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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%
Mean (average) pay
$55,420 a year · $26.65 an hour
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.

Pay by percentile

What roofers in Evansville, IN 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.

PercentileHourlyYearly
10th percentile$18.70$38,900
25th percentile$20.61$42,870
Median (50th)$28.84$59,990
75th percentile$30.34$63,100
90th percentile$33.48$69,640

BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. BLS yearly figures are the hourly wage times 2,080 hours.

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.

Other Indiana metro areas

Other trades in Evansville, IN

Questions

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.

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