How much do roofers make an hour in Albuquerque, NM?

The median hourly wage is $22.01. The middle half earn between $18.95 and $27.96 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)

What do entry-level roofers make in Albuquerque, NM?

BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $17.97 an hour ($37,390 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $18.95.

Do roofers make more in Albuquerque or Santa Fe?

Albuquerque pays more: the median is $45,780 in Albuquerque and $45,090 in Santa Fe, a 2% difference.

How does Albuquerque pay compare with the rest of New Mexico?

The Albuquerque median of $45,780 is 1% more than the New Mexico median of $45,300.

Roofer salary in Albuquerque, NM

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Roofers in the Albuquerque, NM area earn a median of $45,780 a year, or $22.01 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The highest-paid 10% make over $76,600 a year. That's 1% more than the New Mexico median of $45,300.

Median yearly pay$45,780

Bottom 10% under$37,390Top 10% over$76,600

Entry-level starting pay (estimate): $17.97/hr
Jobs in this area: 710
After cost of living: $47,910
Median hourly pay: $22.01/hr
vs U.S. median: −17%
vs New Mexico median: +1%

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 10740, Albuquerque, NM). 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	$37,390–$39,420$17.97–$18.95/hr
Experienced roofer	$45,780$22.01/hr
Top earners	$58,150–$76,600$27.96–$36.83/hr

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

How Albuquerque, NM compares

Albuquerque has the highest roofer median of the 4 New Mexico metro areas with published pay.
Roofers are more concentrated in the Albuquerque area than nationally: 1.8 of every 1,000 jobs, 2.0 times the U.S. share.
The 90th-percentile wage, $76,600, is 2.0 times the 10th-percentile wage, $37,390: a measure of how much pay rises with experience and specialty.

Other New Mexico metro areas

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Questions

How much do roofers make in Albuquerque, NM?: Roofers in the Albuquerque, NM area earn a median of $45,780 a year, or $22.01 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The highest-paid 10% make over $76,600 a year.
How much do roofers make an hour in Albuquerque, NM?: The median hourly wage is $22.01. The middle half earn between $18.95 and $27.96 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)
What do entry-level roofers make in Albuquerque, NM?: BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $17.97 an hour ($37,390 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $18.95.
Do roofers make more in Albuquerque or Santa Fe?: Albuquerque pays more: the median is $45,780 in Albuquerque and $45,090 in Santa Fe, a 2% difference.
How does Albuquerque pay compare with the rest of New Mexico?: The Albuquerque median of $45,780 is 1% more than the New Mexico median of $45,300.

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 10740 (Albuquerque, NM). 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 (95.5, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures