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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%
Mean (average) pay
$66,620 a year · $32.03 an hour
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.

Pay by percentile

What roofers in New Haven, 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$25.04$52,090
25th percentile$25.35$52,740
Median (50th)$29.23$60,800
75th percentile$38.53$80,150
90th percentile$46.09$95,860

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

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.

Other Connecticut metro areas

Other trades in New Haven, CT

Questions

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.

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