Do roofers make more in Spokane or Seattle?

Seattle pays more: the median is $58,720 in Spokane and $64,090 in Seattle, a 8% difference.

Roofer salary in Spokane, WA

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Roofers in the Spokane–Spokane Valley, WA area earn a median of $58,720 a year, or $28.23 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The highest-paid 10% make over $94,740 a year. Statewide, roofers earn a median of $60,640; Spokane is 3% below it.

Median yearly pay$58,720

Bottom 10% under$46,350Top 10% over$94,740

Entry-level starting pay (estimate): $22.29/hr
Jobs in this area: 420
After cost of living: $58,520
Median hourly pay: $28.23/hr
vs U.S. median: +6%
vs Washington median: −3%
Mean (average) pay: $65,610 a year · $31.55 an hour

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 44060, Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA). 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 Spokane, WA 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	$22.29	$46,350
25th percentile	$23.34	$48,540
Median (50th)	$28.23	$58,720
75th percentile	$36.54	$76,010
90th percentile	$45.55	$94,740

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

How Spokane, WA compares

Spokane ranks 9th of 12 Washington metro areas for roofer pay.
Roofers are more concentrated in the Spokane area than nationally: 1.7 of every 1,000 jobs, 1.9 times the U.S. share.

Other Washington metro areas

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Questions

Do roofers make more in Spokane or Seattle?: Seattle pays more: the median is $58,720 in Spokane and $64,090 in Seattle, a 8% 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 44060 (Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA). 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 (100.3, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures