How much do roofers make an hour in Terre Haute, IN?

The median hourly wage is $23.89. The middle half earn between $21.29 and $29.65 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)

What do entry-level roofers make in Terre Haute, IN?

BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $17.98 an hour ($37,400 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $21.29.

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.

How does Terre Haute pay compare with the rest of Indiana?

The Terre Haute median of $49,700 is 14% less than the Indiana median of $57,980.

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%

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.

Entry-level to top roofer pay

Stage	Yearly pay	Hourly pay
Entry level	$37,400–$44,280$17.98–$21.29/hr
Experienced roofer	$49,700$23.89/hr
Top earners	$61,660–$63,450$29.65–$30.51/hr

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

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.
The 90th-percentile wage, $63,450, is 1.7 times the 10th-percentile wage, $37,400: 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 Terre Haute, IN?: 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.
How much do roofers make an hour in Terre Haute, IN?: The median hourly wage is $23.89. The middle half earn between $21.29 and $29.65 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)
What do entry-level roofers make in Terre Haute, IN?: BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $17.98 an hour ($37,400 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $21.29.
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.
How does Terre Haute pay compare with the rest of Indiana?: The Terre Haute median of $49,700 is 14% 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 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