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Roofer salary in Fresno, CA

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Roofers in the Fresno, CA area earn a median of $62,400 a year, or $30.00 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. One in ten earns more than $77,260. That's 2% less than the California median of $63,600.

Median yearly pay$62,400
Bottom 10% under$48,200Top 10% over$77,260
Entry-level starting pay (estimate)
$23.18/hr
Jobs in this area
640
After cost of living
$61,080
Median hourly pay
$30.00/hr
vs U.S. median
+13%
vs California median
−2%
Mean (average) pay
$62,680 a year · $30.14 an hour
Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 23420, Fresno, CA). 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.

Pay by percentile

What roofers in Fresno, CA 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.

PercentileHourlyYearly
10th percentile$23.18$48,200
25th percentile$28.20$58,660
Median (50th)$30.00$62,400
75th percentile$31.06$64,600
90th percentile$37.15$77,260

BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. BLS yearly figures are the hourly wage times 2,080 hours.

How Fresno, CA compares

  • Fresno ranks 9th of 22 California metro areas for roofer pay.
  • Roofers are more concentrated in the Fresno area than nationally: 1.4 of every 1,000 jobs, 1.6 times the U.S. share.

Other California metro areas

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Questions

Do roofers make more in Fresno or San Francisco?
San Francisco pays more: the median is $62,400 in Fresno and $74,340 in San Francisco, a 16% 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 23420 (Fresno, CA). 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 (102.2, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures