How much do roofers make an hour in Honolulu, HI?

The median hourly wage is $28.47. The middle half earn between $22.71 and $35.39 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)

What do entry-level roofers make in Honolulu, HI?

BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $21.99 an hour ($45,740 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $22.71.

Do roofers make more in Honolulu or Kahului?

Kahului pays more: the median is $59,220 in Honolulu and $61,410 in Kahului, a 4% difference.

How does Honolulu pay compare with the rest of Hawaii?

The Honolulu median of $59,220 is 1% less than the Hawaii median of $59,580.

Roofer salary in Honolulu, HI

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Roofers in the Urban Honolulu, HI area earn a median of $59,220 a year, or $28.47 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The highest-paid 10% make over $79,400 a year. Across all of Hawaii, the median is $59,580, so Honolulu pays 1% less than the state as a whole.

Median yearly pay$59,220

Bottom 10% under$45,740Top 10% over$79,400

Entry-level starting pay (estimate): $21.99/hr
Jobs in this area: 860
After cost of living: $53,370
Median hourly pay: $28.47/hr
vs U.S. median: +7%
vs Hawaii median: −1%

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 46520, Urban Honolulu, HI). 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	$45,740–$47,240$21.99–$22.71/hr
Experienced roofer	$59,220$28.47/hr
Top earners	$73,610–$79,400$35.39–$38.17/hr

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

How Honolulu, HI compares

Roofers are more concentrated in the Honolulu area than nationally: 1.9 of every 1,000 jobs, 2.2 times the U.S. share.
The 90th-percentile wage, $79,400, is 1.7 times the 10th-percentile wage, $45,740: a measure of how much pay rises with experience and specialty.

Other Hawaii metro areas

Kahului–Wailuku$61,410

Other trades in Honolulu, HI

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Questions

How much do roofers make in Honolulu, HI?: Roofers in the Urban Honolulu, HI area earn a median of $59,220 a year, or $28.47 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The highest-paid 10% make over $79,400 a year.
How much do roofers make an hour in Honolulu, HI?: The median hourly wage is $28.47. The middle half earn between $22.71 and $35.39 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)
What do entry-level roofers make in Honolulu, HI?: BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $21.99 an hour ($45,740 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $22.71.
Do roofers make more in Honolulu or Kahului?: Kahului pays more: the median is $59,220 in Honolulu and $61,410 in Kahului, a 4% difference.
How does Honolulu pay compare with the rest of Hawaii?: The Honolulu median of $59,220 is 1% less than the Hawaii median of $59,580.

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 46520 (Urban Honolulu, HI). 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 (111.0, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures