Carpet Installation Cost in Florida (2026): $3.43 to $8.97 per Sq Ft
Carpet installation in Florida costs about $3.43 to $8.97 per sq ft for nylon or triexta carpet on 8 lb pad, installed: $490 to $1,290 for a 12x12 room and $3,430 to $8,970 for 1,000 sq ft, before removal. The labor line is scaled to Florida’s carpet installer wage, a mean $23.70 an hour in May 2025, 0.86 times the national $27.40 (BLS). Carpet and pad are national Home Depot and Lowe’s prices; the method is at the foot of the page.
Florida carpet cost by grade and room size
Grade
Per sq ft
12x12 room
1,000 sq ft
Budget polyester, 6 lb rebond
$1.85–$7.26
$270–$1,050
$1,850–$7,260
Standard nylon or triexta, 8 lb rebond
$3.43–$8.97
$490–$1,290
$3,430–$8,970
Premium wool, memory foam
$4.67–$15.13
$670–$2,180
$4,670–$15,130
Installation labor in Florida works out at $0.59 to $1.38 per sq ft in this model: Home Depot’s published $0.69 basic rate at the low end, our estimate at the high end, both times the state wage ratio. Stairs, removal and furniture moving are extra; price them in the carpet cost calculator, or see carpet labor cost per square foot.
What changes the price in Florida
Florida carpet installers earned a mean $23.70 an hour in May 2025, 0.86 times the national mean (BLS), close to the Southeast regional ratio of 0.87. Carpet and pad are national prices, so a Florida quote differs from the national one mainly in labor.
For a room on a concrete slab, price the pad separately: moisture-barrier pad and slab preparation are covered on the carpet over concrete page. Condominium buildings often set flooring and underlayment rules in their own documents, so ask the association for its flooring rules before you order.
Questions
About $3.43 to $8.97 per sq ft installed for nylon or triexta carpet on 8 lb rebond pad, so a 12x12 room is $490 to $1,290 and 1,000 sq ft is $3,430 to $8,970, before removal. Budget polyester starts at $1.85 per sq ft and wool reaches $15.13. These are our arithmetic on national Home Depot and Lowe's carpet and pad prices, with labor scaled to Florida's carpet installer wage (BLS, May 2025). A written quote is the only firm price.
Sources and method.The Home Depot, Installed Carpet listings by fiber (per sq ft prices of polyester, nylon, triexta, wool, olefin and berber carpet; checked 13 October 2026); Lowe's, carpet listings (nylon and polyester) (per sq ft prices of nylon and polyester carpet; checked 13 October 2026); The Home Depot, Carpet Padding listings (per sq ft prices of 6 lb and 8 lb pad, memory foam and moisture-barrier pad; checked 13 October 2026); Lowe's, carpet padding listings (per sq ft prices of rebond, fiber and foam pad; checked 13 October 2026); The Home Depot, Carpet Installation Cost Guide (average cost per sq ft: carpet $1 to $4, padding $1.01, installation $0.69 for basic install; furniture moving, removal and disposal priced separately; checked 13 October 2026); U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS May 2025, Carpet Installers (47-2041) (national and state hourly wages, read through the BLS public data API; checked 13 October 2026); U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS May 2025 state file (oesm25st.zip), Carpet Installers (47-2041) (mean hourly wage and employment for carpet installers in each state; no wage published for ME, RI, ND, WY, DC or NC; checked 15 October 2026). State figures are our arithmetic on the cited inputs: carpet and pad at national retail prices plus 10 percent for waste, plus labor from $0.69 per sq ft (Home Depot's published basic rate) to $1.60 (our estimate), multiplied by the state's mean hourly wage for carpet installers over the national mean (BLS OEWS May 2025). Removal, furniture moving and stair surcharges are not included.
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