How much do roofers make an hour in Tucson, AZ?

The median hourly wage is $21.17. The middle half earn between $18.07 and $21.57 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)

What do entry-level roofers make in Tucson, AZ?

BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $17.98 an hour ($37,400 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $18.07.

Do roofers make more in Tucson or Phoenix?

Phoenix pays more: the median is $44,040 in Tucson and $47,760 in Phoenix, a 8% difference.

How does Tucson pay compare with the rest of Arizona?

The Tucson median of $44,040 is 7% less than the Arizona median of $47,340.

Roofer salary in Tucson, AZ

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Roofers in the Tucson, AZ area earn a median of $44,040 a year, or $21.17 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. One in ten earns more than $57,390. That's 7% less than the Arizona median of $47,340.

Median yearly pay$44,040

Bottom 10% under$37,400Top 10% over$57,390

Entry-level starting pay (estimate): $17.98/hr
Jobs in this area: 340
After cost of living: $45,450
Median hourly pay: $21.17/hr
vs U.S. median: −21%
vs Arizona median: −7%

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 46060, Tucson, AZ). Excludes self-employed roofers. Cost of living: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024. *Starting pay is estimated from the 10th percentile; BLS does not report pay by license level.

Entry-level to top roofer pay

Stage	Yearly pay	Hourly pay
Entry level	$37,400–$37,590$17.98–$18.07/hr
Experienced roofer	$44,040$21.17/hr
Top earners	$44,860–$57,390$21.57–$27.59/hr

Estimated from BLS percentiles (10th–25th, median, 75th–90th); BLS does not report pay by license level.

How Tucson, AZ compares

Tucson has the lowest roofer median of the 3 Arizona metro areas with published pay.
Roofers hold about the same share of jobs in the Tucson area as nationally: 0.9 of every 1,000 jobs.
The 90th-percentile wage, $57,390, is 1.5 times the 10th-percentile wage, $37,400: a measure of how much pay rises with experience and specialty.

Other Arizona metro areas

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Questions

How much do roofers make in Tucson, AZ?: Roofers in the Tucson, AZ area earn a median of $44,040 a year, or $21.17 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. One in ten earns more than $57,390.
How much do roofers make an hour in Tucson, AZ?: The median hourly wage is $21.17. The middle half earn between $18.07 and $21.57 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)
What do entry-level roofers make in Tucson, AZ?: BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $17.98 an hour ($37,400 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $18.07.
Do roofers make more in Tucson or Phoenix?: Phoenix pays more: the median is $44,040 in Tucson and $47,760 in Phoenix, a 8% difference.
How does Tucson pay compare with the rest of Arizona?: The Tucson median of $44,040 is 7% less than the Arizona median of $47,340.

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 46060 (Tucson, 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 (96.9, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures