Roofer salary in Oregon
Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025
Roofers in Oregon earn a median of $58,970 a year, or $28.35 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The top 10% earn more than $95,700. That's 6% more than the national median of $55,440, 21st of 51 states and DC.
- Entry-level starting pay (estimate)
- $22.06/hr
- Jobs in Oregon
- 3,430
- After cost of living
- $57,050
- Median hourly pay
- $28.35/hr
- vs U.S. median
- +6%
- Rank among states
- 21st of 51
- Mean (average) pay
- $61,510 a year · $29.57 an hour
Pay by percentile
What roofers in Oregon 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 | $22.06 | $45,880 |
| 25th percentile | $23.42 | $48,720 |
| Median (50th) | $28.35 | $58,970 |
| 75th percentile | $33.22 | $69,090 |
| 90th percentile | $46.01 | $95,700 |
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. BLS yearly figures are the hourly wage times 2,080 hours.
Pay over time
The median roofer wage in Oregon rose 23%, from $47,930 in May 2021 to $58,970 in May 2025. Prices rose 19.4% over the same period, so after inflation it rose 3%.
| Year | Median a year | Median an hour |
|---|---|---|
| May 2021 | $47,930 | $23.05/hr |
| May 2022 | $47,130 | $22.66/hr |
| May 2023 | $48,960 | $23.54/hr |
| May 2024 | $56,320 | $27.08/hr |
| May 2025 | $58,970 | $28.35/hr |
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, each May release; inflation from the BLS Consumer Price Index (CPI-U, May of each year). BLS cautions against reading much into year-to-year changes, so we compare the first and last years. How we compare years
How Oregon compares
- Roofers are more concentrated in Oregon than nationally: 1.7 of every 1,000 jobs, 2.0 times the U.S. share.
Pay by metro area
Rural Oregon
- Eastern Oregon$51,700
- Coast Oregon$51,350
- Central Oregon$49,440
Other trades in Oregon
Bidding federal work? Davis-Bacon prevailing wage rates in Oregon list what contractors must pay roofers on federal and federally assisted jobs, county by county.
Questions
- Where in Oregon do roofers earn the most?
- Among Oregon metro areas, Portland–Vancouver–Hillsboro has the highest median at $61,210 a year, and Eugene–Springfield the lowest at $47,830.
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 41. 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 (103.4, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures