How much do roofers make an hour in Kalamazoo, MI?

The median hourly wage is $28.50. The middle half earn between $22.70 and $35.93 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)

What do entry-level roofers make in Kalamazoo, MI?

BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $22.22 an hour ($46,220 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $22.70.

Do roofers make more in Kalamazoo or Flint?

Flint pays more: the median is $59,280 in Kalamazoo and $70,760 in Flint, a 16% difference.

How does Kalamazoo pay compare with the rest of Michigan?

The Kalamazoo median of $59,280 is about the same as the Michigan median of $59,530.

Roofer salary in Kalamazoo, MI

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Roofers in the Kalamazoo–Portage, MI area earn a median of $59,280 a year, or $28.50 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. One in ten earns more than $77,170. Statewide, roofers earn a median of $59,530; Kalamazoo is right at that level.

Median yearly pay$59,280

Bottom 10% under$46,220Top 10% over$77,170

Entry-level starting pay (estimate): $22.22/hr
Jobs in this area: 110
After cost of living: $62,510
Median hourly pay: $28.50/hr
vs U.S. median: +7%
vs Michigan median: 0%

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 28020, Kalamazoo-Portage, 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	$46,220–$47,220$22.22–$22.70/hr
Experienced roofer	$59,280$28.50/hr
Top earners	$74,720–$77,170$35.93–$37.10/hr

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

How Kalamazoo, MI compares

Kalamazoo ranks 5th of 11 Michigan metro areas for roofer pay.
Roofers hold about the same share of jobs in the Kalamazoo area as nationally: 0.9 of every 1,000 jobs.
The 90th-percentile wage, $77,170, is 1.7 times the 10th-percentile wage, $46,220: 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 Kalamazoo, MI?: Roofers in the Kalamazoo–Portage, MI area earn a median of $59,280 a year, or $28.50 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. One in ten earns more than $77,170.
How much do roofers make an hour in Kalamazoo, MI?: The median hourly wage is $28.50. The middle half earn between $22.70 and $35.93 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)
What do entry-level roofers make in Kalamazoo, MI?: BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $22.22 an hour ($46,220 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $22.70.
Do roofers make more in Kalamazoo or Flint?: Flint pays more: the median is $59,280 in Kalamazoo and $70,760 in Flint, a 16% difference.
How does Kalamazoo pay compare with the rest of Michigan?: The Kalamazoo median of $59,280 is about the same as 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 28020 (Kalamazoo-Portage, 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 (94.8, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures