Hardwood flooring cost in Pennsylvania
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 Pennsylvania, hardwood, installed runs roughly $6 to $21 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 Pennsylvania, not a quote. What you actually pay depends on your rooms, your subfloor and the material you choose — final price depends on your project.
By city
| City | Labor region | Installed range |
|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia | Philadelphia metro | $6.5 – $22.5 |
| Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh metro | $6 – $21.5 |
| Allentown | Lehigh Valley | $6 – $21.5 |
| Harrisburg | Central PA | $6 – $21 |
| Erie | Northwest PA | $6 – $20.5 |
| Scranton | Northeast PA | $6 – $20.5 |
| Lancaster | Central PA | $6 – $21 |
| Reading | Central PA | $6 – $21 |
| York | Central PA | $6 – $21 |
Only the labor half of each figure moves with the region. Material is a
national commodity and costs the same in Erie as it does in Philadelphia.
An estimate, not a quote. These are planning ranges for Pennsylvania, not a quote. What you actually pay depends on your rooms, your subfloor and the material you choose — final price depends on your project.