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Bathroom remodel cost in Massachusetts for a 60 sq ft bathroom

A full bathroom remodel in Massachusetts
$17,571
60 ft² of bathroom · typical range $10,137 – $30,412
Typical total$293 per ft² of bathroom$17,571
Range you should see in bidsthree bids on the same scope normally land inside this$10,137 – $30,412
Labor portion50% of the job — this is the part that moves by state$8,786
Material portion50% — bought at national prices$8,786
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters pay in Massachusettsabout $43/hr · BLS OEWS May 2025, SOC 47-2152$90,410/yr
U.S. mean for the same tradeSOC 47-2152$72,170/yr
Versus the national priceMassachusetts trade pay runs +25.3% against the U.S. mean+$1,971

Notes

  • Where the number comes from. The national price for a full bathroom remodel is $260 per ft² of bathroom — full bathroom remodel pricing published for 2026, $150–$450 per ft² of bathroom. Labor is about 50% of that. Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters in Massachusetts average $90,410 a year against a U.S. mean of $72,170 — a factor of 1.253 — so the labor half is scaled by that and the material half is not.
  • What is in the price: demolition, new tub or shower, toilet, vanity, tile to the walls and floor, waterproofing, lighting, fan, paint and labor.
  • What is not: moving any fixture from its existing position, structural changes, a window, and asbestos or lead work in an older house. These are the lines that turn a $17,571 quote into a $21,964 invoice, so ask about each one before signing.
  • Why state matters more than people expect. Materials ship at national prices; crews do not move. Massachusetts sits above the national mean by 25.3%, which lands on 50% of the job and moves the total by $1,971.
  • Use this as a bid check, not a quote. It prices an average job in an average condition. Difficult access, the state of what is being replaced, the season, and a crew booked out three months all move the real number, and none of them are in a per-unit average.

A 60 ft² bathroom remodel in Massachusetts

$17,571 is the typical figure, and bids on the same scope normally land between $10,137 and $30,412. That is 60 ft² of bathroom at $293 each.

Why this is not the national number

The same job at the U.S. average comes to $15,600 — this one is $1,971 more.

Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters in Massachusetts average $90,410 a year against a U.S. mean of $72,170, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS release for May 2025, SOC 47-2152. That is about $43 an hour, a factor of 1.253.

Labour is 50% of this job and material is the other 50%. Only the labour half is scaled by state.

$8,786 of labour, $8,786 of material.

About the trade used here

A bathroom remodel is four trades — plumbing, electrical, tiling and carpentry — and this page scales the labour half using plumber pay as the proxy for that mix. Plumbing is the largest single trade in the job, but it is not the whole picture, and the figure should be read as an indication rather than a quotation.

It is stated here rather than buried because the model is the point: every other number on this site can be traced back to a published source, and this one is an approximation.

Where the range comes from

The bottom is a like-for-like refresh: same layout, mid-grade fixtures, ceramic tile. The top is a gut with a custom tiled shower, stone, a heated floor and better fittings.

Neither is wrong. They are different jobs sharing a name, and it is why quotes on "a bathroom remodel" vary by a factor of three.

What moves it most, in order

  1. Moving fixtures. Especially the toilet, and especially on a slab.
  2. The shower. A tiled shower with a proper waterproofing system costs several times a fitted acrylic unit.
  3. What is behind the wall. Rot around the tub, failed old waterproofing, or cast iron drain found on demolition.
  4. Fixture grade, which is the part people focus on and the smallest of the four.

The line to ask about before signing

Whether the price assumes the walls open cleanly. In any house over about thirty years old there is a real chance of finding water damage behind the tub surround, and how that gets priced mid-job is worth agreeing in advance.

Reading a real bid against this

Three quotes on the same scope should cluster. One well under $10,137 usually has something left out of it; one well over $30,412 is a harder job than average, or a crew pricing to stay away.

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