Roofer salary in Fayetteville, AR
Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025
Roofers in the Fayetteville–Springdale–Rogers, AR area earn a median of $47,220 a year, or $22.70 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. One in ten earns more than $58,510. Statewide, roofers earn a median of $47,470; Fayetteville is 1% below it.
- Entry-level starting pay (estimate)
- $15.00/hr
- Jobs in this area
- 170
- After cost of living
- $51,690
- Median hourly pay
- $22.70/hr
- vs U.S. median
- −15%
- vs Arkansas median
- −1%
- Mean (average) pay
- $47,670 a year · $22.92 an hour
Pay by percentile
What roofers in Fayetteville, AR earn at each point of the pay range, May 2025: 10% earn less than the 10th percentile, half earn less than the median, and 10% earn more than the 90th.
| Percentile | Hourly | Yearly |
|---|---|---|
| 10th percentile | $15.00 | $31,200 |
| 25th percentile | $18.38 | $38,230 |
| Median (50th) | $22.70 | $47,220 |
| 75th percentile | $27.90 | $58,030 |
| 90th percentile | $28.13 | $58,510 |
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. BLS yearly figures are the hourly wage times 2,080 hours.
How Fayetteville, AR compares
- Fayetteville has the highest roofer median of the 3 Arkansas metro areas with published pay.
- Roofers are less concentrated in the Fayetteville area than nationally: 0.6 of every 1,000 jobs, 0.71 times the U.S. share.
Other Arkansas metro areas
Other trades in Fayetteville, AR
Questions
- Do roofers make more in Fayetteville or Memphis?
- Fayetteville pays more: the median is $47,220 in Fayetteville and $46,480 in Memphis, a 2% difference.
About this data
Wages are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey for May 2025, occupation 47-2181 (Roofers), area code 22220 (Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR). BLS counts wage and salary workers only, so self-employed roofers and business owners aren't included. The cost-of-living figure divides the median by the Bureau of Economic Analysis Regional Price Parity for 2024 (91.4, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures