How much do roofers make an hour in Fort Wayne, IN?

The median hourly wage is $23.48. The middle half earn between $19.20 and $29.78 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)

What do entry-level roofers make in Fort Wayne, IN?

BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $18.09 an hour ($37,630 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $19.20.

Do roofers make more in Fort Wayne or Chicago?

Chicago pays more: the median is $48,830 in Fort Wayne and $82,090 in Chicago, a 41% difference.

How does Fort Wayne pay compare with the rest of Indiana?

The Fort Wayne median of $48,830 is 16% less than the Indiana median of $57,980.

Roofer salary in Fort Wayne, IN

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Roofers in the Fort Wayne, IN area earn a median of $48,830 a year, or $23.48 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. One in ten earns more than $79,700. Across all of Indiana, the median is $57,980, so Fort Wayne pays 16% less than the state as a whole.

Median yearly pay$48,830

Bottom 10% under$37,630Top 10% over$79,700

Entry-level starting pay (estimate): $18.09/hr
Jobs in this area: 270
After cost of living: $52,750
Median hourly pay: $23.48/hr
vs U.S. median: −12%
vs Indiana median: −16%

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 23060, Fort Wayne, 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	$37,630–$39,930$18.09–$19.20/hr
Experienced roofer	$48,830$23.48/hr
Top earners	$61,940–$79,700$29.78–$38.32/hr

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

How Fort Wayne, IN compares

Fort Wayne ranks 11th of 12 Indiana metro areas for roofer pay.
Roofers are more concentrated in the Fort Wayne area than nationally: 1.2 of every 1,000 jobs, 1.4 times the U.S. share.
The 90th-percentile wage, $79,700, is 2.1 times the 10th-percentile wage, $37,630: 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 Fort Wayne, IN?: Roofers in the Fort Wayne, IN area earn a median of $48,830 a year, or $23.48 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. One in ten earns more than $79,700.
How much do roofers make an hour in Fort Wayne, IN?: The median hourly wage is $23.48. The middle half earn between $19.20 and $29.78 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)
What do entry-level roofers make in Fort Wayne, IN?: BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $18.09 an hour ($37,630 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $19.20.
Do roofers make more in Fort Wayne or Chicago?: Chicago pays more: the median is $48,830 in Fort Wayne and $82,090 in Chicago, a 41% difference.
How does Fort Wayne pay compare with the rest of Indiana?: The Fort Wayne median of $48,830 is 16% less 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 23060 (Fort Wayne, 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 (92.6, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures