is $1,500, the floor of this row. Thirty times $100 is $3,000, the top of this row. One thousand five hundred can be this row at its floor. Three thousand can be this row at its top. A 40-square-foot price does not get this row on top.

A longer run — about 55 square feet — is typically $2,750–$5,500. The overlap with the typical band is $2,750–$4,000. Two thousand seven hundred fifty is $750 above the typical floor and the floor of this row. Four thousand is the typical top and inside this row. Five thousand five hundred is $1,500 past the typical top, $2,500 under the wider top, and the top of this row. From $2,750–$4,000 the job is inside the typical band and inside this row. From $4,000–$5,500 the job has left the typical band and stays inside the wider spread. Fifty-five times $50 is $2,750, the floor of this row. Fifty-five times $100 is $5,500, the top of this row. Two thousand seven hundred fifty can be this row at its floor. Five thousand five hundred can be this row at its top. A standard-counter price does not get this row on top. A straightforward 40 square feet can still be the typical band when the bid is that counter, not this row with a second name.

A bathroom vanity — about 10 square feet — is typically $400–$1,000. Four hundred is the wider floor and the floor of this row. One thousand is $600 above the wider floor and $1,000 under the typical floor. The vanity sits under the typical band and inside the wider spread, except that $400 is the wider floor. Ten times $40 is $400, the floor of this row. Ten times $100 is $1,000, the top of this row. Four hundred can be this row at its floor. It is not a 40-square-foot kitchen with a discount. One thousand can be this row at its top. A kitchen price does not get this row on top.

Countertop cost

Countertop cost is this page when the crew is at the kitchen and the slab and the labor are in the price. Countertop costs, for that counter, are the same price. A bid that says countertop cost and a bid that says the countertop installation cost are the same dollars when the kitchen, the slab, and the labor match. The typical band, $2,000–$4,000, is one standard counter. It is not a second counter stacked on a slab you already have.

The counter is often one day for a slab the shop already cut, or a short run of days when the cut is on site. The slab is inside the counter price. It is not a second bill on a number that was already the counter. A rate of $50–$100 a square foot is a way to read the same counter. Forty square feet at $50 is $2,000, the typical floor. Forty square feet at $100 is $4,000, the typical top. The rate and the lump sum are two readings of one counter. They are not added. A bid that already names $2,000–$4,000 does not get the square feet on top.

Countertop prices

Countertop prices are the counter price, not the price of a tube of silicone. For one standard counter, that cost is $2,000–$4,000. A bid that prices the crew and a bid that prices a slab on the drive are not the same number. Keep the slab and the labor in the number when a crew is who sets the counter.

Laminate, installed, is $15–$40 a square foot. On the 40 square feet of a common counter, that reading is $600–$1,600. Six hundred is $200 above the wider floor and $1,400 under the typical floor. One thousand six hundred is $1,200 above the wider floor and $400 under the typical floor. The laminate sits under the typical band and inside the wider spread. It is another reading of a cheaper counter, not a second counter. Six hundred can be this reading at its floor, 40 square feet at $15. One thousand six hundred can be this reading at its top, 40 square feet at $40. A standard-counter price does not get the laminate row on top.

Granite, installed, is $40–$100 a square foot. On 40 square feet, that reading is $1,600–$4,000. One thousand six hundred is $1,200 above the wider floor and $400 under the typical floor. Four thousand is the typical top. The overlap with the typical band is $2,000–$4,000. From $1,600–$2,000 the granite sits under the typical band and inside the wider spread. From $2,000–$4,000 the granite is inside the typical band. One thousand six hundred can be this reading at its floor, 40 square feet at $40. Four thousand can be this reading at its top, 40 square feet at $100. A standard-counter price does not get the granite row on top.

Quartz, installed, is $50–$120 a square foot. On 40 square feet, that reading is $2,000–$4,800. Two thousand is the typical floor and the floor of this reading. Four thousand eight hundred is $800 past the typical top, inside the 55-square-foot row, and $3,200 under the wider top. The overlap with the typical band is $2,000–$4,000. From $2,000–$4,000 the quartz is inside the typical band. From $4,000–$4,800 the quartz has left the typical band and stays inside the wider spread. Two thousand can be this reading at its floor, 40 square feet at $50. Four thousand eight hundred can be this reading at its top, 40 square feet at $120. A granite price does not get the quartz row on top.

Marble, installed, is $60–$150 a square foot. On 40 square feet, that reading is $2,400–$6,000. Two thousand four hundred is inside the typical band and the floor of this reading. Six thousand is $2,000 past the typical top, $500 past the 55-square-foot top, and $2,000 under the wider top. The overlap with the typical band is $2,400–$4,000. From $2,400–$4,000 the marble is inside the typical band. From $4,000–$6,000 the marble has left the typical band and stays inside the wider spread. Two thousand four hundred can be this reading at its floor. Six thousand can be this reading at its top, 40 square feet at $150. A quartz price does not get the marble row on top.

How much do countertops cost

How much countertops cost is the counter at one kitchen. One standard counter, slab and labor in, is $2,000–$4,000. A bid that says how much countertops cost and a bid that says countertop cost are the same dollars when the kitchen, the slab, and the labor match. A price near $1,500 should say a 30-square-foot run at its floor, not the common 40 square feet. A price near $4,000 should say whether the number is this band at its top, 40 square feet at $100, or a 55-square-foot run inside its overlap.

A 30-square-foot run is typically $1,500–$3,000. One thousand five hundred is $500 under the typical floor. Three thousand is $1,000 under the typical top. From $1,500–$2,000 the job sits under the typical band. From $2,000–$3,000 the job is inside the typical band. One thousand five hundred can be this row at its floor. Three thousand can be this row at its top. A 40-square-foot price does not get this row on top.

A 55-square-foot run is typically $2,750–$5,500. Two thousand seven hundred fifty is $750 above the typical floor. Five thousand five hundred is $1,500 past the typical top and $2,500 under the wider top. From $2,750–$4,000 the job is inside the typical band. From $4,000–$5,500 the job has left the typical band and stays inside the wider spread. Two thousand seven hundred fifty can be this row at its floor. Five thousand five hundred can be this row at its top. A 30-square-foot price does not get this row on top.

Four thousand plus $1,200 for labor the price left out is $5,200, which is $1,200 past the typical top, inside the 55-square-foot row, and $2,800 under the wider top. That $5,200 can be a standard counter at the typical top plus labor at its top, or a 55-square-foot run inside its row. Ask which reading the bid is.

Countertop installation cost

The countertop installation cost is the labor on one slab, not a slab with the labor left out. When the job is one standard counter, that cost is $2,000–$4,000. A price near $400 should say a vanity at the wider floor, not a 40-square-foot kitchen with the labor in. A price near $2,000 should say whether the slab and the labor are both in. Two thousand can be this band at its floor. It can also be 40 square feet at $50. Those can be the same dollars and the same job, read two ways. They are not two bills.

Labor the same price left out is $10–$30 a square foot. On 40 square feet, that reading is $400–$1,200. Four hundred is the wider floor and $1,600 under the typical floor. One thousand two hundred is $800 above the wider floor and $800 under the typical floor. It is an added line, not the standard counter. Two thousand plus $400 is $2,400, inside the typical band, only when the $2,000 left the labor out. Two thousand plus $1,200 is $3,200, inside the typical band, only when the $2,000 left the labor out. Four thousand plus $400 is $4,400, which is $400 past the typical top, inside the 55-square-foot row, and $3,600 under the wider top. Four thousand plus $1,200 is $5,200, which is $1,200 past the typical top, inside the 55-square-foot row, and $2,800 under the wider top. A bid that already names the labor does not get this row on top.

A sink cutout the same price left out is $200–$1,000. Two hundred is $200 under the wider floor. One thousand is $600 above the wider floor and $1,000 under the typical floor. Two thousand plus $200 is $2,200, inside the typical band, only when the $2,000 left the cutout out. Two thousand plus $1,000 is $3,000, inside the typical band, only when the $2,000 left the cutout out. Four thousand plus $200 is $4,200, which is $200 past the typical top, inside the 55-square-foot row, and $3,800 under the wider top. Four thousand plus $1,000 is $5,000, which is $1,000 past the typical top, inside the 55-square-foot row, and $3,000 under the wider top. A bid that already names the cutout does not get this row on top.

An edge the same price left out is $5–$25 a linear foot. On about 15 linear feet, the edge a 30-square-foot run often carries, that reading is $75–$375. Seventy-five is $325 under the wider floor. Three hundred seventy-five is $25 under the wider floor. Two thousand plus $75 is $2,075, inside the typical band, only when the $2,000 left the edge out. Two thousand plus $375 is $2,375, inside the typical band, only when the $2,000 left the edge out. Four thousand plus $75 is $4,075, which is $75 past the typical top and $3,925 under the wider top. Four thousand plus $375 is $4,375, which is $375 past the typical top, inside the 55-square-foot row, and $3,625 under the wider top. A bid that already names the edge does not get this row on top.

Kitchen countertop cost

Kitchen countertop cost is the slab a crew sets, not a sample chip on a receipt. One standard counter, slab and labor in, is $2,000–$4,000. A bid that says kitchen countertop cost and a bid that says countertop cost are the same dollars when the kitchen, the slab, and the labor match. A price near $15 a square foot should say laminate, not the typical floor. A price near $8,000 should say whether the number is 40 square feet at $200, the top of the wider spread.

An installed foot is $50–$100. The overlap with the typical lump sum is the whole standard counter, because 40 of those feet at $50 are the floor and 40 of those feet at $100 are the top. Forty times $50 is $2,000. Forty times $100 is $4,000. Fifty dollars can be this foot at its floor. One hundred dollars can be this foot at its top. A lump sum does not get the foot on top.

A quartz foot is $50–$120. Forty times $50 is $2,000, the typical floor. Forty times $120 is $4,800, which is $800 past the typical top and $3,200 under the wider top. The quartz foot and the installed foot are two readings of one counter from $50 to $100. They are not added. A $50–$100 price does not get the quartz foot on top.

A marble foot is $60–$150. Forty times $60 is $2,400, inside the typical band. Forty times $150 is $6,000, which is $2,000 past the typical top and $2,000 under the wider top. The overlap with the typical band is $2,400–$4,000. From $4,000–$6,000 the marble has left the typical band and stays inside the wider spread. A standard-counter price does not get the marble foot on top.

A 30-square-foot run at $50–$100 a square foot is $1,500–$3,000. Thirty times $50 is $1,500. Thirty times $100 is $3,000. The 30-square-foot run meets the typical band from $2,000 to $3,000. A 40-square-foot price does not get the 30-square-foot run on top.

A 55-square-foot run at $100 a square foot is $5,500. Fifty-five times $100 is $5,500. The overlap with the typical band runs from $2,750 to $4,000 on that row’s own floor, not from this $100 foot alone. Five thousand five hundred is $1,500 past the typical top and $2,500 under the wider top. Four thousand plus $5,500 is $9,500, which is $5,500 past the typical top and $1,500 past the wider top, only when the $4,000 left that 55-square-foot run out. A bid that already names the 55-square-foot run does not get this row on top.

Two standard counters at the typical top are two jobs. Four thousand plus $4,000 is $8,000, the wider top. That $8,000 is two counters. It is not one 30-square-foot run. A number above $8,000 should name more counter, a second counter, a kitchen remodel, a cabinet reface, or a bathroom remodel. Ask which reading the bid is.

What the range includes

The typical band assumes one standard counter. The slab is in. The labor is in. The cabinets are reachable. The counter is about 40 square feet. A 30-square-foot run is in the band only from $2,000 to $3,000. A 55-square-foot run is in the band only from $2,750 to $4,000. A vanity sits under the band. Laminate on 40 square feet sits under the band. Granite on 40 square feet is in the band only from $2,000 to $4,000. Quartz on 40 square feet is in the band only from $2,000 to $4,000. Marble on 40 square feet is in the band only from $2,400 to $4,000. A kitchen remodel, a cabinet reface, and a bathroom remodel are not in the band.

How long the work takes depends on the slab, and the bid’s schedule is the one that counts. A precut slab of one standard counter is often the same day. A cut on site is often a few days. The time is a way to read that counter. It is not a second clock on a price that was already the slab. The next counter is not in this price.

The floor of the wider spread, $400, is a vanity of about 10 square feet at $40. It is not a standard counter someone discounted. The top, $8,000, is 40 square feet at $200. It is not the standard-counter row plus every add-on. Four thousand plus $1,200 for labor is $5,200, not $8,000. Four thousand plus $4,000 for a second counter at the typical top is $8,000, the wider top. A number above $8,000 should name more counter, a second counter, or a job past this page. Ask which one.

None of the bands include labor on a counter the bid already priced, except where that labor is a line the price left out. The labor line, on 40 square feet, is $400–$1,200. Four hundred is the wider floor. A completed counter price does not get this row. Four thousand plus $1,200 is $5,200 only when the $4,000 left the labor out.

None of the bands include a sink cutout on a price the bid already built, except where that cutout is a line the price left out. The cutout line is $200–$1,000. Two hundred is $200 under the wider floor. Two thousand plus $200 is $2,200, inside the typical band, only when the $2,000 left the cutout out. Four thousand plus $1,000 is $5,000, which is $1,000 past the typical top and $3,000 under the wider top. A counter that already names the cutout does not get $200–$1,000 on top.

None of the bands include an edge the slab price left out, except as its own row. An edge on about 15 linear feet is $75–$375. Seventy-five is $325 under the wider floor. A slab that already has the edge does not get the edge row. An edge that already is in the job does not get $2,000–$4,000 on top.

None of the bands include a kitchen remodel, which is the kitchen remodel guide, often $30,000–$55,000 for a mid-range remodel of about 200 square feet that keeps the layout, inside a wider spread of about $8,000–$150,000. Thirty thousand is the floor of that typical band. Fifty-five thousand is the top of that typical band. Two thousand plus $30,000 is $32,000, which is $24,000 past this page’s wider top and inside that guide’s typical band. Two thousand plus $55,000 is $57,000, which is $49,000 past this page’s wider top, $2,000 past that guide’s typical top, and $93,000 under that guide’s wider top. Four thousand plus $30,000 is $34,000, which is $26,000 past this page’s wider top and inside that guide’s typical band. Four thousand plus $55,000 is $59,000, which is $51,000 past this page’s wider top, $4,000 past that guide’s typical top, and $91,000 under that guide’s wider top. That sum is a counter plus a remodel only when each bid left the other out. A remodel price that already includes the counter does not get this page on top.

None of the bands include a cabinet reface, which is the cabinet refacing guide, often $5,000–$10,000 for about 25 linear feet, inside a wider spread of about $1,500–$18,000. Five thousand is the floor of that typical band. Ten thousand is the top of that typical band. Two thousand plus $5,000 is $7,000, which is $3,000 past this page’s typical top, $1,000 under this page’s wider top, and inside that guide’s typical band. Two thousand plus $10,000 is $12,000, which is $4,000 past this page’s wider top, $2,000 past that guide’s typical top, and $6,000 under that guide’s wider top. Four thousand plus $5,000 is $9,000, which is $1,000 past this page’s wider top and inside that guide’s typical band. Four thousand plus $10,000 is $14,000, which is $6,000 past this page’s wider top, $4,000 past that guide’s typical top, and $4,000 under that guide’s wider top. That sum is a counter plus a reface only when each bid left the other out. A reface price that already includes the counter does not get this page on top.

None of the bands include a bathroom remodel, which is the bathroom remodel guide, often $10,000–$25,000 for a mid-range bath that keeps the layout, inside a wider spread of about $3,000–$80,000. Ten thousand is the floor of that typical band. Twenty-five thousand is the top of that typical band. Two thousand plus $10,000 is $12,000, which is $4,000 past this page’s wider top and the floor of that guide’s typical band. Two thousand plus $25,000 is $27,000, which is $19,000 past this page’s wider top, $2,000 past that guide’s typical top, and $53,000 under that guide’s wider top. Four thousand plus $10,000 is $14,000, which is $6,000 past this page’s wider top and inside that guide’s typical band. Four thousand plus $25,000 is $29,000, which is $21,000 past this page’s wider top, $4,000 past that guide’s typical top, and $51,000 under that guide’s wider top. That sum is a counter plus a bathroom remodel only when each bid left the other out. A bathroom price that already includes the vanity top does not get this page on top.

The band is the counter price. A coupon on the counter is not subtracted. Read the form before you take a number off the bid. A credit you have not received is not inside the planning range. This page does not price a coupon, and it does not name a percentage of the cost that comes back at resale.

Warranties are part of the contract, and this page is not a reading of one company’s form. A counter, when the company offers a return for a seam the crew missed, is about that seam. Read it. The return visit is not a dollar line in the planning range.

A standard homeowners policy is built around sudden and accidental damage. A counter you chose to replace is the kind of project those policies commonly leave with the owner. A burst pipe that damages a covered kitchen, when the form responds to it, is a different question from a counter you are buying. Read the form before you treat the policy as the budget. The $2,000–$4,000 band is not an insurance estimate.

This page does not price a city’s fee on top of a complete counter price. A counter that already names a fee does not get that fee on top.

As a cross-check, not a bid: one standard counter, slab and labor in, is $2,000–$4,000, the typical band. A 30-square-foot run is $1,500–$3,000. A 55-square-foot run is $2,750–$5,500. A vanity is $400–$1,000. Labor the price left out, on 40 square feet, is $400–$1,200. If a bid and that reading are far apart, the bid is a different size, a left-out cutout, a second counter, a kitchen remodel, a cabinet reface, or a bathroom remodel.

What moves the price

Driver	How it changes the bid
The counter	One standard counter, slab and labor in, is $2,000–$4,000, the typical band. A 30-square-foot run is $1,500–$3,000, and the typical band includes that row only from $2,000 to $3,000. A 55-square-foot run is $2,750–$5,500, and the typical band includes that row only from $2,750 to $4,000. A vanity is $400–$1,000, under the typical band. The counter picks the row. It is not a second bill.
The foot	A rate of $50–$100 a square foot is a reading of the same counter. Forty square feet at $50 is $2,000. Forty square feet at $100 is $4,000. Laminate at $15–$40 is $600–$1,600 on 40 square feet. Quartz at $50–$120 is $2,000–$4,800 on 40 square feet. Marble at $60–$150 is $2,400–$6,000 on 40 square feet. The foot is not a second bill.
The size	A 30-square-foot run at $50–$100 a square foot is $1,500–$3,000. A 55-square-foot run at $100 a square foot is $5,500. Four thousand is the 40-square-foot top and inside the 55-square-foot row. The size picks the row. It is not a second bill.
The slab	Laminate on 40 square feet is $600–$1,600, under the typical band. Granite is $1,600–$4,000, and the typical band includes that row only from $2,000 to $4,000. Quartz is $2,000–$4,800, and the typical band includes that row only from $2,000 to $4,000. Marble is $2,400–$6,000. A standard-counter price does not get the marble row.
The labor	Labor of $10–$30 a square foot is inside the counter price when the bid names it. Forty square feet at $10 is $400, the wider floor. Forty square feet at $30 is $1,200, which is $800 under the typical floor. The labor is not a second bill.
The cutout	A sink cutout the bid leaves out is $200–$1,000. Two hundred is $200 under the wider floor. A completed price of $2,000–$4,000 already holds a cutout the bid named. Four thousand plus $1,000 is $5,000 only when the $4,000 left the cutout out.
The edge	An edge the bid leaves out, on about 15 linear feet, is $75–$375. Seventy-five is $325 under the wider floor. A completed price of $2,000–$4,000 already holds an edge the bid named. Four thousand plus $375 is $4,375 only when the $4,000 left the edge out.
The second counter	Two counters at the typical top are $8,000, the wider top. That reading is two counters. It is not one 30-square-foot run.
The other job	A mid-range kitchen remodel is $30,000–$55,000 on the kitchen remodel guide. A cabinet reface is $5,000–$10,000 on the cabinet refacing guide. A mid-range bathroom remodel is $10,000–$25,000 on the bathroom remodel guide. A layout the bid is moving, doors the bid is replacing, or a bath the bid is gutting does not get this page on top when that price already includes the counter.

The size is the first cut, and it is not a rate you add to itself. A standard counter at $2,000, 40 square feet at $50, and quartz inside its overlap can share those dollars. They are not the same counter three times. Two thousand is the typical floor and 40 square feet at the installed rate floor. Ask which counter is in the price.

The slab is the second cut. A standard counter at $4,000, a 55-square-foot run inside its overlap, and 40 square feet at $100 can share those dollars. One is the typical top. One is the 55-square-foot row inside the band. One is the installed foot at its top. The higher number is not a typical counter that someone misread as a second slab.

The same standard counter in a lower-cost area and in a high-labor city can sit at opposite ends of $2,000–$4,000 without either bid being wrong. Ask whether the price is the size, the foot, or both, and ask whether a cutout, an edge, or a second counter is in. Kitchen remodel, cabinet refacing, and bathroom remodel are the projects that meet this counter and are not the counter. Price them on their own pages. Two bids that disagree about the size, the foot, and whether the labor is included are not the same job.

DIY or hire

Hire the stone. A slab that has to land level, a sink cutout that has to stay dry, and a cabinet that has to carry the weight are where a small miss becomes a second visit. The labor, the slab, and the cutout are the job. A Saturday with a slab on a bowed cabinet is where those three get missed.

A laminate sheet the owner can set is a different product. That laminate, on 40 square feet, is $600–$1,600. Six hundred is $200 above the wider floor and $1,400 under the typical floor. One thousand six hundred is $1,200 above the wider floor and $400 under the typical floor. The laminate sits under the typical band and inside the wider spread. That number is the laminate, not the crew’s stone counter. On the one pro counter, one standard counter is $2,000–$4,000. That is the labor for the slab.

Do not treat the laminate as the stone. If the slab, the cutout, and the level still have to be done, you are pricing a crew’s job without the crew. The person on the slab should say what happens if a seam or a cabinet is damaged. Setting one laminate sheet on a level cabinet is the owner’s part. A receipt for a sheet is not this installed rate.

Repair or replace

Replace the counter when the surface is the problem and the boxes are staying. A small repair on a sound slab is not this band. A quote near $400 should say a vanity at the wider floor, not a 40-square-foot kitchen. A quote near $2,000 should say whether the slab and the labor are in. A quote near $4,000 can be a standard counter at its top, 40 square feet at $100, or a 55-square-foot run inside its overlap. Ask which reading the bid is.

Price a 30-square-foot run on $1,500–$3,000. Price a 55-square-foot run on $2,750–$5,500, and do not read that longer run as the standard band with a different name. Do not read a kitchen remodel as the counter band with a different name.

Send a layout that moves to the kitchen remodel guide, typically $30,000–$55,000. Send tired doors on square boxes to the cabinet refacing guide, typically $5,000–$10,000. Send a bath that is more than the vanity top to the bathroom remodel guide, typically $10,000–$25,000. If the same season includes any of those, they are separate scopes. Do not fold them into the counter price.

How long a counter lasts is not a number on this page. A one-kitchen counter is not a warranty that the slab will stay unmarked. A new season of cooking is not a warranty that the kitchen will never need a repair. The bid’s scope is the work you bought.

How to use this number

Ask two or three countertop shops for a written price that names the square feet, whether the price is a lump sum or a per-square-foot rate, whether the slab and the labor are included, whether the sink cutout and the edge are already inside the price, and what happens if a seam or a cabinet is damaged. Compare one standard kitchen of about 40 square feet, slab and labor in, with $2,000–$4,000. Compare a 30-square-foot run with $1,500–$3,000, a 55-square-foot run with $2,750–$5,500, a vanity with $400–$1,000, and an installed foot with $50–$100. Keep the size and the labor inside those rows. Put a left-out labor line, on 40 square feet, at $400–$1,200, and a left-out sink cutout at $200–$1,000, on their own lines.

A very low bid on one counter is a reason to ask whether the labor is included, not a reason to celebrate. A quote near $400 should say a vanity, not a crew on 40 square feet of stone. A quote near $2,000 should say whether the labor is in. A high bid should point at size, a marble or premium slab, a cutout, a tight access, or the labor market. Two or three local bids on the same size, the same slab, and the same cutout are the number that matters. How this site sets the band is explained on the methodology page.