How much do roofers make an hour in Los Angeles, CA?

The median hourly wage is $30.56. The middle half earn between $28.76 and $35.74 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)

What do entry-level roofers make in Los Angeles, CA?

BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $23.45 an hour ($48,780 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $28.76.

Do roofers make more in Los Angeles or San Jose?

San Jose pays more: the median is $63,560 in Los Angeles and $76,650 in San Jose, a 17% difference.

How does Los Angeles pay compare with the rest of California?

The Los Angeles median of $63,560 is about the same as the California median of $63,600.

Roofer salary in Los Angeles, CA

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Roofers in the Los Angeles–Long Beach–Anaheim, CA area earn a median of $63,560 a year, or $30.56 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. One in ten earns more than $89,460. Across all of California, the median is $63,600, so Los Angeles pays about the same as the state as a whole.

Median yearly pay$63,560

Bottom 10% under$48,780Top 10% over$89,460

Entry-level starting pay (estimate): $23.45/hr
Jobs in this area: 5,480
After cost of living: $55,970
Median hourly pay: $30.56/hr
vs U.S. median: +15%
vs California median: 0%

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 31080, Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, 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.

Entry-level to top roofer pay

Stage	Yearly pay	Hourly pay
Entry level	$48,780–$59,820$23.45–$28.76/hr
Experienced roofer	$63,560$30.56/hr
Top earners	$74,340–$89,460$35.74–$43.01/hr

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

How Los Angeles, CA compares

Los Angeles ranks 4th of 22 California metro areas for roofer pay.
Roofers hold about the same share of jobs in the Los Angeles area as nationally: 0.9 of every 1,000 jobs.
The 90th-percentile wage, $89,460, is 1.8 times the 10th-percentile wage, $48,780: a measure of how much pay rises with experience and specialty.

Other California metro areas

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Questions

How much do roofers make in Los Angeles, CA?: Roofers in the Los Angeles–Long Beach–Anaheim, CA area earn a median of $63,560 a year, or $30.56 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. One in ten earns more than $89,460.
How much do roofers make an hour in Los Angeles, CA?: The median hourly wage is $30.56. The middle half earn between $28.76 and $35.74 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)
What do entry-level roofers make in Los Angeles, CA?: BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $23.45 an hour ($48,780 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $28.76.
Do roofers make more in Los Angeles or San Jose?: San Jose pays more: the median is $63,560 in Los Angeles and $76,650 in San Jose, a 17% difference.
How does Los Angeles pay compare with the rest of California?: The Los Angeles median of $63,560 is about the same as the California median of $63,600.

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 31080 (Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, 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 (113.6, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures