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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%
Mean (average) pay
$51,880 a year · $24.94 an hour
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.

Pay by percentile

What roofers in Bay City, MI earn at each point of the pay range, May 2025: 10% earn less than the 10th percentile, half earn less than the median, and 10% earn more than the 90th.

PercentileHourlyYearly
10th percentile$17.68$36,780
25th percentile$20.03$41,670
Median (50th)$23.08$48,000
75th percentile$29.99$62,370
90th percentile$33.14$68,940

BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. BLS yearly figures are the hourly wage times 2,080 hours.

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.

Other Michigan metro areas

Other trades in Bay City, MI

Questions

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.

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