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

The median hourly wage is $24.25. The middle half earn between $23.22 and $30.58 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)

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

BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $19.09 an hour ($39,700 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $23.22.

Do roofers make more in Lansing or Flint?

Flint pays more: the median is $50,440 in Lansing and $70,760 in Flint, a 29% difference.

How does Lansing pay compare with the rest of Michigan?

The Lansing median of $50,440 is 15% less than the Michigan median of $59,530.

Roofer salary in Lansing, MI

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Roofers in the Lansing–East Lansing, MI area earn a median of $50,440 a year, or $24.25 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The highest-paid 10% make over $76,660 a year. That's 15% less than the Michigan median of $59,530.

Median yearly pay$50,440

Bottom 10% under$39,700Top 10% over$76,660

Entry-level starting pay (estimate): $19.09/hr
Jobs in this area: 90
After cost of living: $53,100
Median hourly pay: $24.25/hr
vs U.S. median: −9%
vs Michigan median: −15%

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 29620, Lansing-East Lansing, 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	$39,700–$48,290$19.09–$23.22/hr
Experienced roofer	$50,440$24.25/hr
Top earners	$63,600–$76,660$30.58–$36.85/hr

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

How Lansing, MI compares

Lansing ranks 9th of 11 Michigan metro areas for roofer pay.
Roofers are less concentrated in the Lansing area than nationally: 0.4 of every 1,000 jobs, 0.47 times the U.S. share.
The 90th-percentile wage, $76,660, is 1.9 times the 10th-percentile wage, $39,700: 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 Lansing, MI?: Roofers in the Lansing–East Lansing, MI area earn a median of $50,440 a year, or $24.25 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The highest-paid 10% make over $76,660 a year.
How much do roofers make an hour in Lansing, MI?: The median hourly wage is $24.25. The middle half earn between $23.22 and $30.58 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)
What do entry-level roofers make in Lansing, MI?: BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $19.09 an hour ($39,700 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $23.22.
Do roofers make more in Lansing or Flint?: Flint pays more: the median is $50,440 in Lansing and $70,760 in Flint, a 29% difference.
How does Lansing pay compare with the rest of Michigan?: The Lansing median of $50,440 is 15% 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 29620 (Lansing-East Lansing, 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 (95.0, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures