How much do roofers make an hour in Kiryas Joel, NY?

The median hourly wage is $30.65. The middle half earn between $24.21 and $32.41 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)

What do entry-level roofers make in Kiryas Joel, NY?

BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $22.87 an hour ($47,570 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $24.21.

Do roofers make more in Kiryas Joel or New York?

New York pays more: the median is $63,750 in Kiryas Joel and $76,400 in New York, a 17% difference.

How does Kiryas Joel pay compare with the rest of New York?

The Kiryas Joel median of $63,750 is 3% less than the New York median of $66,020.

Roofer salary in Kiryas Joel, NY

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Roofers in the Kiryas Joel–Poughkeepsie–Newburgh, NY area earn a median of $63,750 a year, or $30.65 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The top 10% earn more than $78,500. Statewide, roofers earn a median of $66,020; Kiryas Joel is 3% below it.

Median yearly pay$63,750

Bottom 10% under$47,570Top 10% over$78,500

Entry-level starting pay (estimate): $22.87/hr
Jobs in this area: 140
After cost of living: $58,260
Median hourly pay: $30.65/hr
vs U.S. median: +15%
vs New York median: −3%

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 28880, Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, 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	$47,570–$50,350$22.87–$24.21/hr
Experienced roofer	$63,750$30.65/hr
Top earners	$67,410–$78,500$32.41–$37.74/hr

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

How Kiryas Joel, NY compares

Kiryas Joel ranks 3rd of 10 New York metro areas for roofer pay.
Roofers are less concentrated in the Kiryas Joel area than nationally: 0.5 of every 1,000 jobs, 0.58 times the U.S. share.
The 90th-percentile wage, $78,500, is 1.7 times the 10th-percentile wage, $47,570: a measure of how much pay rises with experience and specialty.

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Questions

How much do roofers make in Kiryas Joel, NY?: Roofers in the Kiryas Joel–Poughkeepsie–Newburgh, NY area earn a median of $63,750 a year, or $30.65 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The top 10% earn more than $78,500.
How much do roofers make an hour in Kiryas Joel, NY?: The median hourly wage is $30.65. The middle half earn between $24.21 and $32.41 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)
What do entry-level roofers make in Kiryas Joel, NY?: BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $22.87 an hour ($47,570 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $24.21.
Do roofers make more in Kiryas Joel or New York?: New York pays more: the median is $63,750 in Kiryas Joel and $76,400 in New York, a 17% difference.
How does Kiryas Joel pay compare with the rest of New York?: The Kiryas Joel median of $63,750 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 28880 (Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, 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 (109.4, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures