Tiling labour cost calculator

Price the labour for a tiling job from your per m² rates, add extras such as tanking and levelling, and check what the job earns per day against your day rate.

Areas

Wall tiling (m²)

Floor tiling (m²)

Your rates

Wall labour rate (£ per m²)

Floor labour rate (£ per m²)

Minimum charge (£)

Extras (optional)

Strip-out and making good (£)

Tanking (£)

Levelling (m²)

Levelling rate (£ per m²)

Trims, sealing, other (£)

Check against your day rate

Walls laid per day (m²)

Floors laid per day (m²)

Your day rate (£)

Add VAT (20%)?

Tiling labour–

Extras–

Labour total–

Including VAT–

Estimated days on site–

Earns per day–

Labour only: tiles, adhesive and grout are extra (see the material calculator). Starting values are examples: about £50/m² labour and £200–£350 a day are typical UK figures (Checkatrade, 2026), and levelling is around £18–£35/m². Use your own rates.

HOW IT WORKS

Price the labour, then check it against your day rate

Multiply each area by your per m² rate and add any extras priced separately, such as strip-out, tanking and levelling. Then work out how many days the tiling will take from how much you lay a day. Dividing the tiling price by those days shows what the job really earns per day. If it falls well short of your day rate, the job needs a higher rate or a minimum charge. That's common for small bathrooms with lots of cuts.

Quoting a bathroom

A step-by-step guide with a worked example for a 2.5 × 2 m bathroom.

Read the guide →

Work out your day rate

Find the rate that covers your costs and time off.

Day-rate calculator →

Going rates

What UK tilers charge per m², per day and by region.

UK tiling labour rates →

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