Highest-paying Cities for Roofers

The top 100 highest paying cities for roofers (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment of roofers in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $102,280, Worcester, Massachusetts is the highest paying city for roofers. It is followed by Nassau-Suffolk, New York (average annual salary $88,810). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2023 [1]. For more salary information of roofers in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Roofers

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Worcester, Massachusetts	$102,280	$48,100	360
2	Nassau-Suffolk, New York	$88,810	$38,270	750
3	Danbury, Connecticut	$77,000	$47,030	70
4	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$74,480	$55,650	1,290
5	Fairbanks, Alaska	$73,790	$27,580	30
6	Anchorage, Alaska	$72,780	$48,400	160
7	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$72,130	$52,760	2,260
8	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$71,190	$45,610	4,450
9	Duluth, Wisconsin	$71,100	$37,740	110
10	Springfield, Illinois	$67,000	$37,240	140
11	New Haven, Connecticut	$66,930	$38,700	210
12	Springfield, Massachusetts	$65,590	$45,980	350
13	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$64,630	$49,030	340
14	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois	$64,480	$32,490	2,730
15	Winnsboro nonmetropolitan area, Louisiana	$64,190	$35,600	40
16	Madera-Chowchilla, California	$64,150	$48,860	120
17	Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area, Illinois	$63,970	$38,040	210
18	Champaign-Urbana, Illinois	$63,890	$37,180	90
19	Peoria, Illinois	$63,880	$37,100	170
20	Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California	$62,450	$47,220	130
21	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$62,400	$48,560	1,630
22	Mount Vernon-Anacortes, Washington	$62,340	$40,050	80
23	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York	$62,270	$36,330	380
24	Salinas, California	$61,910	$47,610	210
25	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$61,890	$48,730	4,880
26	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California	$61,850	$47,260	310
27	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$61,670	$46,830	1,430
28	Yakima, Washington	$61,640	$44,930	110
29	Modesto, California	$61,340	$48,280	230
30	Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$61,310	$47,250	100
31	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$61,260	$48,100	2,970
32	Stockton, California	$61,240	$47,270	220
33	North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$61,070	$46,110	100
34	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$61,000	$40,910	1,040
35	Visalia-Porterville, California	$60,900	$45,430	80
36	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$60,350	$40,290	1,890
37	Yuba City, California	$60,250	$45,140	50
38	San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, California	$60,240	$48,130	180
39	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$60,050	$44,560	1,890
40	Edison-New Brunswick, New Jersey	$60,030	$19,180	440
41	Fresno, California	$59,950	$46,780	390
42	Vallejo-Fairfield, California	$59,910	$47,230	680
43	Bakersfield-Delano, California	$59,910	$45,830	180
44	Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, Washington	$59,600	$44,810	70
45	Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton, New Jersey	$59,570	$52,950	60
46	Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, Washington	$59,530	$40,540	170
47	Bellingham, Washington	$59,320	$45,080	310
48	Camden, New Jersey	$59,280	$33,360	150
49	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California	$59,260	$40,280	280
50	Bremerton-Silverdale, Washington	$58,980	$45,760	150
51	Merced, California	$58,820	$43,820	40
52	North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$58,810	$46,450	190
53	Spokane, Washington	$58,630	$44,030	470
54	Chico, California	$58,460	$41,940	100
55	Western Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$58,150	$38,330	270
56	Glens Falls, New York	$57,660	$25,440	80
57	Urban Honolulu, Hawaii	$57,620	$47,590	560
58	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$57,420	$38,510	260
59	Utica-Rome, New York	$57,410	$32,190	80
60	Rockford, Illinois	$57,290	$36,790	150
61	Redding, California	$57,130	$38,420	200
62	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$56,950	$37,710	3,390
63	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$56,920	$37,810	2,040
64	Pittsfield, Massachusetts	$56,660	$45,100	40
65	Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington	$56,360	$36,370	1,800
66	Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, Hawaii	$56,240	$35,540	50
67	Napa, California	$55,980	$35,700	70
68	Kansas City, Missouri	$55,800	$37,480	870
69	Newark-Union, Pennsylvania	$55,700	$32,020	400
70	Nevada nonmetropolitan area, Nevada	$54,770	$47,240	60
71	Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey	$54,470	$35,740	90
72	St Louis, Missouri	$54,040	$37,750	1,130
73	Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, Michigan	$53,970	$32,840	710
74	Jackson, Michigan	$53,830	$35,570	60
75	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$53,800	$34,750	800
76	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California	$53,070	$35,170	2,690
77	Charleston, West Virginia	$52,740	$33,880	80
78	Olympia, Washington	$52,580	$38,700	210
79	Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan	$52,400	$37,850	1,220
80	Jefferson City, Missouri	$52,190	$26,570	100
81	Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$52,100	$38,710	50
82	Longview, Washington	$52,000	$46,560	150
83	Topeka, Kansas	$51,520	$36,370	100
84	Atlantic City-Hammonton, New Jersey	$51,480	$27,040	50
85	Beaumont-Port Arthur, Texas	$51,320	$29,630	50
86	Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$50,840	$36,060	130
87	New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York	$50,770	$30,030	1,850
88	Wichita, Kansas	$50,700	$31,490	250
89	Racine, Wisconsin	$50,700	$36,950	80
90	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$50,660	$28,770	760
91	Reno-Sparks, Nevada	$50,640	$40,300	450
92	Burlington-South Burlington, Vermont	$50,540	$38,570	80
93	Waterbury, Connecticut	$50,440	$35,360	110
94	Columbia, Missouri	$50,430	$36,220	80
95	Columbus, Ohio	$50,420	$37,200	820
96	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$50,320	$36,970	1,560
97	Rochester, New York	$50,010	$35,060	390
98	Peabody, Massachusetts	$49,980	$36,850	80
99	Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$49,960	$37,430	50
100	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$49,950	$39,370	2,090

See also: 💰 Highest paying industries for roofers.