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.
- 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%
- Mean (average) pay
- $50,970 a year · $24.51 an hour
Pay by percentile
What roofers in Grand Junction, 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.
| Percentile | Hourly | Yearly |
|---|---|---|
| 10th percentile | $19.81 | $41,210 |
| 25th percentile | $22.16 | $46,100 |
| Median (50th) | $24.10 | $50,140 |
| 75th percentile | $25.49 | $53,020 |
| 90th percentile | $30.01 | $62,410 |
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. BLS yearly figures are the hourly wage times 2,080 hours.
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.
Other Colorado metro areas
Other trades in Grand Junction, CO
Questions
- 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.
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