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.

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%
Mean (average) pay: $59,680 a year · $28.69 an hour

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.

Pay by percentile

What roofers in Kalamazoo, 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.

Percentile	Hourly	Yearly
10th percentile	$22.22	$46,220
25th percentile	$22.70	$47,220
Median (50th)	$28.50	$59,280
75th percentile	$35.93	$74,720
90th percentile	$37.10	$77,170

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

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.

Other Michigan metro areas

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Questions

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.

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