How much do roofers make an hour in Bridgeport, CT?

The median hourly wage is $39.09. The middle half earn between $26.87 and $47.38 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)

What do entry-level roofers make in Bridgeport, CT?

BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $24.01 an hour ($49,950 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $26.87.

Do roofers make more in Bridgeport or Hartford?

Bridgeport pays more: the median is $81,310 in Bridgeport and $65,710 in Hartford, a 24% difference.

How does Bridgeport pay compare with the rest of Connecticut?

The Bridgeport median of $81,310 is 31% more than the Connecticut median of $62,070.

Roofer salary in Bridgeport, CT

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Roofers in the Bridgeport–Stamford–Danbury, CT area earn a median of $81,310 a year, or $39.09 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The top 10% earn more than $99,130. Across all of Connecticut, the median is $62,070, so Bridgeport pays 31% more than the state as a whole.

Median yearly pay$81,310

Bottom 10% under$49,950Top 10% over$99,130

Entry-level starting pay (estimate): $24.01/hr
Jobs in this area: 130
After cost of living: $76,090
Median hourly pay: $39.09/hr
vs U.S. median: +47%
vs Connecticut median: +31%

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 14860, Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT). 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	$49,950–$55,890$24.01–$26.87/hr
Experienced roofer	$81,310$39.09/hr
Top earners	$98,540–$99,130$47.38–$47.66/hr

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

How Bridgeport, CT compares

Bridgeport has the highest roofer median of the 3 Connecticut metro areas with published pay.
Roofers are less concentrated in the Bridgeport area than nationally: 0.3 of every 1,000 jobs, 0.37 times the U.S. share.
The 90th-percentile wage, $99,130, is 2.0 times the 10th-percentile wage, $49,950: a measure of how much pay rises with experience and specialty.

Other Connecticut metro areas

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Questions

How much do roofers make in Bridgeport, CT?: Roofers in the Bridgeport–Stamford–Danbury, CT area earn a median of $81,310 a year, or $39.09 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The top 10% earn more than $99,130.
How much do roofers make an hour in Bridgeport, CT?: The median hourly wage is $39.09. The middle half earn between $26.87 and $47.38 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)
What do entry-level roofers make in Bridgeport, CT?: BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $24.01 an hour ($49,950 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $26.87.
Do roofers make more in Bridgeport or Hartford?: Bridgeport pays more: the median is $81,310 in Bridgeport and $65,710 in Hartford, a 24% difference.
How does Bridgeport pay compare with the rest of Connecticut?: The Bridgeport median of $81,310 is 31% more than the Connecticut median of $62,070.

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 14860 (Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT). 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 (106.9, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures