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Helpers--Roofers — Career Decision Dashboard

United States

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Median annual wage

$44,160

United States, 2025

Employment

6,030

United States, 2025

Typical education

Not recorded

Job Zone 2

Skills identified

35

10 related careers

Career overview

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

O*NET code
47-3016.00
Job zone
2
Experience required
None

Typical tasks

  • Check to ensure that completed roofs are watertight.
  • Set ladders, scaffolds, and hoists in place for taking supplies to roofs.
  • Clean work areas and equipment.
  • Maintain tools and equipment.
  • Provide assistance to skilled roofers installing and repairing roofs, flashings, and surfaces.
  • Locate worn or torn areas in roofs.
  • Sweep and clean roofs to prepare them for the application of new roofing materials.
  • Remove old roofing materials.

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Salary analysis — United States

$30,140
10th
$37,030
25th
$44,160
Median
$48,970
75th
$62,400
90th

10th percentile

$30,140

25th percentile

$37,030

75th percentile

$48,970

90th percentile

$62,400

Most important skills

  • Active Listening3.0
  • Coordination2.9
  • Monitoring2.8
  • Judgment and Decision Making2.6
  • Speaking2.6
  • Critical Thinking2.6
  • Complex Problem Solving2.5
  • Equipment Selection2.5
  • Quality Control Analysis2.5
  • Active Learning2.5
  • Time Management2.5
  • Equipment Maintenance2.4

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Skills listed are those O*NET rates at importance 3.0 or above for this occupation. Set your own level on the same 0–7 O*NET scale.

Skill coverage

0%

0 of 1 identified skills

Matched

0

Missing

1

Your selected skills cover approximately 0% of the skills identified for this occupation in O*NET. This is a coverage measure of listed skills only — it is not a qualification, hiring or interview outcome.

Skills to develop

SkillImportanceRequired levelYour levelGap
Active Listening3.02.5Not selected2.5

Ordered by required level gap multiplied by O*NET importance. No prediction or recommendation is implied.

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How salary varies by location

LocationMedianEmploymentYear
UT$72,8601202025
San Jose, CA$58,0901002025
CO$55,8602025
CA$55,4701,2002025
Salinas, CA$55,470302025
Fresno, CA$51,170502025
Canton, OH$50,430302025
GA$47,6102025
Atlanta, GA$47,6102025
Washington, DC$47,090902025
New York, NY$46,7801302025
OH$46,6004902025
VA$46,0301102025
Philadelphia, PA$45,150502025
WA$44,5201102025
Charlotte, NC$44,380902025
OR$44,330702025
Raleigh, NC$44,130702025
NC$44,1202702025
LA$43,680702025
All locations with published data

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Career and skills data: O*NET 31.0.

Salary and employment data: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS, 2025 (May 2025 release).

Figures are periodic published survey snapshots, not real-time market rates.