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

The median hourly wage is $29.85. The middle half earn between $29.48 and $37.51 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)

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

BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $22.94 an hour ($47,710 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $29.48.

Do roofers make more in Vallejo or San Francisco?

San Francisco pays more: the median is $62,080 in Vallejo and $74,340 in San Francisco, a 16% difference.

How does Vallejo pay compare with the rest of California?

The Vallejo median of $62,080 is 2% less than the California median of $63,600.

Roofer salary in Vallejo, CA

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Roofers in the Vallejo, CA area earn a median of $62,080 a year, or $29.85 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The highest-paid 10% make over $78,020 a year. Across all of California, the median is $63,600, so Vallejo pays 2% less than the state as a whole.

Median yearly pay$62,080

Bottom 10% under$47,710Top 10% over$78,020

Entry-level starting pay (estimate): $22.94/hr
Jobs in this area: 650
After cost of living: $57,230
Median hourly pay: $29.85/hr
vs U.S. median: +12%
vs California median: −2%

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 46700, Vallejo, 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	$47,710–$61,320$22.94–$29.48/hr
Experienced roofer	$62,080$29.85/hr
Top earners	$78,020–$78,020$37.51–$37.51/hr

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

How Vallejo, CA compares

Vallejo ranks 11th of 22 California metro areas for roofer pay.
Roofers are more concentrated in the Vallejo area than nationally: 4.5 of every 1,000 jobs, 5.2 times the U.S. share.
The 90th-percentile wage, $78,020, is 1.6 times the 10th-percentile wage, $47,710: 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 Vallejo, CA?: Roofers in the Vallejo, CA area earn a median of $62,080 a year, or $29.85 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The highest-paid 10% make over $78,020 a year.
How much do roofers make an hour in Vallejo, CA?: The median hourly wage is $29.85. The middle half earn between $29.48 and $37.51 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)
What do entry-level roofers make in Vallejo, CA?: BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $22.94 an hour ($47,710 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $29.48.
Do roofers make more in Vallejo or San Francisco?: San Francisco pays more: the median is $62,080 in Vallejo and $74,340 in San Francisco, a 16% difference.
How does Vallejo pay compare with the rest of California?: The Vallejo median of $62,080 is 2% 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 46700 (Vallejo, 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 (108.5, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures