TradeSalary

Roofer salary in Wenatchee, WA

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Roofers in the Wenatchee–East Wenatchee, WA area earn a median of $59,230 a year, or $28.48 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The highest-paid 10% make over $94,500 a year. Statewide, roofers earn a median of $60,640; Wenatchee is 2% below it.

Median yearly pay$59,230
Bottom 10% under$46,800Top 10% over$94,500
Entry-level starting pay (estimate)
$22.50/hr
Jobs in this area
70
After cost of living
$57,030
Median hourly pay
$28.48/hr
vs U.S. median
+7%
vs Washington median
−2%
Mean (average) pay
$63,450 a year · $30.51 an hour
Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 48300, Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, 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 Wenatchee, 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.

PercentileHourlyYearly
10th percentile$22.50$46,800
25th percentile$23.53$48,950
Median (50th)$28.48$59,230
75th percentile$35.99$74,850
90th percentile$45.43$94,500

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

How Wenatchee, WA compares

  • Wenatchee ranks 7th of 12 Washington metro areas for roofer pay.
  • Roofers are more concentrated in the Wenatchee area than nationally: 1.4 of every 1,000 jobs, 1.6 times the U.S. share.

Other Washington metro areas

Other trades in Wenatchee, WA

Questions

Do roofers make more in Wenatchee or Seattle?
Seattle pays more: the median is $59,230 in Wenatchee 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 48300 (Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, 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 (103.9, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures