Roofer salary in Yuba City, CA
Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025
Roofers in the Yuba City, CA area earn a median of $61,230 a year, or $29.44 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The top 10% earn more than $74,490. Across all of California, the median is $63,600, so Yuba City pays 4% less than the state as a whole.
- Entry-level starting pay (estimate)
- $21.30/hr
- Jobs in this area
- 60
- After cost of living
- $58,740
- Median hourly pay
- $29.44/hr
- vs U.S. median
- +10%
- vs California median
- −4%
- Mean (average) pay
- $60,330 a year · $29.00 an hour
Pay by percentile
What roofers in Yuba City, 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.
| Percentile | Hourly | Yearly |
|---|---|---|
| 10th percentile | $21.30 | $44,300 |
| 25th percentile | $23.92 | $49,740 |
| Median (50th) | $29.44 | $61,230 |
| 75th percentile | $32.13 | $66,830 |
| 90th percentile | $35.81 | $74,490 |
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. BLS yearly figures are the hourly wage times 2,080 hours.
How Yuba City, CA compares
- Yuba City ranks 18th of 22 California metro areas for roofer pay.
- Roofers are more concentrated in the Yuba City area than nationally: 1.3 of every 1,000 jobs, 1.4 times the U.S. share.
Other California metro areas
Other trades in Yuba City, CA
Questions
- Do roofers make more in Yuba City or San Francisco?
- San Francisco pays more: the median is $61,230 in Yuba City and $74,340 in San Francisco, a 18% 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 49700 (Yuba City, 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 (104.2, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures