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Roofers pay in Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL and Worcester, MA
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Roofers is $45,980 per year in Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL. It is $105,270 per year in Worcester, MA. Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL is 56.3% below Worcester, MA on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 47-2181 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 300 wage and salary jobs in Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL and 350 in Worcester, MA. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.