How much do roofers make an hour in Billings, MT?

The median hourly wage is $24.99. The middle half earn between $23.09 and $31.76 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)

What do entry-level roofers make in Billings, MT?

BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $22.28 an hour ($46,330 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $23.09.

Do roofers make more in Billings or Missoula?

Missoula pays more: the median is $51,980 in Billings and $62,310 in Missoula, a 17% difference.

How does Billings pay compare with the rest of Montana?

The Billings median of $51,980 is 12% less than the Montana median of $59,030.

Roofer salary in Billings, MT

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Roofers in the Billings, MT area earn a median of $51,980 a year, or $24.99 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The highest-paid 10% make over $67,200 a year. That's 12% less than the Montana median of $59,030.

Median yearly pay$51,980

Bottom 10% under$46,330Top 10% over$67,200

Entry-level starting pay (estimate): $22.28/hr
Jobs in this area: 80
After cost of living: $55,580
Median hourly pay: $24.99/hr
vs U.S. median: −6%
vs Montana median: −12%

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 13740, Billings, MT). 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	$46,330–$48,030$22.28–$23.09/hr
Experienced roofer	$51,980$24.99/hr
Top earners	$66,060–$67,200$31.76–$32.31/hr

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

How Billings, MT compares

Billings ranks 3rd of 4 Montana metro areas for roofer pay.
Roofers hold about the same share of jobs in the Billings area as nationally: 0.9 of every 1,000 jobs.
The 90th-percentile wage, $67,200, is 1.5 times the 10th-percentile wage, $46,330: a measure of how much pay rises with experience and specialty.

Other Montana metro areas

Missoula$62,310

Other trades in Billings, MT

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Questions

How much do roofers make in Billings, MT?: Roofers in the Billings, MT area earn a median of $51,980 a year, or $24.99 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The highest-paid 10% make over $67,200 a year.
How much do roofers make an hour in Billings, MT?: The median hourly wage is $24.99. The middle half earn between $23.09 and $31.76 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)
What do entry-level roofers make in Billings, MT?: BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $22.28 an hour ($46,330 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $23.09.
Do roofers make more in Billings or Missoula?: Missoula pays more: the median is $51,980 in Billings and $62,310 in Missoula, a 17% difference.
How does Billings pay compare with the rest of Montana?: The Billings median of $51,980 is 12% less than the Montana median of $59,030.

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 13740 (Billings, MT). 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 (93.5, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures