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

The median hourly wage is $36.85. The middle half earn between $30.66 and $39.49 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)

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

BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $28.51 an hour ($59,300 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $30.66.

Do roofers make more in San Jose or San Francisco?

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

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

The San Jose median of $76,650 is 21% more than the California median of $63,600.

Roofer salary in San Jose, CA

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Roofers in the San Jose–Sunnyvale–Santa Clara, CA area earn a median of $76,650 a year, or $36.85 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. One in ten earns more than $103,040. That's 21% more than the California median of $63,600.

Median yearly pay$76,650

Bottom 10% under$59,300Top 10% over$103,040

Entry-level starting pay (estimate): $28.51/hr
Jobs in this area: 1,660
After cost of living: $69,410
Median hourly pay: $36.85/hr
vs U.S. median: +38%
vs California median: +21%

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 41940, San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, 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	$59,300–$63,780$28.51–$30.66/hr
Experienced roofer	$76,650$36.85/hr
Top earners	$82,130–$103,040$39.49–$49.54/hr

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

How San Jose, CA compares

San Jose has the highest roofer median of the 22 California metro areas with published pay.
Roofers are more concentrated in the San Jose area than nationally: 1.5 of every 1,000 jobs, 1.7 times the U.S. share.
The 90th-percentile wage, $103,040, is 1.7 times the 10th-percentile wage, $59,300: 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 Jose, CA?: Roofers in the San Jose–Sunnyvale–Santa Clara, CA area earn a median of $76,650 a year, or $36.85 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. One in ten earns more than $103,040.
How much do roofers make an hour in San Jose, CA?: The median hourly wage is $36.85. The middle half earn between $30.66 and $39.49 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)
What do entry-level roofers make in San Jose, CA?: BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $28.51 an hour ($59,300 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $30.66.
Do roofers make more in San Jose or San Francisco?: San Jose pays more: the median is $76,650 in San Jose and $74,340 in San Francisco, a 3% difference.
How does San Jose pay compare with the rest of California?: The San Jose median of $76,650 is 21% 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 41940 (San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, 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 (110.4, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures