For a mid-size room around 500 square feet — a large living room or an open kitchen/dining area — total installed cost typically lands somewhere between $1,500 and $4,900, depending on the material. That range assumes a straightforward job with a subfloor in reasonable condition and no major furniture-moving complications.

Smaller rooms (bedrooms, home offices, closets, roughly 100–200 sq ft) obviously cost less in total, but often carry a slightly higher per-square-foot rate, since a lot of the labor — setup, trim work, transitions — doesn’t scale down proportionally with room size.

The line items homeowners most often forget to ask about: furniture moving (commonly billed hourly, around $60–$120/hr if the crew has to do it), old-flooring removal and disposal, and any subfloor repair discovered once the old floor comes up. Ask for these to be spelled out in your estimate up front rather than added as surprises mid-job.