How much do roofers make an hour in Eau Claire, WI?

The median hourly wage is $24.70. The middle half earn between $23.01 and $30.28 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)

What do entry-level roofers make in Eau Claire, WI?

BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $18.23 an hour ($37,910 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $23.01.

Do roofers make more in Eau Claire or Minneapolis?

Minneapolis pays more: the median is $51,380 in Eau Claire and $75,400 in Minneapolis, a 32% difference.

How does Eau Claire pay compare with the rest of Wisconsin?

The Eau Claire median of $51,380 is 13% less than the Wisconsin median of $59,370.

Roofer salary in Eau Claire, WI

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Roofers in the Eau Claire, WI area earn a median of $51,380 a year, or $24.70 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The top 10% earn more than $64,290. Statewide, roofers earn a median of $59,370; Eau Claire is 13% below it.

Median yearly pay$51,380

Bottom 10% under$37,910Top 10% over$64,290

Entry-level starting pay (estimate): $18.23/hr
Jobs in this area: 70
After cost of living: $55,370
Median hourly pay: $24.70/hr
vs U.S. median: −7%
vs Wisconsin median: −13%

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 20740, Eau Claire, WI). 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	$37,910–$47,850$18.23–$23.01/hr
Experienced roofer	$51,380$24.70/hr
Top earners	$62,990–$64,290$30.28–$30.91/hr

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

How Eau Claire, WI compares

Eau Claire has the lowest roofer median of the 11 Wisconsin metro areas with published pay.
Roofers hold about the same share of jobs in the Eau Claire area as nationally: 0.8 of every 1,000 jobs.
The 90th-percentile wage, $64,290, is 1.7 times the 10th-percentile wage, $37,910: a measure of how much pay rises with experience and specialty.

Other Wisconsin metro areas

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Questions

How much do roofers make in Eau Claire, WI?: Roofers in the Eau Claire, WI area earn a median of $51,380 a year, or $24.70 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The top 10% earn more than $64,290.
How much do roofers make an hour in Eau Claire, WI?: The median hourly wage is $24.70. The middle half earn between $23.01 and $30.28 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)
What do entry-level roofers make in Eau Claire, WI?: BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $18.23 an hour ($37,910 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $23.01.
Do roofers make more in Eau Claire or Minneapolis?: Minneapolis pays more: the median is $51,380 in Eau Claire and $75,400 in Minneapolis, a 32% difference.
How does Eau Claire pay compare with the rest of Wisconsin?: The Eau Claire median of $51,380 is 13% less than the Wisconsin median of $59,370.

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 20740 (Eau Claire, WI). 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 (92.8, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures