Do roofers make more in Janesville or Minneapolis?

Minneapolis pays more: the median is $63,310 in Janesville and $75,400 in Minneapolis, a 16% difference.

Roofer salary in Janesville, WI

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Roofers in the Janesville–Beloit, WI area earn a median of $63,310 a year, or $30.44 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. One in ten earns more than $80,190. That's 7% more than the Wisconsin median of $59,370.

Median yearly pay$63,310

Bottom 10% under$48,120Top 10% over$80,190

Entry-level starting pay (estimate): $23.14/hr
Jobs in this area: 70
After cost of living: $67,560
Median hourly pay: $30.44/hr
vs U.S. median: +14%
vs Wisconsin median: +7%
Mean (average) pay: $62,920 a year · $30.25 an hour

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 27500, Janesville-Beloit, 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.

Pay by percentile

What roofers in Janesville, WI 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	$23.14	$48,120
25th percentile	$26.83	$55,810
Median (50th)	$30.44	$63,310
75th percentile	$37.51	$78,010
90th percentile	$38.56	$80,190

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

How Janesville, WI compares

Janesville ranks 3rd of 11 Wisconsin metro areas for roofer pay.
Roofers are more concentrated in the Janesville area than nationally: 1.0 of every 1,000 jobs, 1.1 times the U.S. share.

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Questions

Do roofers make more in Janesville or Minneapolis?: Minneapolis pays more: the median is $63,310 in Janesville and $75,400 in Minneapolis, a 16% 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 27500 (Janesville-Beloit, 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 (93.7, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures