How much do roofers make an hour in Evansville, IN?

The median hourly wage is $28.84. The middle half earn between $20.61 and $30.34 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)

What do entry-level roofers make in Evansville, IN?

BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $18.70 an hour ($38,900 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $20.61.

Do roofers make more in Evansville or Chicago?

Chicago pays more: the median is $59,990 in Evansville and $82,090 in Chicago, a 27% difference.

How does Evansville pay compare with the rest of Indiana?

The Evansville median of $59,990 is 3% more than the Indiana median of $57,980.

Roofer salary in Evansville, IN

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Roofers in the Evansville, IN area earn a median of $59,990 a year, or $28.84 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The top 10% earn more than $69,640. Across all of Indiana, the median is $57,980, so Evansville pays 3% more than the state as a whole.

Median yearly pay$59,990

Bottom 10% under$38,900Top 10% over$69,640

Entry-level starting pay (estimate): $18.70/hr
Jobs in this area: 70
After cost of living: $65,540
Median hourly pay: $28.84/hr
vs U.S. median: +8%
vs Indiana median: +3%

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 21780, Evansville, IN). 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	$38,900–$42,870$18.70–$20.61/hr
Experienced roofer	$59,990$28.84/hr
Top earners	$63,100–$69,640$30.34–$33.48/hr

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

How Evansville, IN compares

Evansville ranks 3rd of 12 Indiana metro areas for roofer pay.
Roofers are less concentrated in the Evansville area than nationally: 0.5 of every 1,000 jobs, 0.61 times the U.S. share.
The 90th-percentile wage, $69,640, is 1.8 times the 10th-percentile wage, $38,900: a measure of how much pay rises with experience and specialty.

Other Indiana metro areas

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Questions

How much do roofers make in Evansville, IN?: Roofers in the Evansville, IN area earn a median of $59,990 a year, or $28.84 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The top 10% earn more than $69,640.
How much do roofers make an hour in Evansville, IN?: The median hourly wage is $28.84. The middle half earn between $20.61 and $30.34 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)
What do entry-level roofers make in Evansville, IN?: BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $18.70 an hour ($38,900 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $20.61.
Do roofers make more in Evansville or Chicago?: Chicago pays more: the median is $59,990 in Evansville and $82,090 in Chicago, a 27% difference.
How does Evansville pay compare with the rest of Indiana?: The Evansville median of $59,990 is 3% more than the Indiana median of $57,980.

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 21780 (Evansville, IN). 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 (91.5, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures