How much do roofers make an hour in Modesto, CA?

The median hourly wage is $30.26. The middle half earn between $28.54 and $35.26 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)

What do entry-level roofers make in Modesto, CA?

BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $23.91 an hour ($49,740 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $28.54.

Do roofers make more in Modesto or San Francisco?

San Francisco pays more: the median is $62,940 in Modesto and $74,340 in San Francisco, a 15% difference.

How does Modesto pay compare with the rest of California?

The Modesto median of $62,940 is 1% less than the California median of $63,600.

Roofer salary in Modesto, CA

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Roofers in the Modesto, CA area earn a median of $62,940 a year, or $30.26 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The top 10% earn more than $80,580. Statewide, roofers earn a median of $63,600; Modesto is 1% below it.

Median yearly pay$62,940

Bottom 10% under$49,740Top 10% over$80,580

Entry-level starting pay (estimate): $23.91/hr
Jobs in this area: 290
After cost of living: $60,460
Median hourly pay: $30.26/hr
vs U.S. median: +14%
vs California median: −1%

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 33700, Modesto, 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	$49,740–$59,370$23.91–$28.54/hr
Experienced roofer	$62,940$30.26/hr
Top earners	$73,330–$80,580$35.26–$38.74/hr

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

How Modesto, CA compares

Modesto ranks 7th of 22 California metro areas for roofer pay.
Roofers are more concentrated in the Modesto area than nationally: 1.5 of every 1,000 jobs, 1.7 times the U.S. share.
The 90th-percentile wage, $80,580, is 1.6 times the 10th-percentile wage, $49,740: 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 Modesto, CA?: Roofers in the Modesto, CA area earn a median of $62,940 a year, or $30.26 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The top 10% earn more than $80,580.
How much do roofers make an hour in Modesto, CA?: The median hourly wage is $30.26. The middle half earn between $28.54 and $35.26 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)
What do entry-level roofers make in Modesto, CA?: BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $23.91 an hour ($49,740 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $28.54.
Do roofers make more in Modesto or San Francisco?: San Francisco pays more: the median is $62,940 in Modesto and $74,340 in San Francisco, a 15% difference.
How does Modesto pay compare with the rest of California?: The Modesto median of $62,940 is 1% less than 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 33700 (Modesto, 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 (104.1, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures