Hardwood flooring cost in Alabama
Installed ranges by city, what pushes a job to the top of the band, and the two costs people forget.
The range, and why it is that wide
Installed in Alabama, hardwood, installed runs roughly $6 to $22 a square foot, materials and labor together.
Prefinished oak strip in a straightforward rectangular room sits near the bottom of that band. Wide-plank white oak, site-finished, over a subfloor that had to be levelled first, sits near the top — and a herringbone or chevron layout adds materially to labor because of the cutting and the waste.
The two costs people forget are the cut-and-waste allowance — around 8% on a straight layout, considerably more on a diagonal — and acclimation. Hardwood has to sit in the room it is going into, at the humidity it will live at, before it goes down. Skipping that is how you get gaps in February.
An estimate, not a quote. These are planning ranges for Alabama, not a quote. What you actually pay depends on your rooms, your subfloor and the material you choose.
By city
| City | Labor region | Installed range |
|---|---|---|
| Birmingham | Birmingham / West Central | $6 – $22 |
| Montgomery | Montgomery / East | $6 – $21.5 |
| Mobile | Mobile / Baldwin | $6 – $21.5 |
| Daphne | Mobile / Baldwin | $6 – $21.5 |
| Huntsville | North Alabama | $6 – $22 |
| Madison | North Alabama | $6 – $22 |
| Tuscaloosa | Birmingham / West Central | $6 – $22 |
| Hoover | Birmingham / West Central | $6 – $22 |
| Auburn | Montgomery / East | $6 – $21.5 |
| Dothan | The Wiregrass | $5.5 – $21 |
| Decatur | North Alabama | $6 – $22 |
Only the labor half of each figure moves with the region. Material is a national commodity and costs the same in Dothan as it does in Hoover.
An estimate, not a quote. These are planning ranges for Alabama, not a quote. What you actually pay depends on your rooms, your subfloor and the material you choose.