How much do roofers make an hour in Sioux City, IA-NE-SD?

The median hourly wage is $22.62. The middle half earn between $18.46 and $27.56 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)

What do entry-level roofers make in Sioux City, IA-NE-SD?

BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $18.46 an hour ($38,400 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $18.46.

Do roofers make more in Sioux City or Des Moines?

Des Moines pays more: the median is $47,050 in Sioux City and $49,510 in Des Moines, a 5% difference.

How does Sioux City pay compare with the rest of Iowa?

The Sioux City median of $47,050 is 3% less than the Iowa median of $48,660.

Roofer salary in Sioux City, IA-NE-SD

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Roofers in the Sioux City, IA-NE-SD area earn a median of $47,050 a year, or $22.62 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The highest-paid 10% make over $64,720 a year. Across all of Iowa, the median is $48,660, so Sioux City pays 3% less than the state as a whole.

Median yearly pay$47,050

Bottom 10% under$38,400Top 10% over$64,720

Entry-level starting pay (estimate): $18.46/hr
Jobs in this area: 90
After cost of living: $54,420
Median hourly pay: $22.62/hr
vs U.S. median: −15%
vs Iowa median: −3%

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 43580, Sioux City, IA-NE-SD). 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	$38,400–$38,400$18.46–$18.46/hr
Experienced roofer	$47,050$22.62/hr
Top earners	$57,330–$64,720$27.56–$31.11/hr

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

How Sioux City, IA-NE-SD compares

Sioux City ranks 4th of 5 Iowa metro areas for roofer pay.
Roofers are more concentrated in the Sioux City area than nationally: 1.2 of every 1,000 jobs, 1.4 times the U.S. share.
The 90th-percentile wage, $64,720, is 1.7 times the 10th-percentile wage, $38,400: a measure of how much pay rises with experience and specialty.

Other Iowa metro areas

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Questions

How much do roofers make in Sioux City, IA-NE-SD?: Roofers in the Sioux City, IA-NE-SD area earn a median of $47,050 a year, or $22.62 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The highest-paid 10% make over $64,720 a year.
How much do roofers make an hour in Sioux City, IA-NE-SD?: The median hourly wage is $22.62. The middle half earn between $18.46 and $27.56 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)
What do entry-level roofers make in Sioux City, IA-NE-SD?: BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $18.46 an hour ($38,400 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $18.46.
Do roofers make more in Sioux City or Des Moines?: Des Moines pays more: the median is $47,050 in Sioux City and $49,510 in Des Moines, a 5% difference.
How does Sioux City pay compare with the rest of Iowa?: The Sioux City median of $47,050 is 3% less than the Iowa median of $48,660.

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 43580 (Sioux City, IA-NE-SD). 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 (86.5, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures