Do roofers make more in Cedar Rapids or Des Moines?

Des Moines pays more: the median is $47,840 in Cedar Rapids and $49,510 in Des Moines, a 3% difference.

Roofer salary in Cedar Rapids, IA

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Roofers in the Cedar Rapids, IA area earn a median of $47,840 a year, or $23.00 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The top 10% earn more than $61,370. Statewide, roofers earn a median of $48,660; Cedar Rapids is 2% below it.

Median yearly pay$47,840

Bottom 10% under$36,440Top 10% over$61,370

Entry-level starting pay (estimate): $17.52/hr
Jobs in this area: 120
After cost of living: $53,780
Median hourly pay: $23.00/hr
vs U.S. median: −14%
vs Iowa median: −2%
Mean (average) pay: $50,010 a year · $24.04 an hour

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 16300, Cedar Rapids, IA). 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 Cedar Rapids, IA 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.

Percentile	Hourly	Yearly
10th percentile	$17.52	$36,440
25th percentile	$22.42	$46,630
Median (50th)	$23.00	$47,840
75th percentile	$29.18	$60,690
90th percentile	$29.51	$61,370

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

How Cedar Rapids, IA compares

Cedar Rapids ranks 3rd of 5 Iowa metro areas for roofer pay.
Roofers hold about the same share of jobs in the Cedar Rapids area as nationally: 0.9 of every 1,000 jobs.

Other Iowa metro areas

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Questions

Do roofers make more in Cedar Rapids or Des Moines?: Des Moines pays more: the median is $47,840 in Cedar Rapids and $49,510 in Des Moines, a 3% 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 16300 (Cedar Rapids, IA). 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 (89.0, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures