How much do roofers make an hour in Bay City, MI?

The median hourly wage is $23.08. The middle half earn between $20.03 and $29.99 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)

What do entry-level roofers make in Bay City, MI?

BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $17.68 an hour ($36,780 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $20.03.

Do roofers make more in Bay City or Flint?

Flint pays more: the median is $48,000 in Bay City and $70,760 in Flint, a 32% difference.

How does Bay City pay compare with the rest of Michigan?

The Bay City median of $48,000 is 19% less than the Michigan median of $59,530.

Roofer salary in Bay City, MI

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Roofers in the Bay City, MI area earn a median of $48,000 a year, or $23.08 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The top 10% earn more than $68,940. Statewide, roofers earn a median of $59,530; Bay City is 19% below it.

Median yearly pay$48,000

Bottom 10% under$36,780Top 10% over$68,940

Entry-level starting pay (estimate): $17.68/hr
Jobs in this area: 50
After cost of living: $52,220
Median hourly pay: $23.08/hr
vs U.S. median: −13%
vs Michigan median: −19%

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 13020, Bay City, 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	$36,780–$41,670$17.68–$20.03/hr
Experienced roofer	$48,000$23.08/hr
Top earners	$62,370–$68,940$29.99–$33.14/hr

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

How Bay City, MI compares

Bay City has the lowest roofer median of the 11 Michigan metro areas with published pay.
Roofers are more concentrated in the Bay City area than nationally: 1.5 of every 1,000 jobs, 1.7 times the U.S. share.
The 90th-percentile wage, $68,940, is 1.9 times the 10th-percentile wage, $36,780: 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 Bay City, MI?: Roofers in the Bay City, MI area earn a median of $48,000 a year, or $23.08 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The top 10% earn more than $68,940.
How much do roofers make an hour in Bay City, MI?: The median hourly wage is $23.08. The middle half earn between $20.03 and $29.99 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)
What do entry-level roofers make in Bay City, MI?: BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $17.68 an hour ($36,780 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $20.03.
Do roofers make more in Bay City or Flint?: Flint pays more: the median is $48,000 in Bay City and $70,760 in Flint, a 32% difference.
How does Bay City pay compare with the rest of Michigan?: The Bay City median of $48,000 is 19% less 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 13020 (Bay City, 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 (91.9, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures