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Roofer salary in Hawaii

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Roofers in Hawaii earn a median of $59,580 a year, or $28.64 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The top 10% earn more than $79,400. That's 7% more than the national median of $55,440, 15th of 51 states and DC.

Median yearly pay$59,580
Bottom 10% under$45,860Top 10% over$79,400
Entry-level starting pay (estimate)
$22.05/hr
Jobs in Hawaii
1,110
After cost of living
$54,190
Median hourly pay
$28.64/hr
vs U.S. median
+7%
Rank among states
15th of 51
Mean (average) pay
$61,430 a year · $29.53 an hour
Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 15). 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 Hawaii 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$22.05$45,860
25th percentile$22.96$47,750
Median (50th)$28.64$59,580
75th percentile$35.43$73,690
90th percentile$38.17$79,400

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

Pay over time

The median roofer wage in Hawaii rose 19%, from $50,080 in May 2021 to $59,580 in May 2025. Prices rose 19.4% over the same period, so after inflation it held about even.

YearMedian a yearMedian an hour
May 2021$50,080$24.08/hr
May 2022$56,950$27.38/hr
May 2023$59,300$28.51/hr
May 2024$56,950$27.38/hr
May 2025$59,580$28.64/hr

BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, each May release; inflation from the BLS Consumer Price Index (CPI-U, May of each year). BLS cautions against reading much into year-to-year changes, so we compare the first and last years. How we compare years

How Hawaii compares

  • Roofers are more concentrated in Hawaii than nationally: 1.8 of every 1,000 jobs, 2.0 times the U.S. share.

Pay by metro area

Rural Hawaii

  • Hawaii / Kauai$62,300

Other trades in Hawaii

Bidding federal work? Davis-Bacon prevailing wage rates in Hawaii list what contractors must pay roofers on federal and federally assisted jobs, county by county.

Questions

Where in Hawaii do roofers earn the most?
Among Hawaii metro areas, Kahului–Wailuku has the highest median at $61,410 a year, and Urban Honolulu the lowest at $59,220.

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 15. 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 (110.0, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures