How much do roofers make an hour in Atlantic City, NJ?

The median hourly wage is $37.50. The middle half earn between $24.77 and $47.96 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)

What do entry-level roofers make in Atlantic City, NJ?

BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $20.40 an hour ($42,440 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $24.77.

Do roofers make more in Atlantic City or Trenton?

Trenton pays more: the median is $77,990 in Atlantic City and $82,100 in Trenton, a 5% difference.

How does Atlantic City pay compare with the rest of New Jersey?

The Atlantic City median of $77,990 is 2% more than the New Jersey median of $76,600.

Roofer salary in Atlantic City, NJ

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Roofers in the Atlantic City–Hammonton, NJ area earn a median of $77,990 a year, or $37.50 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The top 10% earn more than $99,760. Statewide, roofers earn a median of $76,600; Atlantic City is 2% above it.

Median yearly pay$77,990

Bottom 10% under$42,440Top 10% over$99,760

Entry-level starting pay (estimate): $20.40/hr
Jobs in this area: 90
After cost of living: $78,890
Median hourly pay: $37.50/hr
vs U.S. median: +41%
vs New Jersey median: +2%

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 12100, Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ). 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	$42,440–$51,520$20.40–$24.77/hr
Experienced roofer	$77,990$37.50/hr
Top earners	$99,760–$99,760$47.96–$47.96/hr

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

How Atlantic City, NJ compares

Atlantic City ranks 2nd of 5 New Jersey metro areas for roofer pay.
Roofers are less concentrated in the Atlantic City area than nationally: 0.6 of every 1,000 jobs, 0.64 times the U.S. share.
The 90th-percentile wage, $99,760, is 2.4 times the 10th-percentile wage, $42,440: a measure of how much pay rises with experience and specialty.

Other New Jersey metro areas

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Questions

How much do roofers make in Atlantic City, NJ?: Roofers in the Atlantic City–Hammonton, NJ area earn a median of $77,990 a year, or $37.50 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The top 10% earn more than $99,760.
How much do roofers make an hour in Atlantic City, NJ?: The median hourly wage is $37.50. The middle half earn between $24.77 and $47.96 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)
What do entry-level roofers make in Atlantic City, NJ?: BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $20.40 an hour ($42,440 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $24.77.
Do roofers make more in Atlantic City or Trenton?: Trenton pays more: the median is $77,990 in Atlantic City and $82,100 in Trenton, a 5% difference.
How does Atlantic City pay compare with the rest of New Jersey?: The Atlantic City median of $77,990 is 2% more than the New Jersey median of $76,600.

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 12100 (Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ). 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 (98.9, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures