Do roofers make more in Springfield or Jefferson City?

Jefferson City pays more: the median is $47,220 in Springfield and $59,820 in Jefferson City, a 21% difference.

Roofer salary in Springfield, MO

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Roofers in the Springfield, MO area earn a median of $47,220 a year, or $22.70 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The top 10% earn more than $72,170. That's 3% less than the Missouri median of $48,570.

Median yearly pay$47,220

Bottom 10% under$38,530Top 10% over$72,170

Entry-level starting pay (estimate): $18.52/hr
Jobs in this area: 160
After cost of living: $53,300
Median hourly pay: $22.70/hr
vs U.S. median: −15%
vs Missouri median: −3%
Mean (average) pay: $49,560 a year · $23.83 an hour

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 44180, Springfield, MO). 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 Springfield, MO 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	$18.52	$38,530
25th percentile	$18.76	$39,020
Median (50th)	$22.70	$47,220
75th percentile	$28.21	$58,680
90th percentile	$34.70	$72,170

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

How Springfield, MO compares

Springfield ranks 5th of 7 Missouri metro areas for roofer pay.
Roofers are less concentrated in the Springfield area than nationally: 0.7 of every 1,000 jobs, 0.83 times the U.S. share.

Other Missouri metro areas

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Questions

Do roofers make more in Springfield or Jefferson City?: Jefferson City pays more: the median is $47,220 in Springfield and $59,820 in Jefferson City, a 21% 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 44180 (Springfield, MO). 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 (88.6, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures