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AI for roofers in Philadelphia

The Philadelphia metro area had 412 roofers in 2022, the 10th most of 379 US metros and 2% of all in the country. They employed 3,218 people at an average of $72,349 a year. 81% have fewer than 10 staff, so the same few people answer the phone, book, follow up and do the paperwork. Those are the jobs AI tools take on today.

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Roofers in Philadelphia vs the US

Philadelphia metroUnited States
Businesses41224,532
People employed3,218204,998
Average staff per business7.88.4
Average yearly pay per employee$72,349$64,884
Share with fewer than 10 staff81%80%

Pay here is 12% higher than the national average for roofers, so every hour of staff time costs more to spend on admin. The average roofer here has 7.8 people on payroll, 7% lower than the US figure of 8.4.

How big roofers in Philadelphia are

Fewer than 5 staff267 (65%) US 64%
5 to 967 (16%) US 16%
10 to 1947 (11%) US 10%
20 to 4920 (5%) US 7%
50 or more11 (3%) US 3%

Businesses with paid employees, by number of employees, March 2022.

Roofers by county in the Philadelphia area

Bucks County has the most, with 93 of the metro's 412 (23%). Among the 10 big metros on this page, Philadelphia ranks 4th for average pay and 8th for the share of small firms.

CountyBusinessesEmployeesAvg pay
Bucks County93724$76,044
Philadelphia County67297$50,091
Montgomery County63597$77,330
New Castle County40681$74,104
Chester County39190$57,221
Delaware County33220$67,168
Burlington County24279$83,631
Camden County24112$80,339
Gloucester County2283$61,590
Salem County419$101,368
Cecil County316$77,375

Census withholds pay where few firms would make it identifiable.

Where AI helps a roofer first

Roofers should automate three things first: answering every call and text, following up on every estimate, and asking for a review when a job closes. Those are the places a roofing company loses work quietly while the crew is up on a roof. Westward builds these for roofers, and a person approves anything that goes out.

What your team's admin hours cost in Philadelphia

Change any number. The starting values are the Philadelphia averages above; the hours and the share are yours to set.

Those hours cost you$112,000 a year

The share you would hand off$33,600 a year

Hours your team gets back960 a year

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Guides for roofers, one job each

Roofers in other big metros

MetroBusinessesAvg payRank of 387
Los Angeles706$61,6653rd
New York634$72,6124th
Chicago760$84,7362nd
Miami526$50,7376th
Dallas866$66,7311st
Houston467$71,4259th
Atlanta530$66,4735th
Washington374$70,73611th
Boston297$80,16417th

Where these numbers come from

From the U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2022 (released 2024), industry code NAICS 238160 (Roofing contractors), for the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metro area (11 counties). It counts businesses with paid employees in March 2022, so solo owners with no payroll are not in it. Average pay is total yearly payroll divided by employees. The calculator uses 50 working weeks and 2,080 hours a year. Page checked 2026-11-12.

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