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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%
Mean (average) pay
$63,420 a year · $30.49 an hour
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.

Pay by percentile

What roofers in Kiryas Joel, NY earn at each point of the pay range, May 2025: 10% earn less than the 10th percentile, half earn less than the median, and 10% earn more than the 90th.

PercentileHourlyYearly
10th percentile$22.87$47,570
25th percentile$24.21$50,350
Median (50th)$30.65$63,750
75th percentile$32.41$67,410
90th percentile$37.74$78,500

BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. BLS yearly figures are the hourly wage times 2,080 hours.

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.

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Questions

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.

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