Roofers · SOC 47-2181

Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Rooferss

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025U.S. metropolitan areas

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for roofers. Areas where BLS suppressed the median are not ranked. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Top 25 of 265 metro areas

Roofers: metro areas with the highest published median annual wages, May 2025
#	Metro area	Median annual	Employment	Per 1,000 jobs
1	Worcester, MA	$105,270	350	1.0
2	Trenton-Princeton, NJ	$82,100	140	0.6
3	Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	$82,090	3,900	0.9
4	Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT	$81,310	130	0.3
5	St. Cloud, MN	$79,250	130	1.2
6	Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ	$77,990	90	0.6
7	Springfield, IL	$77,900	270	2.7
8	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$76,650	1,660	1.5
9	Peoria, IL	$76,610	160	1.0
10	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$76,400	3,100	0.3
11	Springfield, MA	$76,300	290	1.4
12	Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	$75,400	1,250	0.6
13	Decatur, IL	$74,640	60	1.3
14	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$74,340	2,610	1.1
15	Duluth, MN-WI	$72,860	240	1.9
16	Flint, MI	$70,760	120	0.9
17	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$66,350	1,120	0.4
18	Anchorage, AK	$65,750	230	1.3
19	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT	$65,710	350	0.6
20	Rockford, IL	$65,100	180	1.3
21	Chambersburg, PA	$64,480	70	1.2
22	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$64,090	2,970	1.4
23	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA	$64,020	430	2.1
24	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY	$63,920	440	1.0
25	Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY	$63,750	140	0.5

Full state and metro tables, the national distribution, and the pay map are on the Roofers overview.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.