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

The median hourly wage is $29.52. The middle half earn between $22.97 and $37.64 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)

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

BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $22.96 an hour ($47,760 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $22.97.

Do roofers make more in Kahului or Honolulu?

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

How does Kahului pay compare with the rest of Hawaii?

The Kahului median of $61,410 is 3% more than the Hawaii median of $59,580.

Roofer salary in Kahului, HI

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Roofers in the Kahului–Wailuku, HI area earn a median of $61,410 a year, or $29.52 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The top 10% earn more than $81,120. That's 3% more than the Hawaii median of $59,580.

Median yearly pay$61,410

Bottom 10% under$47,760Top 10% over$81,120

Entry-level starting pay (estimate): $22.96/hr
Jobs in this area: 100
After cost of living: $56,140
Median hourly pay: $29.52/hr
vs U.S. median: +11%
vs Hawaii median: +3%

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 27980, Kahului-Wailuku, 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	$47,760–$47,780$22.96–$22.97/hr
Experienced roofer	$61,410$29.52/hr
Top earners	$78,290–$81,120$37.64–$39.00/hr

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

How Kahului, HI compares

Roofers are more concentrated in the Kahului area than nationally: 1.3 of every 1,000 jobs, 1.5 times the U.S. share.
The 90th-percentile wage, $81,120, is 1.7 times the 10th-percentile wage, $47,760: a measure of how much pay rises with experience and specialty.

Other Hawaii metro areas

Urban Honolulu$59,220

Other trades in Kahului, HI

Electrician HVAC technician Plumber Diesel mechanic Carpenter Heavy equipment operator Auto mechanic

Questions

How much do roofers make in Kahului, HI?: Roofers in the Kahului–Wailuku, HI area earn a median of $61,410 a year, or $29.52 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The top 10% earn more than $81,120.
How much do roofers make an hour in Kahului, HI?: The median hourly wage is $29.52. The middle half earn between $22.97 and $37.64 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)
What do entry-level roofers make in Kahului, HI?: BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $22.96 an hour ($47,760 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $22.97.
Do roofers make more in Kahului or Honolulu?: Kahului pays more: the median is $61,410 in Kahului and $59,220 in Honolulu, a 4% difference.
How does Kahului pay compare with the rest of Hawaii?: The Kahului median of $61,410 is 3% more 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 27980 (Kahului-Wailuku, 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 (109.4, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures