Roofer salary in Davenport, IA-IL
Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025
Roofers in the Davenport–Moline–Rock Island, IA-IL area earn a median of $48,250 a year, or $23.20 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. One in ten earns more than $77,410. Statewide, roofers earn a median of $48,660; Davenport is 1% below it.
- Entry-level starting pay (estimate)
- $17.55/hr
- Jobs in this area
- 110
- After cost of living
- $54,170
- Median hourly pay
- $23.20/hr
- vs U.S. median
- −13%
- vs Iowa median
- −1%
- Mean (average) pay
- $55,050 a year · $26.46 an hour
Pay by percentile
What roofers in Davenport, IA-IL 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 | $17.55 | $36,500 |
| 25th percentile | $22.33 | $46,450 |
| Median (50th) | $23.20 | $48,250 |
| 75th percentile | $30.84 | $64,150 |
| 90th percentile | $37.22 | $77,410 |
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. BLS yearly figures are the hourly wage times 2,080 hours.
How Davenport, IA-IL compares
- Davenport ranks 2nd of 5 Iowa metro areas for roofer pay.
- Roofers are less concentrated in the Davenport area than nationally: 0.6 of every 1,000 jobs, 0.71 times the U.S. share.
Other Iowa metro areas
Other trades in Davenport, IA-IL
Questions
- Do roofers make more in Davenport or Des Moines?
- Des Moines pays more: the median is $48,250 in Davenport 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 19340 (Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL). 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 (89.1, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures