How much do roofers make an hour in Idaho Falls, ID?

The median hourly wage is $26.77. The middle half earn between $19.28 and $29.65 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)

What do entry-level roofers make in Idaho Falls, ID?

BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $17.20 an hour ($35,780 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $19.28.

Do roofers make more in Idaho Falls or Boise City?

Boise City pays more: the median is $55,690 in Idaho Falls and $60,100 in Boise City, a 7% difference.

How does Idaho Falls pay compare with the rest of Idaho?

The Idaho Falls median of $55,690 is 4% less than the Idaho median of $57,790.

Roofer salary in Idaho Falls, ID

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Roofers in the Idaho Falls, ID area earn a median of $55,690 a year, or $26.77 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. One in ten earns more than $65,440. Across all of Idaho, the median is $57,790, so Idaho Falls pays 4% less than the state as a whole.

Median yearly pay$55,690

Bottom 10% under$35,780Top 10% over$65,440

Entry-level starting pay (estimate): $17.20/hr
Jobs in this area: 130
After cost of living: $58,990
Median hourly pay: $26.77/hr
vs U.S. median: 0%
vs Idaho median: −4%

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 26820, Idaho Falls, ID). Excludes self-employed roofers. Cost of living: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024. *Starting pay is estimated from the 10th percentile; BLS does not report pay by license level.

Entry-level to top roofer pay

Stage	Yearly pay	Hourly pay
Entry level	$35,780–$40,100$17.20–$19.28/hr
Experienced roofer	$55,690$26.77/hr
Top earners	$61,670–$65,440$29.65–$31.46/hr

Estimated from BLS percentiles (10th–25th, median, 75th–90th); BLS does not report pay by license level.

How Idaho Falls, ID compares

Idaho Falls ranks 3rd of 5 Idaho metro areas for roofer pay.
Roofers are more concentrated in the Idaho Falls area than nationally: 1.6 of every 1,000 jobs, 1.9 times the U.S. share.
The 90th-percentile wage, $65,440, is 1.8 times the 10th-percentile wage, $35,780: a measure of how much pay rises with experience and specialty.

Other Idaho metro areas

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Questions

How much do roofers make in Idaho Falls, ID?: Roofers in the Idaho Falls, ID area earn a median of $55,690 a year, or $26.77 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. One in ten earns more than $65,440.
How much do roofers make an hour in Idaho Falls, ID?: The median hourly wage is $26.77. The middle half earn between $19.28 and $29.65 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)
What do entry-level roofers make in Idaho Falls, ID?: BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $17.20 an hour ($35,780 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $19.28.
Do roofers make more in Idaho Falls or Boise City?: Boise City pays more: the median is $55,690 in Idaho Falls and $60,100 in Boise City, a 7% difference.
How does Idaho Falls pay compare with the rest of Idaho?: The Idaho Falls median of $55,690 is 4% less than the Idaho median of $57,790.

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 26820 (Idaho Falls, ID). 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 (94.4, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures