How much do roofers make an hour in Albany, NY?

The median hourly wage is $30.73. The middle half earn between $28.75 and $37.23 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)

What do entry-level roofers make in Albany, NY?

BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $22.89 an hour ($47,610 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $28.75.

Do roofers make more in Albany or New York?

New York pays more: the median is $63,920 in Albany and $76,400 in New York, a 16% difference.

How does Albany pay compare with the rest of New York?

The Albany median of $63,920 is 3% less than the New York median of $66,020.

Roofer salary in Albany, NY

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Roofers in the Albany–Schenectady–Troy, NY area earn a median of $63,920 a year, or $30.73 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The highest-paid 10% make over $91,400 a year. Across all of New York, the median is $66,020, so Albany pays 3% less than the state as a whole.

Median yearly pay$63,920

Bottom 10% under$47,610Top 10% over$91,400

Entry-level starting pay (estimate): $22.89/hr
Jobs in this area: 440
After cost of living: $64,200
Median hourly pay: $30.73/hr
vs U.S. median: +15%
vs New York median: −3%

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 10580, Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY). 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	$47,610–$59,810$22.89–$28.75/hr
Experienced roofer	$63,920$30.73/hr
Top earners	$77,440–$91,400$37.23–$43.94/hr

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

How Albany, NY compares

Albany ranks 2nd of 10 New York metro areas for roofer pay.
Roofers are more concentrated in the Albany area than nationally: 1.0 of every 1,000 jobs, 1.1 times the U.S. share.
The 90th-percentile wage, $91,400, is 1.9 times the 10th-percentile wage, $47,610: a measure of how much pay rises with experience and specialty.

Other New York metro areas

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Questions

How much do roofers make in Albany, NY?: Roofers in the Albany–Schenectady–Troy, NY area earn a median of $63,920 a year, or $30.73 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The highest-paid 10% make over $91,400 a year.
How much do roofers make an hour in Albany, NY?: The median hourly wage is $30.73. The middle half earn between $28.75 and $37.23 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)
What do entry-level roofers make in Albany, NY?: BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $22.89 an hour ($47,610 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $28.75.
Do roofers make more in Albany or New York?: New York pays more: the median is $63,920 in Albany and $76,400 in New York, a 16% difference.
How does Albany pay compare with the rest of New York?: The Albany median of $63,920 is 3% less than the New York median of $66,020.

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 10580 (Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY). 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 (99.6, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures