- Soundproofing a room usually costs $1,000 to $3,350, about $1,950 typical.
- Soundproofing the walls, door and gaps of one bedroom or office.
What soundproofing a room costs
Most homeowners pay $1,000 to $3,350 for soundproofing a room, and $1,950 is a typical price. Soundproofing the walls, door and gaps of one bedroom or office. By the square foot, HomeAdvisor and Bob Vila put it at $10 to $30, with $20 in the middle.
| Price | |
|---|---|
| Low end | $1,000 |
| Typical | $1,950 |
| High end | $3,350 |
| Per square foot | $10 to $30 |
National figures from Fixr and HomeAdvisor, combined as shown below. Labor rates move the price by state: about $2,475 typical in Hawaii against $1,636 in Arkansas.
What drives the price
- How quiet. Sealing gaps and adding a solid door is cheap. Decoupled walls with resilient channel and double drywall cost the most.
- Open or finished walls. Adding insulation or channel means opening walls or adding a new layer over them.
- Windows and doors. Fixr's average includes soundproof windows and a door, which are often the weak points.
- Room use. Home theaters and music rooms need more than a bedroom. HomeAdvisor says home theaters can reach $10,000.
Soundproofing a room cost by room
| Room | Price | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bathroom | $500 to $6,300 | Bob Vila |
| Bedroom | $1,300 to $6,000 | Bob Vila |
| Basement | $5,000 to $30,000 | Bob Vila |
Soundproofing a room cost by state
Estimates by state, made by Koira: the national soundproofing a room range with its labor part, roughly 70%, adjusted to local wages for construction and extraction workers. Real quotes vary with the job.
| State | Low | Typical | High |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | $862 | $1,681 | $2,888 |
| Alaska | $1,189 | $2,319 | $3,983 |
| Arizona | $982 | $1,915 | $3,290 |
| Arkansas | $839 | $1,636 | $2,811 |
| California | $1,143 | $2,228 | $3,828 |
| Colorado | $1,019 | $1,988 | $3,415 |
| Connecticut | $1,142 | $2,227 | $3,826 |
| Delaware | $998 | $1,946 | $3,343 |
| District of Columbia | $1,124 | $2,192 | $3,766 |
| Florida | $880 | $1,716 | $2,949 |
| Georgia | $885 | $1,726 | $2,966 |
| Hawaii | $1,269 | $2,475 | $4,252 |
| Idaho | $960 | $1,872 | $3,216 |
| Illinois | $1,247 | $2,432 | $4,178 |
| Indiana | $1,027 | $2,003 | $3,441 |
| Iowa | $999 | $1,948 | $3,347 |
| Kansas | $946 | $1,845 | $3,170 |
| Kentucky | $925 | $1,803 | $3,098 |
| Louisiana | $887 | $1,730 | $2,972 |
| Maine | $1,009 | $1,968 | $3,380 |
| Maryland | $1,004 | $1,958 | $3,363 |
| Massachusetts | $1,211 | $2,361 | $4,056 |
| Michigan | $1,019 | $1,988 | $3,415 |
| Minnesota | $1,153 | $2,249 | $3,864 |
| Mississippi | $850 | $1,658 | $2,848 |
| Missouri | $1,026 | $2,000 | $3,436 |
| Montana | $1,017 | $1,982 | $3,406 |
| Nebraska | $932 | $1,818 | $3,123 |
| Nevada | $1,026 | $2,000 | $3,436 |
| New Hampshire | $1,006 | $1,962 | $3,371 |
| New Jersey | $1,164 | $2,269 | $3,898 |
| New Mexico | $887 | $1,729 | $2,970 |
| New York | $1,128 | $2,199 | $3,778 |
| North Carolina | $881 | $1,717 | $2,950 |
| North Dakota | $1,019 | $1,987 | $3,414 |
| Ohio | $1,031 | $2,010 | $3,452 |
| Oklahoma | $872 | $1,700 | $2,920 |
| Oregon | $1,077 | $2,101 | $3,609 |
| Pennsylvania | $1,011 | $1,972 | $3,388 |
| Rhode Island | $1,041 | $2,030 | $3,488 |
| South Carolina | $883 | $1,721 | $2,957 |
| South Dakota | $889 | $1,734 | $2,979 |
| Tennessee | $894 | $1,743 | $2,995 |
| Texas | $878 | $1,712 | $2,941 |
| Utah | $972 | $1,895 | $3,256 |
| Vermont | $1,002 | $1,954 | $3,357 |
| Virginia | $964 | $1,879 | $3,228 |
| Washington | $1,188 | $2,316 | $3,978 |
| West Virginia | $977 | $1,906 | $3,274 |
| Wisconsin | $1,048 | $2,044 | $3,511 |
| Wyoming | $1,002 | $1,955 | $3,358 |
Big metro areas often run above their state's figure.
How we got these numbers
| Guide | Range | Average | Use |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fixr | $1,000 to $4,000 | $2,000 | Counted |
| HomeAdvisor | $1,036 to $2,743 | $1,881 | Counted |
| Bob Vila | $1,036 to $2,721 | $1,874 | Shown, not counted: it repeats another guide's figures |
How the soundproofing a room range is combined: low end from the middle of the guides' lows, high end from the middle of their highs, typical from the middle of their averages (a range's midpoint where no average is given). Figures read on each guide's page on October 9, 2026.
Labor share used: 70%. None of the guides splits labor out for this job, so this share is Koira's working assumption for walls and ceilings work. State factor: the state's median hourly wage for construction and extraction workers over the national $28.63 (BLS, May 2025), kept between 0.7 and 1.4.
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Wall and ceiling work is mostly labor, so price it from your own hourly cost and show the square or linear feet on the estimate.
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Sources: Fixr, soundproofing a room cost; HomeAdvisor, soundproofing a room cost; Bob Vila, soundproofing a room cost; BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (state and national files). Prices checked October 9, 2026. More for your trade: how the trade runs on Koira.