How much do roofers make an hour in New Haven, CT?

The median hourly wage is $29.23. The middle half earn between $25.35 and $38.53 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)

What do entry-level roofers make in New Haven, CT?

BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $25.04 an hour ($52,090 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $25.35.

Do roofers make more in New Haven or Bridgeport?

Bridgeport pays more: the median is $60,800 in New Haven and $81,310 in Bridgeport, a 25% difference.

How does New Haven pay compare with the rest of Connecticut?

The New Haven median of $60,800 is 2% less than the Connecticut median of $62,070.

Roofer salary in New Haven, CT

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Roofers in the New Haven, CT area earn a median of $60,800 a year, or $29.23 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The highest-paid 10% make over $95,860 a year. That's 2% less than the Connecticut median of $62,070.

Median yearly pay$60,800

Bottom 10% under$52,090Top 10% over$95,860

Entry-level starting pay (estimate): $25.04/hr
Jobs in this area: 180
After cost of living: $58,150
Median hourly pay: $29.23/hr
vs U.S. median: +10%
vs Connecticut median: −2%

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 35300, New Haven, 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	$52,090–$52,740$25.04–$25.35/hr
Experienced roofer	$60,800$29.23/hr
Top earners	$80,150–$95,860$38.53–$46.09/hr

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

How New Haven, CT compares

New Haven has the lowest roofer median of the 3 Connecticut metro areas with published pay.
Roofers are less concentrated in the New Haven area than nationally: 0.6 of every 1,000 jobs, 0.73 times the U.S. share.
The 90th-percentile wage, $95,860, is 1.8 times the 10th-percentile wage, $52,090: 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 New Haven, CT?: Roofers in the New Haven, CT area earn a median of $60,800 a year, or $29.23 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The highest-paid 10% make over $95,860 a year.
How much do roofers make an hour in New Haven, CT?: The median hourly wage is $29.23. The middle half earn between $25.35 and $38.53 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)
What do entry-level roofers make in New Haven, CT?: BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $25.04 an hour ($52,090 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $25.35.
Do roofers make more in New Haven or Bridgeport?: Bridgeport pays more: the median is $60,800 in New Haven and $81,310 in Bridgeport, a 25% difference.
How does New Haven pay compare with the rest of Connecticut?: The New Haven median of $60,800 is 2% less 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 35300 (New Haven, 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 (104.6, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures