Do roofers make more in Lancaster or Philadelphia?

Philadelphia pays more: the median is $52,640 in Lancaster and $59,730 in Philadelphia, a 12% difference.

Roofer salary in Lancaster, PA

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Roofers in the Lancaster, PA area earn a median of $52,640 a year, or $25.31 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The top 10% earn more than $66,370. Statewide, roofers earn a median of $55,710; Lancaster is 6% below it.

Median yearly pay$52,640

Bottom 10% under$39,690Top 10% over$66,370

Entry-level starting pay (estimate): $19.08/hr
Jobs in this area: 370
After cost of living: $53,570
Median hourly pay: $25.31/hr
vs U.S. median: −5%
vs Pennsylvania median: −6%
Mean (average) pay: $54,660 a year · $26.28 an hour

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 29540, Lancaster, PA). 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 Lancaster, PA 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	$19.08	$39,690
25th percentile	$22.75	$47,320
Median (50th)	$25.31	$52,640
75th percentile	$28.94	$60,200
90th percentile	$31.91	$66,370

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

How Lancaster, PA compares

Lancaster ranks 5th of 11 Pennsylvania metro areas for roofer pay.
Roofers are more concentrated in the Lancaster area than nationally: 1.5 of every 1,000 jobs, 1.7 times the U.S. share.

Other Pennsylvania metro areas

Other trades in Lancaster, PA

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Questions

Do roofers make more in Lancaster or Philadelphia?: Philadelphia pays more: the median is $52,640 in Lancaster and $59,730 in Philadelphia, a 12% 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 29540 (Lancaster, PA). 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 (98.3, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures