How much do roofers make an hour in Jacksonville, FL?

The median hourly wage is $22.85. The middle half earn between $18.27 and $28.35 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)

What do entry-level roofers make in Jacksonville, FL?

BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $16.54 an hour ($34,410 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $18.27.

Do roofers make more in Jacksonville or North Port?

North Port pays more: the median is $47,520 in Jacksonville and $48,860 in North Port, a 3% difference.

How does Jacksonville pay compare with the rest of Florida?

The Jacksonville median of $47,520 is about the same as the Florida median of $47,590.

Roofer salary in Jacksonville, FL

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Roofers in the Jacksonville, FL area earn a median of $47,520 a year, or $22.85 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The highest-paid 10% make over $63,940 a year. That's about the same as the Florida median of $47,590.

Median yearly pay$47,520

Bottom 10% under$34,410Top 10% over$63,940

Entry-level starting pay (estimate): $16.54/hr
Jobs in this area: 1,400
After cost of living: $47,770
Median hourly pay: $22.85/hr
vs U.S. median: −14%
vs Florida median: 0%

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 27260, Jacksonville, FL). 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	$34,410–$38,010$16.54–$18.27/hr
Experienced roofer	$47,520$22.85/hr
Top earners	$58,960–$63,940$28.35–$30.74/hr

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

How Jacksonville, FL compares

Jacksonville ranks 7th of 18 Florida metro areas for roofer pay.
Roofers are more concentrated in the Jacksonville area than nationally: 1.8 of every 1,000 jobs, 2.1 times the U.S. share.
The 90th-percentile wage, $63,940, is 1.9 times the 10th-percentile wage, $34,410: a measure of how much pay rises with experience and specialty.

Other Florida metro areas

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Questions

How much do roofers make in Jacksonville, FL?: Roofers in the Jacksonville, FL area earn a median of $47,520 a year, or $22.85 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The highest-paid 10% make over $63,940 a year.
How much do roofers make an hour in Jacksonville, FL?: The median hourly wage is $22.85. The middle half earn between $18.27 and $28.35 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)
What do entry-level roofers make in Jacksonville, FL?: BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $16.54 an hour ($34,410 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $18.27.
Do roofers make more in Jacksonville or North Port?: North Port pays more: the median is $47,520 in Jacksonville and $48,860 in North Port, a 3% difference.
How does Jacksonville pay compare with the rest of Florida?: The Jacksonville median of $47,520 is about the same as the Florida median of $47,590.

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 27260 (Jacksonville, FL). 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 (99.5, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures