Roofer salary in Phoenix, AZ
Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025
Roofers in the Phoenix–Mesa–Chandler, AZ area earn a median of $47,760 a year, or $22.96 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The top 10% earn more than $62,620. Across all of Arizona, the median is $47,340, so Phoenix pays 1% more than the state as a whole.
- Entry-level starting pay (estimate)
- $16.13/hr
- Jobs in this area
- 2,700
- After cost of living
- $46,230
- Median hourly pay
- $22.96/hr
- vs U.S. median
- −14%
- vs Arizona median
- +1%
- Mean (average) pay
- $51,720 a year · $24.86 an hour
Pay by percentile
What roofers in Phoenix, AZ earn at each point of the pay range, May 2025: 10% earn less than the 10th percentile, half earn less than the median, and 10% earn more than the 90th.
| Percentile | Hourly | Yearly |
|---|---|---|
| 10th percentile | $16.13 | $33,550 |
| 25th percentile | $21.74 | $45,220 |
| Median (50th) | $22.96 | $47,760 |
| 75th percentile | $28.80 | $59,900 |
| 90th percentile | $30.10 | $62,620 |
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. BLS yearly figures are the hourly wage times 2,080 hours.
How Phoenix, AZ compares
- Phoenix has the highest roofer median of the 3 Arizona metro areas with published pay.
- Roofers are more concentrated in the Phoenix area than nationally: 1.1 of every 1,000 jobs, 1.3 times the U.S. share.
Other Arizona metro areas
Other trades in Phoenix, AZ
Questions
- Do roofers make more in Phoenix or Prescott Valley?
- Phoenix pays more: the median is $47,760 in Phoenix and $46,030 in Prescott Valley, a 4% difference.
About this data
Wages are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey for May 2025, occupation 47-2181 (Roofers), area code 38060 (Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ). BLS counts wage and salary workers only, so self-employed roofers and business owners aren't included. The cost-of-living figure divides the median by the Bureau of Economic Analysis Regional Price Parity for 2024 (103.3, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures