How much do roofers make an hour in Grand Junction, CO?

The median hourly wage is $24.10. The middle half earn between $22.16 and $25.49 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)

What do entry-level roofers make in Grand Junction, CO?

BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $19.81 an hour ($41,210 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $22.16.

Do roofers make more in Grand Junction or Boulder?

Boulder pays more: the median is $50,140 in Grand Junction and $56,140 in Boulder, a 11% difference.

How does Grand Junction pay compare with the rest of Colorado?

The Grand Junction median of $50,140 is 3% less than the Colorado median of $51,750.

Roofer salary in Grand Junction, CO

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Roofers in the Grand Junction, CO area earn a median of $50,140 a year, or $24.10 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The highest-paid 10% make over $62,410 a year. Across all of Colorado, the median is $51,750, so Grand Junction pays 3% less than the state as a whole.

Median yearly pay$50,140

Bottom 10% under$41,210Top 10% over$62,410

Entry-level starting pay (estimate): $19.81/hr
Jobs in this area: 60
After cost of living: $52,520
Median hourly pay: $24.10/hr
vs U.S. median: −10%
vs Colorado median: −3%

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 24300, Grand Junction, 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	$41,210–$46,100$19.81–$22.16/hr
Experienced roofer	$50,140$24.10/hr
Top earners	$53,020–$62,410$25.49–$30.01/hr

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

How Grand Junction, CO compares

Grand Junction ranks 3rd of 7 Colorado metro areas for roofer pay.
Roofers hold about the same share of jobs in the Grand Junction area as nationally: 0.9 of every 1,000 jobs.
The 90th-percentile wage, $62,410, is 1.5 times the 10th-percentile wage, $41,210: 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 Grand Junction, CO?: Roofers in the Grand Junction, CO area earn a median of $50,140 a year, or $24.10 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The highest-paid 10% make over $62,410 a year.
How much do roofers make an hour in Grand Junction, CO?: The median hourly wage is $24.10. The middle half earn between $22.16 and $25.49 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)
What do entry-level roofers make in Grand Junction, CO?: BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $19.81 an hour ($41,210 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $22.16.
Do roofers make more in Grand Junction or Boulder?: Boulder pays more: the median is $50,140 in Grand Junction and $56,140 in Boulder, a 11% difference.
How does Grand Junction pay compare with the rest of Colorado?: The Grand Junction median of $50,140 is 3% less 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 24300 (Grand Junction, 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 (95.5, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures