Cost to remodel bathroom in Philadelphia: 2023 spending
Philadelphia owners paid a median $6,000 for bath work: $1,000 above the U.S. median, tied for tenth-highest of 13 big metros (Census Bureau, 2023).
What Philadelphia owners paid
$6,000
This is historical spending: work done in about 2021 to 2023 on owner-occupied homes, reported in the 2023 survey.
Margin of error ±$2,371: at 90% confidence the Philadelphia median lies between $3,629 and $8,371.
How Philadelphia compares
- U.S. median, same work
- $5,000
- Rank, highest first
- Tied at 10 of 13
Philadelphia: $6,000. Between the lowest and highest big-metro medians.
2 of the 15 metros have no published figure for this work, so the rank counts the other 13.
- New York City$10,000
- San Francisco$10,000
- Seattle$10,000
- Riverside$9,000
- Washington DC$9,000
- Los Angeles$8,727
- Phoenix$7,000
- Miami$6,857
- Atlanta$6,400
- Chicago$6,000
- Philadelphia$6,000
- Dallas$5,000
- Detroit$4,571
No published figure: Boston, Houston.
What it covers
Remodeling an existing bathroom, counted apart from adding a new one.
The Census category is “Bath” within “Remodeling”: what Philadelphia-area homeowners told the Census Bureau they paid, every size of job together.
Before you compare quotes
If your quote is well above $6,000, ask what is in it that the typical job is not. Does the quote change room area, layout, systems or finishes, and which changes are included?
Measure your job with the material calculator. Then put the quotes in the matching quote worksheet to see each one's scope beside its price.