- The middle half earn between $18.23 and $29.14 an hour.
- Wyoming is 48th of the 50 states and DC, in the bottom ten for this trade.
- Wyoming pays less than all 6 neighboring states.
- BLS counts about 330 roofers on payrolls in Wyoming.
- At the state median wage, a roofing company needs to bill about $109.14 an hour on the labor rate calculator's starting numbers.
Roofer pay in Wyoming, bottom to top
The BLS group covers roofers on shingle, tile, metal and flat roofs, on new work and repairs.
| Pay level | Hourly | Yearly | National hourly |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10th percentile | $17.84 | $37,110 | $18.01 |
| 25th percentile | $18.23 | $37,930 | $22.24 |
| Median | $21.95 | $45,650 | $26.65 |
| 75th percentile | $29.14 | $60,610 | $31.44 |
| 90th percentile | $30.04 | $62,490 | $39.29 |
| Average (mean) | $23.89 | $49,680 | $27.95 |
Pay is bunched up in Wyoming. The top tenth earn $30.04 an hour or more, about 1.7 times the $17.84 at the bottom tenth. Nationally that gap is 2.2 times, so the step from the bottom of the scale to the top is shorter here than in most places.
Both ends trail the national figures. The bottom tenth earn $0.17 an hour less than the bottom tenth nationally, and the top tenth $9.25 less than the national top tenth.
The average wage, $23.89, sits 9% above the median. A smaller group of higher earners pulls the average up, so the median is the better guide to what a typical roofer makes.
How Wyoming compares with other states
Over a full year, the Wyoming median of $45,650 is $9,790 less than the national $55,440.
In the state ranking, Wyoming sits 48th, between Alabama ($21.96) and New Mexico ($21.78). The range runs from $21.00 in Oklahoma to $37.45 in Illinois.
Every one of the neighboring states pays roofers more than Wyoming. The closest is Nebraska at $22.34, and the biggest gap is with Montana.
BLS wages are not adjusted for living costs. Lower pay often comes with lower housing costs, so the gap in take-home value can be smaller than the gap in wages.
How many roofers work in Wyoming
About 330 roofers work on payrolls in Wyoming, 0.2% of the 135,490 nationwide, the 45th largest count among the states.
The trade is a bigger part of the local job market than it is nationally: 1.2 of every 1,000 jobs in Wyoming, 1.3 times the national share.
What a roofing company in Wyoming should charge
A lower wage helps the price less than you might expect, because the overhead does not shrink with it. Here is a roofing company in Wyoming paying the state median of $21.95, on the labor rate calculator's starting numbers: 40-hour weeks, 10 paid days off, 2 unbilled hours a day, 7.65% payroll taxes, $90,000 a year of overhead and 15% profit.
| Step | Math | Result |
|---|---|---|
| Paid hours | 40 × 52 | 2,080 |
| Hours at work | 2,080 − 10 days × 8 | 2,000 |
| Billable hours | 2,000 × 6 ÷ 8 | 1,500 |
| Labor cost | $21.95 × 2,080 × 1.0765 | $49,149 |
| Break-even rate | ($49,149 + $90,000) ÷ 1,500 | $92.77 |
| Rate with 15% profit | $92.77 ÷ 0.85 | $109.14 |
That is $109.14 per billable hour, 5 times the wage, and $8.25 less than the $117.39 the same math gives at the national median wage.
Paying the 75th percentile instead, $29.14 in Wyoming, to hire and keep experienced people raises the rate to $121.76.
A cheaper crew saves less than it seems: at the 25th percentile wage of $18.23, the rate only drops to $102.60.
At this wage, overhead is most of the price: $60 of every billed hour goes to it before anyone is paid. Spreading the same overhead over more billable hours, with a second person or less drive time, brings the rate down fastest.
Run it with your own numbers in the labor rate calculator. It is free and shows every step.
Working as a roofer in Wyoming
- Running the business. Quotes, invoices, booking and your website in one place: how roofing companies run on Koira.
- Getting found. The free Koira report checks how your business shows up in search and on maps against shops near you.
Where these numbers come from
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025.
The figures are the BLS state estimates for SOC 47-2181, roofers, across all industries, read straight from the May 2025 state data file. They cover wage and salary workers, not the self-employed. Where BLS did not publish a figure, this page leaves it out.
All states in one table: roofer salary by state.