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Roofer salary in Texas

The middle half of roofers in Texas earned $18.00 to $25.78 an hour in May 2025, and the top tenth $29.59 or more.1 The median is 17% below the US median.2

$22.13median an hour
$46,030median a year

OEWS counts employees only, so self-employed roofers are not included.

10th
$16.41
25th
$18.00
Median
$22.13
75th
$25.78
90th
$29.59
10th
$34,120
25th
$37,430
Median
$46,030
75th
$53,630
90th
$61,560
Percentiles of roofer pay in Texas, May 2025. The middle bar spans the 25th to 75th percentile; the orange mark is the median.

Which Texas cities pay roofers the most?

Waco has the highest median of the 10 metro areas below, $23.56 an hour; El Paso has the lowest, $17.45.1

  1. Waco$23.56
  2. Austin–Round Rock$22.76
  3. Dallas–Fort Worth$22.59
  4. Tyler$21.97
  5. Houston–Pasadena$21.87
  6. San Antonio–New Braunfels$21.02
  7. Longview$18.97
  8. Corpus Christi$18.08
Texas median $22.13 an hour

Do roofers make $100,000 a year in Texas?

Fewer than 10% do. The 90th percentile is $61,560 a year, so only the top tenth earns more than that.1

How much do new roofers make in Texas?

The lowest-paid tenth of roofers in Texas earned $16.41 an hour or less ($34,120 a year), and the lowest quarter earned $18.00 or less.1 OEWS does not report apprentice pay separately.

Are roofers in demand in Texas?

Projections Central expects Texas to go from 7,440 roofer jobs in 2024 to 8,170 in 2034, a change of 9.9%, with about 600 openings a year.3 The US projection is 5.9%.

AreaJobs 2024Jobs 2034ChangeOpenings a year
Texas7,4408,1709.9%600
United States166,700176,5005.9%12,700

How does roofer pay compare with other trades in Texas?

Roofers rank fifth of the five trades on this site by median pay in Texas. General contractors have the highest median, $35.83 an hour.1

TradeMedian hourlyMedian annualJobs
General Contractors$35.83$74,52090,010
Plumbers$28.77$59,84044,090
Electricians$28.16$58,57076,770
HVAC Technicians$27.77$57,76034,730
Roofers$22.13$46,0305,740

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Sources

  1. BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, Texas, May 2025 (bls.gov, May 2025)
  2. BLS OEWS national estimates: Roofers (47-2181), May 2025 (bls.gov, May 2025)
  3. Projections Central, long-term occupational projections 2024-2034 (projectionscentral.org, 2024-2034)