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Roofer salary in Fort Collins, CO

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Roofers in the Fort Collins–Loveland, CO area earn a median of $48,610 a year, or $23.37 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The highest-paid 10% make over $73,080 a year. Statewide, roofers earn a median of $51,750; Fort Collins is 6% below it.

Median yearly pay$48,610
Bottom 10% under$44,780Top 10% over$73,080
Entry-level starting pay (estimate)
$21.53/hr
Jobs in this area
150
After cost of living
$48,070
Median hourly pay
$23.37/hr
vs U.S. median
−12%
vs Colorado median
−6%
Mean (average) pay
$54,030 a year · $25.97 an hour
Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 22660, Fort Collins-Loveland, 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.

Pay by percentile

What roofers in Fort Collins, CO 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.

PercentileHourlyYearly
10th percentile$21.53$44,780
25th percentile$22.32$46,430
Median (50th)$23.37$48,610
75th percentile$28.83$59,960
90th percentile$35.13$73,080

BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. BLS yearly figures are the hourly wage times 2,080 hours.

How Fort Collins, CO compares

  • Fort Collins ranks 6th of 7 Colorado metro areas for roofer pay.
  • Roofers hold about the same share of jobs in the Fort Collins area as nationally: 0.9 of every 1,000 jobs.

Other Colorado metro areas

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Questions

Do roofers make more in Fort Collins or Boulder?
Boulder pays more: the median is $48,610 in Fort Collins and $56,140 in Boulder, a 13% 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 22660 (Fort Collins-Loveland, 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 (101.1, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures