How much do roofers make an hour in Ann Arbor, MI?

The median hourly wage is $29.68. The middle half earn between $22.75 and $44.17 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)

What do entry-level roofers make in Ann Arbor, MI?

BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $22.24 an hour ($46,250 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $22.75.

Do roofers make more in Ann Arbor or Flint?

Flint pays more: the median is $61,730 in Ann Arbor and $70,760 in Flint, a 13% difference.

How does Ann Arbor pay compare with the rest of Michigan?

The Ann Arbor median of $61,730 is 4% more than the Michigan median of $59,530.

Roofer salary in Ann Arbor, MI

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Roofers in the Ann Arbor, MI area earn a median of $61,730 a year, or $29.68 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The highest-paid 10% make over $91,870 a year. That's 4% more than the Michigan median of $59,530.

Median yearly pay$61,730

Bottom 10% under$46,250Top 10% over$91,870

Entry-level starting pay (estimate): $22.24/hr
Jobs in this area: 80
After cost of living: $61,190
Median hourly pay: $29.68/hr
vs U.S. median: +11%
vs Michigan median: +4%

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 11460, Ann Arbor, MI). 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	$46,250–$47,310$22.24–$22.75/hr
Experienced roofer	$61,730$29.68/hr
Top earners	$91,870–$91,870$44.17–$44.17/hr

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

How Ann Arbor, MI compares

Ann Arbor ranks 4th of 11 Michigan metro areas for roofer pay.
Roofers are less concentrated in the Ann Arbor area than nationally: 0.4 of every 1,000 jobs, 0.44 times the U.S. share.
The 90th-percentile wage, $91,870, is 2.0 times the 10th-percentile wage, $46,250: a measure of how much pay rises with experience and specialty.

Other Michigan metro areas

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Questions

How much do roofers make in Ann Arbor, MI?: Roofers in the Ann Arbor, MI area earn a median of $61,730 a year, or $29.68 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The highest-paid 10% make over $91,870 a year.
How much do roofers make an hour in Ann Arbor, MI?: The median hourly wage is $29.68. The middle half earn between $22.75 and $44.17 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)
What do entry-level roofers make in Ann Arbor, MI?: BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $22.24 an hour ($46,250 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $22.75.
Do roofers make more in Ann Arbor or Flint?: Flint pays more: the median is $61,730 in Ann Arbor and $70,760 in Flint, a 13% difference.
How does Ann Arbor pay compare with the rest of Michigan?: The Ann Arbor median of $61,730 is 4% more than the Michigan median of $59,530.

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 11460 (Ann Arbor, MI). 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 (100.9, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures