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Roofer salary in Panama City, FL

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Roofers in the Panama City–Panama City Beach, FL area earn a median of $45,690 a year, or $21.97 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The top 10% earn more than $60,800. Across all of Florida, the median is $47,590, so Panama City pays 4% less than the state as a whole.

Median yearly pay$45,690
Bottom 10% under$32,120Top 10% over$60,800
Entry-level starting pay (estimate)
$15.44/hr
Jobs in this area
160
After cost of living
$46,960
Median hourly pay
$21.97/hr
vs U.S. median
−18%
vs Florida median
−4%
Mean (average) pay
$46,140 a year · $22.18 an hour
Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 37460, Panama City-Panama City 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 Panama City, 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$15.44$32,120
25th percentile$18.04$37,530
Median (50th)$21.97$45,690
75th percentile$24.02$49,950
90th percentile$29.23$60,800

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

How Panama City, FL compares

  • Panama City ranks 16th of 18 Florida metro areas for roofer pay.
  • Roofers are more concentrated in the Panama City area than nationally: 1.8 of every 1,000 jobs, 2.0 times the U.S. share.

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Questions

Do roofers make more in Panama City or North Port?
North Port pays more: the median is $45,690 in Panama City and $48,860 in North Port, a 6% 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 37460 (Panama City-Panama City 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 (97.3, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures