How much do roofers make an hour in San Francisco, CA?

The median hourly wage is $35.74. The middle half earn between $29.86 and $37.91 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)

What do entry-level roofers make in San Francisco, CA?

BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $27.75 an hour ($57,720 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $29.86.

Do roofers make more in San Francisco or San Jose?

San Jose pays more: the median is $74,340 in San Francisco and $76,650 in San Jose, a 3% difference.

How does San Francisco pay compare with the rest of California?

The San Francisco median of $74,340 is 17% more than the California median of $63,600.

Roofer salary in San Francisco, CA

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Roofers in the San Francisco–Oakland–Fremont, CA area earn a median of $74,340 a year, or $35.74 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The highest-paid 10% make over $98,390 a year. That's 17% more than the California median of $63,600.

Median yearly pay$74,340

Bottom 10% under$57,720Top 10% over$98,390

Entry-level starting pay (estimate): $27.75/hr
Jobs in this area: 2,610
After cost of living: $64,300
Median hourly pay: $35.74/hr
vs U.S. median: +34%
vs California median: +17%

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 41860, San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, 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	$57,720–$62,100$27.75–$29.86/hr
Experienced roofer	$74,340$35.74/hr
Top earners	$78,850–$98,390$37.91–$47.30/hr

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

How San Francisco, CA compares

San Francisco ranks 2nd of 22 California metro areas for roofer pay.
Roofers are more concentrated in the San Francisco area than nationally: 1.1 of every 1,000 jobs, 1.3 times the U.S. share.
The 90th-percentile wage, $98,390, is 1.7 times the 10th-percentile wage, $57,720: 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 San Francisco, CA?: Roofers in the San Francisco–Oakland–Fremont, CA area earn a median of $74,340 a year, or $35.74 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The highest-paid 10% make over $98,390 a year.
How much do roofers make an hour in San Francisco, CA?: The median hourly wage is $35.74. The middle half earn between $29.86 and $37.91 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)
What do entry-level roofers make in San Francisco, CA?: BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $27.75 an hour ($57,720 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $29.86.
Do roofers make more in San Francisco or San Jose?: San Jose pays more: the median is $74,340 in San Francisco and $76,650 in San Jose, a 3% difference.
How does San Francisco pay compare with the rest of California?: The San Francisco median of $74,340 is 17% more 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 41860 (San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, 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 (115.6, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures