How much do roofers make an hour in Chicago, IL-IN?

The median hourly wage is $39.47. The middle half earn between $28.73 and $50.61 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)

What do entry-level roofers make in Chicago, IL-IN?

BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $23.45 an hour ($48,770 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $28.73.

Do roofers make more in Chicago or Springfield?

Chicago pays more: the median is $82,090 in Chicago and $77,900 in Springfield, a 5% difference.

How does Chicago pay compare with the rest of Illinois?

The Chicago median of $82,090 is 5% more than the Illinois median of $77,900.

Roofer salary in Chicago, IL-IN

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Roofers in the Chicago–Naperville–Elgin, IL-IN area earn a median of $82,090 a year, or $39.47 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The highest-paid 10% make over $106,780 a year. That's 5% more than the Illinois median of $77,900.

Median yearly pay$82,090

Bottom 10% under$48,770Top 10% over$106,780

Entry-level starting pay (estimate): $23.45/hr
Jobs in this area: 3,900
After cost of living: $79,240
Median hourly pay: $39.47/hr
vs U.S. median: +48%
vs Illinois median: +5%

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 16980, Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN). 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	$48,770–$59,750$23.45–$28.73/hr
Experienced roofer	$82,090$39.47/hr
Top earners	$105,270–$106,780$50.61–$51.34/hr

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

How Chicago, IL-IN compares

Chicago has the highest roofer median of the 8 Illinois metro areas with published pay.
Roofers hold about the same share of jobs in the Chicago area as nationally: 0.9 of every 1,000 jobs.
The 90th-percentile wage, $106,780, is 2.2 times the 10th-percentile wage, $48,770: a measure of how much pay rises with experience and specialty.

Other Illinois metro areas

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Questions

How much do roofers make in Chicago, IL-IN?: Roofers in the Chicago–Naperville–Elgin, IL-IN area earn a median of $82,090 a year, or $39.47 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The highest-paid 10% make over $106,780 a year.
How much do roofers make an hour in Chicago, IL-IN?: The median hourly wage is $39.47. The middle half earn between $28.73 and $50.61 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)
What do entry-level roofers make in Chicago, IL-IN?: BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $23.45 an hour ($48,770 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $28.73.
Do roofers make more in Chicago or Springfield?: Chicago pays more: the median is $82,090 in Chicago and $77,900 in Springfield, a 5% difference.
How does Chicago pay compare with the rest of Illinois?: The Chicago median of $82,090 is 5% more than the Illinois median of $77,900.

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 16980 (Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN). 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 (103.6, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures