How much do roofers make an hour in Rockford, IL?

The median hourly wage is $31.30. The middle half earn between $23.18 and $41.67 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)

What do entry-level roofers make in Rockford, IL?

BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $20.57 an hour ($42,790 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $23.18.

Do roofers make more in Rockford or Chicago?

Chicago pays more: the median is $65,100 in Rockford and $82,090 in Chicago, a 21% difference.

How does Rockford pay compare with the rest of Illinois?

The Rockford median of $65,100 is 16% less than the Illinois median of $77,900.

Roofer salary in Rockford, IL

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Roofers in the Rockford, IL area earn a median of $65,100 a year, or $31.30 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. One in ten earns more than $105,680. That's 16% less than the Illinois median of $77,900.

Median yearly pay$65,100

Bottom 10% under$42,790Top 10% over$105,680

Entry-level starting pay (estimate): $20.57/hr
Jobs in this area: 180
After cost of living: $70,640
Median hourly pay: $31.30/hr
vs U.S. median: +17%
vs Illinois median: −16%

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 40420, Rockford, IL). 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	$42,790–$48,210$20.57–$23.18/hr
Experienced roofer	$65,100$31.30/hr
Top earners	$86,680–$105,680$41.67–$50.81/hr

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

How Rockford, IL compares

Rockford ranks 5th of 8 Illinois metro areas for roofer pay.
Roofers are more concentrated in the Rockford area than nationally: 1.3 of every 1,000 jobs, 1.5 times the U.S. share.
The 90th-percentile wage, $105,680, is 2.5 times the 10th-percentile wage, $42,790: 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 Rockford, IL?: Roofers in the Rockford, IL area earn a median of $65,100 a year, or $31.30 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. One in ten earns more than $105,680.
How much do roofers make an hour in Rockford, IL?: The median hourly wage is $31.30. The middle half earn between $23.18 and $41.67 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)
What do entry-level roofers make in Rockford, IL?: BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $20.57 an hour ($42,790 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $23.18.
Do roofers make more in Rockford or Chicago?: Chicago pays more: the median is $65,100 in Rockford and $82,090 in Chicago, a 21% difference.
How does Rockford pay compare with the rest of Illinois?: The Rockford median of $65,100 is 16% less 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 40420 (Rockford, IL). 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 (92.2, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures