TradeSalary

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%
Mean (average) pay
$78,320 a year · $37.65 an hour
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.

Pay by percentile

What roofers in Bridgeport, CT 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$24.01$49,950
25th percentile$26.87$55,890
Median (50th)$39.09$81,310
75th percentile$47.38$98,540
90th percentile$47.66$99,130

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

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.

Other Connecticut metro areas

Other trades in Bridgeport, CT

Questions

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.

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