TradeSalary

Roofer salary in Sacramento, CA

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Roofers in the Sacramento–Roseville–Folsom, CA area earn a median of $63,320 a year, or $30.44 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The top 10% earn more than $88,840. Statewide, roofers earn a median of $63,600; Sacramento is right at that level.

Median yearly pay$63,320
Bottom 10% under$49,110Top 10% over$88,840
Entry-level starting pay (estimate)
$23.61/hr
Jobs in this area
1,800
After cost of living
$59,360
Median hourly pay
$30.44/hr
vs U.S. median
+14%
vs California median
0%
Mean (average) pay
$66,590 a year · $32.01 an hour
Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 40900, Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, 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 Sacramento, 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$23.61$49,110
25th percentile$28.59$59,460
Median (50th)$30.44$63,320
75th percentile$35.89$74,640
90th percentile$42.71$88,840

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

How Sacramento, CA compares

  • Sacramento ranks 5th of 22 California metro areas for roofer pay.
  • Roofers are more concentrated in the Sacramento area than nationally: 1.7 of every 1,000 jobs, 1.9 times the U.S. share.

Other California metro areas

Other trades in Sacramento, CA

Questions

Do roofers make more in Sacramento or San Jose?
San Jose pays more: the median is $63,320 in Sacramento and $76,650 in San Jose, a 17% 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 40900 (Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, 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 (106.7, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures