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title: "Helpers--Roofer"
description: "Help roofers by performing duties requiring less skill. Duties include using, supplying, or holding materials or tools, and cleaning work area and…"
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# Helpers--Roofer

**Category:** Construction and Extraction · **SOC code:** 47-3016 · **O\*NET-SOC code:** 47-3016.00

Help roofers by performing duties requiring less skill. Duties include using, supplying, or holding materials or tools, and cleaning work area and equipment.

Also advertised as: Roofer Apprentice; Roofer Helper; Roofing Apprentice.

## At a glance

- **Median annual wage:** $44,160 (BLS OEWS, May 2025)
- **Median hourly wage:** $21.23/hr
- **Wage range (10th–90th percentile):** $30,140 to $62,400, with the middle half between $37,030 and $48,970
- **Total US employment:** 6,030
- **Typical entry education:** No formal credential
- **Preparation required:** Little or no preparation — O\*NET rates this "Job Zone 1-2: Very Little to Some Preparation Needed"
- **Projected growth:** -0.1% over 2025–2035 (BLS EP, 2025–2035)
- **Annual job openings:** 600 openings a year
- **AI-resilience score:** 64/100 — a NueCareer heuristic over O\*NET work activities and context, not a BLS or O\*NET figure

## Pay

National wage distribution, BLS OEWS, May 2025, across 6,030 US jobs.

| Percentile | Annual wage |
| --- | --- |
| 10th | $30,140 |
| 25th | $37,030 |
| 50th (median) | $44,160 |
| 75th | $48,970 |
| 90th | $62,400 |
| Mean (average) | $45,150 |

### Pay by state

The 15 highest-paying states, by median annual wage. The cost-of-living-adjusted column divides the state median by that state's BEA Regional Price Parity, so the columns answer different questions: the first is what the job pays there, the second is what that pay buys there.

| State | Median annual wage | Cost-of-living adjusted | Employment |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| UT | $72,860 | $73,697 | 120 |
| CO | $55,860 | $54,206 | Not published by BLS |
| CA | $55,470 | $50,099 | 1,200 |
| GA | $47,610 | $49,443 | Not published by BLS |
| OH | $46,600 | $50,230 | 490 |
| VA | $46,030 | $45,527 | 110 |
| WA | $44,520 | $41,602 | 110 |
| OR | $44,330 | $42,889 | 70 |
| NC | $44,120 | $46,774 | 270 |
| LA | $43,680 | $49,520 | 70 |
| NJ | $42,670 | $39,217 | Not published by BLS |
| IA | $42,650 | $48,597 | Not published by BLS |
| MI | $41,750 | $43,392 | Not published by BLS |
| PA | $41,320 | $42,348 | 70 |
| OK | $38,950 | $44,340 | 70 |

11 more states with published wage data are omitted here. The full table for all 26 states is at https://nuecareer.com/careers/helpers-roofer/salary-by-state, or as JSON at https://nuecareer.com/api/v1/careers/helpers-roofer.

## Outlook

BLS projects employment to move from 6,100 in the 2025–2035 base year to 6,100 by the end of the cycle — a gain of 0 jobs, or -0.1%. Declining: -0.1% against 3.5% projected for all occupations over the same cycle. About 600 openings a year are expected on average, counting openings from growth as well as from workers leaving the occupation permanently. Source: BLS EP, 2025–2035.

## How to get in

- **Typical entry education:** No formal educational credential (BLS Employment Projections).
- **Preparation level:** Little or no preparation — O\*NET's preparation band for this occupation is "Job Zone 1-2: Very Little to Some Preparation Needed".
- **Related work experience typically required:** None.
- **Typical on-the-job training:** Short-term on-the-job training.

## What the work involves

- Clean work areas and equipment.
- Unload materials and tools from work trucks, and unroll roofing as directed.
- Remove old roofing materials.
- Clear drains and downspouts and clean gutters.
- Provide assistance to skilled roofers installing and repairing roofs, flashings, and surfaces.
- Set ladders, scaffolds, and hoists in place for taking supplies to roofs.
- Sweep and clean roofs to prepare them for the application of new roofing materials.
- Locate worn or torn areas in roofs.

## Skills and knowledge

### Essential skills

- Active Listening — importance 3.0 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Monitoring — importance 2.8 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Speaking — importance 2.6 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Critical Thinking — importance 2.6 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Active Learning — importance 2.5 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Reading Comprehension — importance 2.1 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Writing — importance 2.0 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Mathematics — importance 2.0 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale

### Transferable skills

These are the skills that carry into other occupations, and they drive the related-occupation and career-change rankings on this site.

- Coordination — importance 2.9 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Judgment and Decision Making — importance 2.6 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Complex Problem Solving — importance 2.5 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Equipment Selection — importance 2.5 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Quality Control Analysis — importance 2.5 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Time Management — importance 2.5 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Social Perceptiveness — importance 2.4 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Service Orientation — importance 2.4 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale

### Knowledge areas

- Building and Construction — importance 4.1 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- English Language — importance 4.0 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Public Safety and Security — importance 3.9 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Education and Training — importance 3.7 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Transportation — importance 3.7 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Administration and Management — importance 3.6 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale

### Abilities

- Gross Body Equilibrium — importance 3.8 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Manual Dexterity — importance 3.6 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Trunk Strength — importance 3.6 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Multilimb Coordination — importance 3.1 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Static Strength — importance 3.1 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Stamina — importance 3.1 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale

## Who it suits

O\*NET rates every occupation on the six Holland (RIASEC) interest areas, on a 1–7 scale. This occupation's strongest areas are Realistic (R), Conventional (C).

| Interest area | Score (1–7) |
| --- | --- |
| R — Realistic | 6.95 |
| C — Conventional | 3.61 |
| S — Social | 1.96 |
| E — Enterprising | 1.41 |
| I — Investigative | 1.00 |
| A — Artistic | 1.00 |

### Personality fit

These scores are **derived by NueCareer**, not published by any government agency: they are cosine similarities between a personality type's trait profile and this occupation's O\*NET interest and work-style ratings, expressed 0–100. Treat them as a starting point for exploration, not as evidence that a type belongs in a job.

| Type | Fit score (0–100) |
| --- | --- |
| ISTJ | 82.4 |
| ISFJ | 75.3 |
| ESTJ | 72.8 |
| ISTP | 68.9 |
| ESFJ | 60.0 |

Best-fitting types: ISTJ.

## Related occupations

O\*NET's primary related occupations, in its own ranked order.

- [Roofer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/roofer) — median $55,440
- [Helpers--Painter, Paperhanger, Plasterer, and Stucco Mason](https://nuecareer.com/careers/helpers-painter-paperhanger-plasterer-and-stucco-mason) — median $40,470
- [Helpers--Pipelayer, Plumber, Pipefitter, and Steamfitter](https://nuecareer.com/careers/helpers-pipelayer-plumber-pipefitter-and-steamfitter) — median $42,360
- [Helpers--Brickmason, Blockmason, Stonemason, and Tile and Marble Setter](https://nuecareer.com/careers/helpers-brickmason-blockmason-stonemason-and-tile-and-marble-setter) — median $47,550
- [Helpers--Carpenter](https://nuecareer.com/careers/helpers-carpenter) — median $43,780
- [Plasterer and Stucco Mason](https://nuecareer.com/careers/plasterer-and-stucco-mason) — median $57,660
- [Insulation Worker, Floor, Ceiling, and Wall](https://nuecareer.com/careers/insulation-worker-floor-ceiling-and-wall) — median $49,120
- [Helpers--Electrician](https://nuecareer.com/careers/helpers-electrician) — median $42,670
- [Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/drywall-and-ceiling-tile-installer) — median $58,930
- [Carpenter](https://nuecareer.com/careers/carpenter) — median $60,580

## Sources

- **O\*NET** — O\*NET 31.0 Database, August 2026. https://www.onetcenter.org/database.html
- **BLS OEWS** — BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. https://www.bls.gov/oes/
- **BLS EP** — BLS Employment Projections, Table 1.2, 2025–2035. https://www.bls.gov/emp/
- **BLS OOH** — BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2025–2035 edition. https://www.bls.gov/ooh/
- **BEA RPP** — BEA Regional Price Parities by State, 2024. https://www.bea.gov/data/prices-inflation/regional-price-parities-state-and-metro-area

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This bank includes information from the O\*NET 31.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA). Used under the CC BY 4.0 license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). O\*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA. NueCareer has transformed the data by joining it to BLS wage and projection data and deriving facet, personality-fit and AI-resilience scores. BLS and BEA data are public domain (17 U.S.C. §105).

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