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Roofer salary in Terre Haute, IN

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Roofers in the Terre Haute, IN area earn a median of $49,700 a year, or $23.89 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The top 10% earn more than $63,450. That's 14% less than the Indiana median of $57,980.

Median yearly pay$49,700
Bottom 10% under$37,400Top 10% over$63,450
Entry-level starting pay (estimate)
$17.98/hr
Jobs in this area
80
After cost of living
$56,610
Median hourly pay
$23.89/hr
vs U.S. median
−10%
vs Indiana median
−14%
Mean (average) pay
$52,170 a year · $25.08 an hour
Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 45460, Terre Haute, 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 Terre Haute, 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$17.98$37,400
25th percentile$21.29$44,280
Median (50th)$23.89$49,700
75th percentile$29.65$61,660
90th percentile$30.51$63,450

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

How Terre Haute, IN compares

  • Terre Haute ranks 7th of 12 Indiana metro areas for roofer pay.
  • Roofers are more concentrated in the Terre Haute area than nationally: 1.3 of every 1,000 jobs, 1.5 times the U.S. share.

Other Indiana metro areas

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Questions

Do roofers make more in Terre Haute or Chicago?
Chicago pays more: the median is $49,700 in Terre Haute and $82,090 in Chicago, a 39% 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 45460 (Terre Haute, 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 (87.8, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures