Cabinet Installation Cost in Metro Detroit (2026)

Kitchen size and cabinet count are the base — more boxes, more hours. Beyond that, several things add labor: assembling flat-pack or RTA cabinets before hanging, scribing and shimming to badly out-of-square walls and floors common in older homes, intricate trim and crown molding, and lots of fillers or custom modifications. A simple set of pre-assembled boxes on reasonably true walls installs quickly; a custom run with crown, scribing, and on-site adjustments takes much longer. Whether old cabinets need removal and disposal is another factor.

• Install labor, small kitchen: roughly $3,000–$6,000
• Install labor, average kitchen: roughly $5,000–$10,000
• Install labor, large / custom kitchen: $10,000–$15,000+
• RTA assembly: often added per cabinet on top of hanging

Remember the cabinets are separate: stock runs can be a few thousand, semi-custom mid five figures, and custom well beyond — so your all-in number is install labor plus the cabinet purchase.

Installation is not the place to chase the lowest bid, because it is the foundation the whole kitchen sits on. Paying for an installer who scribes to uneven walls, sets perfect reveals, and shims boxes dead-level protects the far larger investment in your cabinets and countertops — a counter templated to crooked boxes is a problem you pay for twice. When we match you with an installer, the quote separates assembly, install, and trim so you see what the careful work costs and why it is worth it.