Do roofers make more in Traverse City or Flint?

Flint pays more: the median is $50,720 in Traverse City and $70,760 in Flint, a 28% difference.

Roofer salary in Traverse City, MI

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Roofers in the Traverse City, MI area earn a median of $50,720 a year, or $24.38 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The top 10% earn more than $60,250. Statewide, roofers earn a median of $59,530; Traverse City is 15% below it.

Median yearly pay$50,720

Bottom 10% under$43,130Top 10% over$60,250

Entry-level starting pay (estimate): $20.74/hr
Jobs in this area: 60
After cost of living: $54,320
Median hourly pay: $24.38/hr
vs U.S. median: −9%
vs Michigan median: −15%
Mean (average) pay: $53,310 a year · $25.63 an hour

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 45900, Traverse 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 Traverse 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.

Percentile	Hourly	Yearly
10th percentile	$20.74	$43,130
25th percentile	$21.68	$45,100
Median (50th)	$24.38	$50,720
75th percentile	$28.45	$59,170
90th percentile	$28.97	$60,250

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

How Traverse City, MI compares

Traverse City ranks 8th of 11 Michigan metro areas for roofer pay.
Roofers hold about the same share of jobs in the Traverse City area as nationally: 0.9 of every 1,000 jobs.

Other Michigan metro areas

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Questions

Do roofers make more in Traverse City or Flint?: Flint pays more: the median is $50,720 in Traverse City and $70,760 in Flint, a 28% 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 45900 (Traverse 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 (93.4, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures