How much do roofers make an hour in Boulder, CO?

The median hourly wage is $26.99. The middle half earn between $23.08 and $29.26 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)

What do entry-level roofers make in Boulder, CO?

BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $22.99 an hour ($47,820 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $23.08.

Do roofers make more in Boulder or Denver?

Boulder pays more: the median is $56,140 in Boulder and $55,830 in Denver, a 1% difference.

How does Boulder pay compare with the rest of Colorado?

The Boulder median of $56,140 is 8% more than the Colorado median of $51,750.

Roofer salary in Boulder, CO

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Roofers in the Boulder, CO area earn a median of $56,140 a year, or $26.99 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. One in ten earns more than $75,970. That's 8% more than the Colorado median of $51,750.

Median yearly pay$56,140

Bottom 10% under$47,820Top 10% over$75,970

Entry-level starting pay (estimate): $22.99/hr
Jobs in this area: 140
After cost of living: $53,360
Median hourly pay: $26.99/hr
vs U.S. median: +1%
vs Colorado median: +8%

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 14500, Boulder, CO). 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	$47,820–$48,010$22.99–$23.08/hr
Experienced roofer	$56,140$26.99/hr
Top earners	$60,860–$75,970$29.26–$36.53/hr

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

How Boulder, CO compares

Boulder has the highest roofer median of the 7 Colorado metro areas with published pay.
Roofers are less concentrated in the Boulder area than nationally: 0.7 of every 1,000 jobs, 0.85 times the U.S. share.
The 90th-percentile wage, $75,970, is 1.6 times the 10th-percentile wage, $47,820: a measure of how much pay rises with experience and specialty.

Other Colorado metro areas

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Questions

How much do roofers make in Boulder, CO?: Roofers in the Boulder, CO area earn a median of $56,140 a year, or $26.99 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. One in ten earns more than $75,970.
How much do roofers make an hour in Boulder, CO?: The median hourly wage is $26.99. The middle half earn between $23.08 and $29.26 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)
What do entry-level roofers make in Boulder, CO?: BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $22.99 an hour ($47,820 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $23.08.
Do roofers make more in Boulder or Denver?: Boulder pays more: the median is $56,140 in Boulder and $55,830 in Denver, a 1% difference.
How does Boulder pay compare with the rest of Colorado?: The Boulder median of $56,140 is 8% more than the Colorado median of $51,750.

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 14500 (Boulder, CO). 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 (105.2, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures