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Turn your tile count into a material and labor cost estimate using your own price per tile.
Tile prices range from under a dollar to well over $20 per tile depending on material (ceramic, porcelain, natural stone) and style, so this calculator never assumes a price -- it takes your tile count (from the Tile Calculator or your own count) and your own price per tile.
Enter your tile count and the price per tile you've been quoted or found while shopping, plus an optional labor cost if installation is billed separately from materials.
Material Cost = Tiles × Price per Tile
Total Cost = Material Cost + Labor Cost
This is a materials and labor estimate based on the numbers you enter -- it does not include grout, thinset/mortar, spacers, sealant, or underlayment, which are typically priced and purchased separately from the tile itself.
Use this after sizing your tile count with the Tile Calculator to get a full project cost picture before ordering.
Retailers often list tile by the square foot, while this calculator asks for a price per piece. To convert, multiply the price per square foot by the square footage of a single tile. For example, a tile priced at 4 per square foot that measures 12 by 24 inches covers 2 square feet, so it costs 8 each (hypothetical figures). Getting this conversion right is the most frequent point of confusion, and entering the per-square-foot price as the per-tile price will understate the total significantly for large tiles.
Suppose you need 110 tiles at 2.50 each, and a tiler quotes 900 for labor. Material is 110 times 2.50, or 275. The total is 1,175. If you instead choose a tile at 6.00 each, the material rises to 660 and the total to 1,560 while labor stays the same. That shows how much of a tile project's cost can depend on the product you select, while labor is often driven by the room's size and layout complexity rather than the tile price.
Use the result as a budgeting baseline and to compare tile choices. Run it with a few price points to see how each affects the total, then ask installers for written quotes based on your actual room. Prices and labor rates vary by region and over time, so nothing here substitutes for a real quote.
No -- those are typically purchased separately and priced per bag rather than per tile, so add them to your total manually.
Material type (ceramic vs. porcelain vs. natural stone), size, and brand all affect price significantly -- there's no single "average" tile price that applies broadly.
Multiply the price per square foot by the tile's area in square feet, which is length in inches times width in inches divided by 144.
Yes. Use the count from the Tile Calculator or your own count with the cut and breakage allowance already included, because you must buy the extra tiles too.
Multiply the per-square-foot rate by your area to get one labor figure, then enter that total in the labor field.
Subfloor preparation, removal of old flooring, trim, and delivery are not modeled. Add any of these you expect to the labor field or budget them separately.