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Roofer salary in Miami, FL

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Roofers in the Miami–Fort Lauderdale–West Palm Beach, FL area earn a median of $48,030 a year, or $23.09 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The highest-paid 10% make over $62,990 a year. Across all of Florida, the median is $47,590, so Miami pays 1% more than the state as a whole.

Median yearly pay$48,030
Bottom 10% under$33,930Top 10% over$62,990
Entry-level starting pay (estimate)
$16.31/hr
Jobs in this area
5,290
After cost of living
$42,070
Median hourly pay
$23.09/hr
vs U.S. median
−13%
vs Florida median
+1%
Mean (average) pay
$48,350 a year · $23.25 an hour
Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 33100, Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, 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.

Pay by percentile

What roofers in Miami, FL 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$16.31$33,930
25th percentile$18.29$38,040
Median (50th)$23.09$48,030
75th percentile$25.06$52,120
90th percentile$30.28$62,990

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

How Miami, FL compares

  • Miami ranks 4th of 18 Florida metro areas for roofer pay.
  • Roofers are more concentrated in the Miami area than nationally: 1.9 of every 1,000 jobs, 2.1 times the U.S. share.

Other Florida metro areas

Other trades in Miami, FL

Questions

Do roofers make more in Miami or North Port?
North Port pays more: the median is $48,030 in Miami and $48,860 in North Port, a 2% 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 33100 (Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, 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 (114.2, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures