Do roofers make more in Youngstown or Cleveland?

Cleveland pays more: the median is $47,820 in Youngstown and $55,690 in Cleveland, a 14% difference.

Roofer salary in Youngstown, OH

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Roofers in the Youngstown–Warren, OH area earn a median of $47,820 a year, or $22.99 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The highest-paid 10% make over $71,270 a year. That's 3% less than the Ohio median of $49,390.

Median yearly pay$47,820

Bottom 10% under$38,530Top 10% over$71,270

Entry-level starting pay (estimate): $18.52/hr
Jobs in this area: 380
After cost of living: $54,720
Median hourly pay: $22.99/hr
vs U.S. median: −14%
vs Ohio median: −3%
Mean (average) pay: $53,500 a year · $25.72 an hour

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 49660, Youngstown-Warren, OH). 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 Youngstown, OH 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.

Percentile	Hourly	Yearly
10th percentile	$18.52	$38,530
25th percentile	$21.42	$44,560
Median (50th)	$22.99	$47,820
75th percentile	$29.18	$60,690
90th percentile	$34.26	$71,270

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

How Youngstown, OH compares

Youngstown ranks 10th of 12 Ohio metro areas for roofer pay.
Roofers are more concentrated in the Youngstown area than nationally: 2.4 of every 1,000 jobs, 2.7 times the U.S. share.

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Questions

Do roofers make more in Youngstown or Cleveland?: Cleveland pays more: the median is $47,820 in Youngstown and $55,690 in Cleveland, a 14% 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 49660 (Youngstown-Warren, OH). 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 (87.4, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures