Commercial roofing recruiters serving Port St. Lucie.
Port St. Lucie's roofing market runs about 3% above national, with real opportunity at HCA Florida St. Lucie Hospital's $154M expansion and the Cleveland Clinic-anchored MedSquare medical office building.
Two hospital-adjacent medical office buildings, both underway.
Port St. Metro pay for every role we recruit is in the table below.
What the hub does flag directly: HCA's 75,000 sq ft medical office building and MedSquare's 68,000 sq ft project both carry real roofing scope, with standard commercial roofing carrying a modest regional premium otherwise.
We recruit across the full org chart for commercial roofing contractors in Port St. Lucie, and we verify real hospital-campus or medical-office roofing history depending on the specific role.
The story behind the demand.
A concentrated healthcare-facility expansion, running two medical-office projects at once.
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A 75,000 sq ft medical office building alongside 35 new surgical beds and 33 women's health beds - real hospital-campus roofing scope.
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Cleveland Clinic signed as anchor tenant occupying the entire 34,000 sq ft first floor, completion targeted Q4 2027 - a substantial medical-office roof.
What commercial roofing roles pay in Port St. Lucie.
In the Port St. Lucie metro, BLS puts the median for roofers at $47,590 a year, 14% below the $55,440 national median. Among the 104 metros BLS publishes for this occupation, Port St. Lucie ranks 76th on pay. The range runs from $35,900 at the 10th percentile to $72,800 at the 90th, so experience is priced well above the middle of the market. BLS does not publish Port St. Lucie pay for 2 of the roles below, which it withholds where a metro's sample is too small to be reliable. National benchmarks by role are in the 2026 Commercial Roofing Salary Guide.
| Role | Port St. Lucie median | Typical range | National median | vs. national | Employed locally |
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| Commercial RooferRoofers (47-2181) | $47,590 | $35,900–$72,800 | $55,440 | −14% | 820 |
| Roofing HelperHelpers--Roofers (47-3016) | – | – | $44,160 | – | – |
| Sheet Metal WorkerSheet Metal Workers (47-2211) | – | – | $61,800 | – | – |
| Roofing ForemanFirst-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers (47-1011) | $72,540 | $48,090–$108,320 | $79,920 | −9% | – |
| EstimatorCost Estimators (13-1051) | $72,270 | $43,540–$116,690 | $78,740 | −8% | – |
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025, Port St. Lucie metro. Range is 10th to 90th percentile. Headcount is shown for field occupations only; management, estimating and supervisory codes are counted across every industry in the metro.
What candidates expect. What credentials matter. What kills offers.
We don't tell prospective clients who their competitors are hiring - that's a discipline our clients value, and we'll honor it on a call. What we will share publicly: how the Port St. Lucie commercial roofing hiring game actually plays out in 2026. The five things below are what we tell every Port St. Lucie roofing client at intake.
Why Port St. Lucie publishes no distinct roofing wage figure - and what that means for offers
Port St. Lucie's own market data doesn't break out a separate commercial-roofer wage row the way most metros we track do; the closest published figure is the region's general commercial estimator rate, which runs about 3% above national. We benchmark roofing offers against that general premium rather than inventing a roofing-specific number that doesn't exist in the metro's own data.
Why HCA St. Lucie and MedSquare are the real opportunity
Port St. Lucie's own market data names HCA's medical office building and MedSquare's project as both carrying real roofing scope, while standard commercial roofing carries a modest regional premium otherwise - two concurrent medical-office builds, one with Cleveland Clinic as anchor tenant.
Where Port St. Lucie commercial roofing talent comes from
We recruit across the full org chart for commercial roofing contractors in Port St. Lucie. Standard commercial roofing crews draw on a genuinely available regional pipeline. Foremen with real hospital-campus or medical-office roofing capability are the harder fill.
Credentials worth filtering for
What actually separates candidates in Port St. Lucie: verified hospital-campus roofing project history for HCA-adjacent work, or medical-office roofing experience for MedSquare-scale builds - the two specific opportunities the metro's own market data flags.
Realistic timelines, by role
Standard roles: 4-6 weeks intake to signed offer. Foremen for HCA-scale hospital-campus or MedSquare-scale medical-office work run longer given how specifically those scales narrow the pool. First slate of vetted candidates within 48 hours regardless.
The roofing positions we fill, most often.
Across all Port St. Lucie commercial roofing clients, these are the highest-volume roles we've recruited for in the last 24 months. Foremen with real hospital-campus or medical-office roofing experience are the role in genuine short supply - everything else draws on the metro's own available regional pipeline.
- Hospital-campus roofing foreman (HCA-adjacent)
- Medical-office roofing foreman (MedSquare-scale)
- Commercial roofing foreman (general)
- Commercial roofing estimator
- Roofing project manager
For the broader picture across every commercial trade in Port St. Lucie, see the Port St. Lucie metro overview. To learn more about commercial roofing generally (across all 100+ markets we serve), see our Commercial Roofing industry page.
How we recruit commercial roofing in Port St. Lucie, plainly.
Same approach we use in every market - but tuned for what works in Port St. Lucie's commercial roofing segment specifically:
- Same-day intake call. We get the role, the project context, the budget, your dealbreakers. For Port St. Lucie roofing, we also confirm whether the work is HCA-scale hospital-campus or MedSquare-scale medical-office work, since those need different sourcing pools.
- Candidate sourcing within 48 hours. We pull from our existing Port St. Lucie commercial roofing candidate network, filtered for verified hospital-campus or medical-office experience where required.
- Vetted short list (week one). Three to five candidates. We verify real project-delivery history at the right scale rather than a line on a resume.
- Offer and close. Standard roles close in 4-6 weeks. We help with offer math against the region's general commercial estimator benchmark, since Port St. Lucie publishes no roofing-specific wage figure.
Port St. Lucie runs 450% more commercial roofing workers per job than the country as a whole — well above the national concentration. More per job means more people to reach, and more employers reaching them.
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 , Roofers. Metro-wide figures for the base occupation; the wage table above is role-specific and commercial.
How Port St. Lucie's commercial roofing market compares
In 2023 the Port St. Lucie metro had 17 nonresidential roofing contractors (counted by business location), with about 603 people on their payrolls. Average pay at those firms was $48,126, 35.8% below the national average of $74,959 for the same kind of employer. Headcount grew 4.1% over the year, a little behind the 6.7% national increase. The number of these employers fell 5.6%, as firms merged, closed or moved out. That works out to 3.3 per 100,000 residents against 1.8 nationally, a crowded field where experienced people get approached often. These firms account for 4.3% of all construction employment in the metro.
Among the 95 metros we cover with published BLS figures, Port St. Lucie ranks 36th for headcount, 68th for median pay and 3rd for concentration for roofers. That puts it among the deepest commercial roofing labor markets in the country.
| Metro | Employed | Median pay | Concentration | Commercial employers |
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| Miami | 5,290 | $48,030 | 2.15 | 121 |
| Tampa | 3,380 | $47,170 | 2.68 | 67 |
| Orlando | 2,650 | $47,300 | 2.15 | 71 |
| North Port-Sarasota | 1,990 | $48,860 | 6.70 | 35 |
| Cape Coral-Fort Myers | 1,900 | $46,890 | 7.17 | 37 |
| Jacksonville | 1,400 | $47,520 | 2.10 | 40 |
| Port St. Lucie | 820 | $47,590 | 5.50 | 17 |
| Lakeland | 810 | $46,730 | 3.51 | 28 |
| Deltona-Daytona | 580 | $46,940 | 3.01 | 14 |
| Palm Bay-Melbourne | 540 | $47,770 | 2.53 | 24 |
| Pensacola | 300 | $45,980 | 1.82 | 15 |
BLS OEWS occupation figures and QCEW business-location counts; a dash means not published.
What this means for hiring:For commercial roofing employers in Port St. Lucie, the pool is deep and still growing, so the constraint is competition rather than supply. Move fast on good candidates, because another local firm is probably talking to them too.
Sources: BLS QCEW 2023 annual averages and BLS OEWS May 2025, Port St. Lucie metro. Employers are counted by business location.
How Port St. Lucie's commercial roofing market has changed since 2018.
The number of nonresidential roofing contractors in Port St. Lucie rose from 14 in 2018 to 17 in 2023, up 21%, ahead of the 10% national rise. Headcount at those firms went up 60%, to about 603 people. Average annual pay there went from $33,536 to $48,126 (+44%), faster than the 31% national increase, a sign employers here have had to bid up.
| Measure | 2018 | 2023 | Change |
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| Nonresidential roofing contractors: business locations | 14 | 17 | +21% |
| Nonresidential roofing contractors: employment | 378 | 603 | +60% |
| Nonresidential roofing contractors: average annual pay | $33,536 | $48,126 | +44% |
BLS Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, private employers, annual averages. A dash means BLS did not publish the figure.
Frequently asked — commercial roofing hiring in Port St. Lucie.
What major projects are driving commercial roofing demand in Port St. Lucie?
HCA Florida St. Lucie Hospital's $154M expansion - including a 75,000 sq ft medical office building - and the MedSquare medical office building, a 68,000 sq ft project with Cleveland Clinic as anchor tenant, both carry real roofing scope.
Is there a specialty roofing premium tied to HCA or MedSquare?
Port St. Lucie's own market data names HCA's medical office building and MedSquare as both carrying real roofing scope, but does not publish a separate percentage for that opportunity.
What do roofers earn in Port St. Lucie?
BLS puts the Port St. Lucie median for roofers at $47,590 a year, 14% below the $55,440 national median. That ranks 76th of 104 metros with published figures, in the middle of the pack. Most of the market sits between $35,900 and $72,800, a 2.0x gap and a moderate spread, so a few thousand dollars over the median buys real experience. No other Florida metro we cover pays more for this work.
Is it hard to hire roofers in Port St. Lucie?
Not by national standards. Roofers make up 450% more of the Port St. Lucie workforce than they do nationally, about 820 people. The 17 nonresidential roofing contractors here average about 35 employees per location, which means a handful of large operators set the pace on pay. With 21% more of those firms than in 2018, more employers are competing for the same crews.
Which commercial roofing roles pay the most in Port St. Lucie?
Of the roles we recruit for, Roofing Foreman pays the most in Port St. Lucie, a $72,540 median (BLS measures that occupation across all industries in the metro). Among field roles the top earner is Commercial Roofer at $47,590, 34% below it. Commercial Roofer trails national pay the most (14% below).
How many nonresidential roofing contractors operate in Port St. Lucie?
BLS counted 17 nonresidential roofing contractors in Port St. Lucie in 2023, employing about 603 people between them. Up from 14 in 2018, a 21% increase against 10% growth nationally. That averages 35 people per location, so a few large operators dominate hiring. They pay an average of $48,126, 36% below the $74,959 national average for the same kind of employer.
Which nearby metros compete with Port St. Lucie for roofers?
The closest metros we cover with published figures are Palm Bay-Melbourne (53 miles, about 540, $47,770 median), Miami (105 miles, about 5,290, $48,030 median) and Orlando (106 miles, about 2,650, $47,300 median). Miami has the larger pool, so it is the first place to look for senior people willing to move.
Hiring commercial roofing talent in Port St. Lucie?
Tell us the role. We'll tell you wages, timeline, and where we'd source the candidate - in under 30 minutes.