How much do roofers make an hour in Salt Lake City, UT?

The median hourly wage is $23.18. The middle half earn between $21.94 and $29.71 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)

What do entry-level roofers make in Salt Lake City, UT?

BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $16.87 an hour ($35,090 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $21.94.

Do roofers make more in Salt Lake City or Ogden?

Ogden pays more: the median is $48,220 in Salt Lake City and $51,700 in Ogden, a 7% difference.

How does Salt Lake City pay compare with the rest of Utah?

The Salt Lake City median of $48,220 is 1% less than the Utah median of $48,680.

Roofer salary in Salt Lake City, UT

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Roofers in the Salt Lake City–Murray, UT area earn a median of $48,220 a year, or $23.18 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The highest-paid 10% make over $72,070 a year. Across all of Utah, the median is $48,680, so Salt Lake City pays 1% less than the state as a whole.

Median yearly pay$48,220

Bottom 10% under$35,090Top 10% over$72,070

Entry-level starting pay (estimate): $16.87/hr
Jobs in this area: 1,330
After cost of living: $47,810
Median hourly pay: $23.18/hr
vs U.S. median: −13%
vs Utah median: −1%

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 41620, Salt Lake City-Murray, UT). 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	$35,090–$45,640$16.87–$21.94/hr
Experienced roofer	$48,220$23.18/hr
Top earners	$61,790–$72,070$29.71–$34.65/hr

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

How Salt Lake City, UT compares

Salt Lake City ranks 3rd of 5 Utah metro areas for roofer pay.
Roofers are more concentrated in the Salt Lake City area than nationally: 1.6 of every 1,000 jobs, 1.9 times the U.S. share.
The 90th-percentile wage, $72,070, is 2.1 times the 10th-percentile wage, $35,090: a measure of how much pay rises with experience and specialty.

Other Utah metro areas

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Questions

How much do roofers make in Salt Lake City, UT?: Roofers in the Salt Lake City–Murray, UT area earn a median of $48,220 a year, or $23.18 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The highest-paid 10% make over $72,070 a year.
How much do roofers make an hour in Salt Lake City, UT?: The median hourly wage is $23.18. The middle half earn between $21.94 and $29.71 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)
What do entry-level roofers make in Salt Lake City, UT?: BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $16.87 an hour ($35,090 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $21.94.
Do roofers make more in Salt Lake City or Ogden?: Ogden pays more: the median is $48,220 in Salt Lake City and $51,700 in Ogden, a 7% difference.
How does Salt Lake City pay compare with the rest of Utah?: The Salt Lake City median of $48,220 is 1% less than the Utah median of $48,680.

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 41620 (Salt Lake City-Murray, UT). 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 (100.9, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures