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Roofer salary in Ocala, FL

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Roofers in the Ocala, FL area earn a median of $45,130 a year, or $21.70 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The top 10% earn more than $60,020. That's 5% less than the Florida median of $47,590.

Median yearly pay$45,130
Bottom 10% under$29,380Top 10% over$60,020
Entry-level starting pay (estimate)
$14.13/hr
Jobs in this area
480
After cost of living
$47,390
Median hourly pay
$21.70/hr
vs U.S. median
−19%
vs Florida median
−5%
Mean (average) pay
$45,870 a year · $22.06 an hour
Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 36100, Ocala, 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 Ocala, 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$14.13$29,380
25th percentile$17.98$37,390
Median (50th)$21.70$45,130
75th percentile$27.32$56,830
90th percentile$28.86$60,020

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

How Ocala, FL compares

  • Ocala ranks 17th of 18 Florida metro areas for roofer pay.
  • Roofers are more concentrated in the Ocala area than nationally: 4.0 of every 1,000 jobs, 4.5 times the U.S. share.

Other Florida metro areas

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Questions

Do roofers make more in Ocala or North Port?
North Port pays more: the median is $45,130 in Ocala and $48,860 in North Port, a 8% 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 36100 (Ocala, 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 (95.2, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures