Connecticut · Roofer

Connecticut roofer prevailing wage, town by town

A roofer's prevailing wage on Connecticut public works runs from $69.84 an hour in Woodstock to $72.24 in Ansonia. The median town is $69.84.

Main roofer classification in each town, CTDOL schedules as of July 1, 2026. Rates are not fixed for the life of a contract: contractors must adjust wages and benefits every July 1 to CTDOL's new rates (CGS § 31-55a, as amended by PA 25-168). Checked October 25, 2026.

$69$69$69$69$72$72Roofer, main rate, base + benefit per hour (median of each county's towns). Each shade holds about a fifth of the counties.

How much does a roofer make on prevailing wage in Connecticut?

2 groups of towns with identical rates and 1 with rates of their own, highest main rate first. The table below lists which towns are in each group.

Bridgeport group57 towns · Roofer: Slate, Tile, Composition, Shingles, $72.24
Hartford group113 towns · 13) Roofer (composition)$69.84
Statewide1 town · 13) Roofer (composition)$69.84

Which towns pay which rate

Towns	Main classification	Base + benefit	Base
Bridgeport group, 57 towns: Ansonia, Beacon Falls, Bethany, Bethel, Bethlehem, Branford, Bridgeport, Bridgewater, Brookfield, Danbury, Darien, Derby, East Haven, Easton, Fairfield, Greenwich, Guilford, Hamden, Kent, Madison, Middlebury, Milford, Monroe, Morris, Naugatuck, New Canaan, New Fairfield, New Haven, New Milford, Newtown, North Branford, North Haven, Norwalk, Orange, Oxford, Prospect, Redding, Ridgefield, Roxbury, Seymour, Shelton, Sherman, Southbury, Stamford, Stratford, Thomaston, Trumbull, Warren, Washington, Waterbury, Watertown, West Haven, Weston, Westport, Wilton, Woodbridge, Woodbury	Roofer: Slate, Tile, Composition, Shingles, Singly Ply and Damp/Waterproofing	$72.24	$46.00
Hartford group, 113 towns: Andover, Ashford, Avon, Barkhamsted, Berlin, Bloomfield, Bolton, Bozrah, Bristol, Brooklyn, Burlington, Canaan, Canterbury, Canton, Chaplin, Cheshire, Chester, Clinton, Colchester, Colebrook, Columbia, Cornwall, Coventry, Cromwell, Deep River, Durham, East Granby, East Haddam, East Hampton, East Hartford, East Lyme, East Windsor, Eastford, Ellington, Enfield, Essex, Farmington, Franklin, Glastonbury, Goshen, Granby, Griswold, Groton, Haddam, Hampton, Hartford, Hartland, Harwinton, Hebron, Killingly, Killingworth, Lebanon, Ledyard, Lisbon, Litchfield, Lyme, Manchester, Mansfield, Marlborough, Meriden, Middlefield, Middletown, Montville, New Britain, New Hartford, New London, Newington, Norfolk, North Canaan, North Stonington, Norwich, Old Lyme, Old Saybrook, Plainfield, Plainville, Plymouth, Pomfret, Portland, Preston, Putnam, Rocky Hill, Salem, Salisbury, Scotland, Sharon, Simsbury, Somers, South Windsor, Southington, Sprague, Stafford, Sterling, Stonington, Suffield, Thompson, Tolland, Torrington, Union, Vernon, Voluntown, Wallingford, Waterford, West Hartford, Westbrook, Wethersfield, Willimantic, Willington, Winchester, Windham, Windsor, Windsor Locks, Wolcott, Woodstock	13) Roofer (composition)	$69.84	$45.85
Statewide	13) Roofer (composition)	$69.84	$45.85

2 groups of counties with identical CTDOL rates, and 1 county with rates of its own.

CTDOL's schedules list journeyperson rates only. A registered apprentice may be paid the program's percentage of the journeyperson base rate plus the full fringe benefit, at a ratio of at least one journeyperson per apprentice (CTDOL Important Information sheet).

Questions about Connecticut roofer pay

What is the roofer prevailing wage in Bridgeport?

$72.24 an hour: a $46.00 base wage plus $26.24 in benefits, under CTDOL schedules as of July 1, 2026. Overtime and every roofer classification in Bridgeport.

Does roofer prevailing wage include fringe benefits?

Yes. In Bridgeport the $72.24 total is a $46.00 base wage plus $26.24 in benefits, about 36% of the total. The employer owes the full amount for every hour worked.

Does roofer prevailing wage pay overtime in Connecticut?

CTDOL's schedules print no overtime rates. Connecticut's general rule applies: at least 1½ times the regular rate after 40 hours in a workweek (CGS § 31-76c). Daily or weekend overtime under a union agreement isn't on CTDOL's schedules.

Do apprentice roofers get this rate?

Why do some towns have the same roofer rate?

CTDOL often publishes the same roofer rates for several towns. Across Connecticut, the 170 towns with a roofer rate fall into 3 distinct sets of rates, and 2 of those sets are shared by more than one town; the largest covers 113 towns (the Hartford group).