How much do roofers make an hour in Boston, MA-NH?

The median hourly wage is $31.90. The middle half earn between $28.87 and $37.61 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)

What do entry-level roofers make in Boston, MA-NH?

BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $25.82 an hour ($53,700 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $28.87.

Do roofers make more in Boston or Worcester?

Worcester pays more: the median is $66,350 in Boston and $105,270 in Worcester, a 37% difference.

How does Boston pay compare with the rest of Massachusetts?

The Boston median of $66,350 is 9% less than the Massachusetts median of $72,750.

Roofer salary in Boston, MA-NH

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Roofers in the Boston–Cambridge–Newton, MA-NH area earn a median of $66,350 a year, or $31.90 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The highest-paid 10% make over $96,220 a year. Statewide, roofers earn a median of $72,750; Boston is 9% below it.

Median yearly pay$66,350

Bottom 10% under$53,700Top 10% over$96,220

Entry-level starting pay (estimate): $25.82/hr
Jobs in this area: 1,120
After cost of living: $61,280
Median hourly pay: $31.90/hr
vs U.S. median: +20%
vs Massachusetts median: −9%

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 14460, Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH). 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	$53,700–$60,050$25.82–$28.87/hr
Experienced roofer	$66,350$31.90/hr
Top earners	$78,240–$96,220$37.61–$46.26/hr

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

How Boston, MA-NH compares

Boston ranks 3rd of 5 Massachusetts metro areas for roofer pay.
Roofers are less concentrated in the Boston area than nationally: 0.4 of every 1,000 jobs, 0.47 times the U.S. share.
The 90th-percentile wage, $96,220, is 1.8 times the 10th-percentile wage, $53,700: a measure of how much pay rises with experience and specialty.

Other Massachusetts metro areas

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Questions

How much do roofers make in Boston, MA-NH?: Roofers in the Boston–Cambridge–Newton, MA-NH area earn a median of $66,350 a year, or $31.90 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The highest-paid 10% make over $96,220 a year.
How much do roofers make an hour in Boston, MA-NH?: The median hourly wage is $31.90. The middle half earn between $28.87 and $37.61 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)
What do entry-level roofers make in Boston, MA-NH?: BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $25.82 an hour ($53,700 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $28.87.
Do roofers make more in Boston or Worcester?: Worcester pays more: the median is $66,350 in Boston and $105,270 in Worcester, a 37% difference.
How does Boston pay compare with the rest of Massachusetts?: The Boston median of $66,350 is 9% less than the Massachusetts median of $72,750.

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 14460 (Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH). 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 (108.3, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures