Commercial Roofing Foreman
We place this role between $70,000 and $105,000 a year at mid experience, before overtime, bonus and on-call.
What this role pays.
That band is mid experience, built from our own engagement history. Experience and region move it - the salary calculator applies both.
The federal occupation this role reports under is First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers (SOC 47-1011), May 2025. Nationally it reports a median of $79,920 , with the middle of the market between $53,280 and $128,260. BLS counts this job inside that occupation rather than publishing it separately, so the figures cover a slightly wider group than this exact title.
Where it pays most.
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers across the metros we cover, May 2025. BLS publishes a median for 112 of them and withholds the rest, where the local sample was too small to be reliable.
| Metro | Median | Employed there |
|---|---|---|
| San Jose | $129,700 | 4,770 |
| Seattle | $121,130 | 11,040 |
| San Francisco | $120,810 | 9,810 |
| Portland | $112,480 | 5,880 |
| Chicago | $111,260 | 13,420 |
| New York | $103,990 | 28,220 |
| santa rosa ca | $103,600 | 1,200 |
| Minneapolis | $103,290 | 8,310 |
| McAllen | $60,370 | 800 |
| Little Rock | $61,060 | 1,720 |
| killeen tx | $62,310 | 680 |
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. The last three rows are the lowest-paying metros in the same set. Headcount is metro-wide across every industry, not this trade alone.
Credentials that move an offer.
- TPO / EPDM / PVC
Licensing is a state question, not a national one. The Commercial Roofing hiring page carries the state-by-state position, and every market page names the authority for that state.
What the search actually takes.
Across 9 closed commercial roofing searches in 2026 year to date, our median was 21 days from first contact with the candidate to hire. That is not a time-to-fill benchmark - our clock starts when we reach the candidate, not when the requisition opened. The full distribution is in the Hiring Index.
Searches we have closed in this seat
5 of them were for this exact seat rather than the trade in general. Each is written up in full on our placements page: what the opening was, what made it hard, and what the person we placed brought.
- Sheet Metal Foreman - Indianapolis, IN - 5 days from first contact to hire.
- Roofing Foreman - Indianapolis, IN - 21 days from first contact to hire.
- Commercial Sheet Metal Roofing Foreman - Indianapolis, IN - 21 days from first contact to hire.
- Roofing Foreman - Indianapolis, IN - 80 days from first contact to hire.
- Commercial Sheet Metal Roofing Foreman - Indianapolis, IN - 70 days from first contact to hire.
Keep reading.
- 2026 Commercial Roofing Salary Guide - the full benchmark by role.
- Commercial Roofing recruiting - how we run this trade.
- Salary calculator - the band by experience and region.
- Commercial Roofing hiring in Houston - one market in detail.
- Hiring Index - how long our searches actually take.
Other Commercial Roofing roles we recruit
All 56 roles we recruit - every trade, every seat.