How much do roofers make an hour in Wichita, KS?

The median hourly wage is $22.00. The middle half earn between $18.81 and $27.49 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)

What do entry-level roofers make in Wichita, KS?

BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $18.18 an hour ($37,810 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $18.81.

Do roofers make more in Wichita or Kansas City?

Kansas City pays more: the median is $45,760 in Wichita and $58,420 in Kansas City, a 22% difference.

How does Wichita pay compare with the rest of Kansas?

The Wichita median of $45,760 is 3% less than the Kansas median of $47,190.

Roofer salary in Wichita, KS

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Roofers in the Wichita, KS area earn a median of $45,760 a year, or $22.00 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The highest-paid 10% make over $74,410 a year. Statewide, roofers earn a median of $47,190; Wichita is 3% below it.

Median yearly pay$45,760

Bottom 10% under$37,810Top 10% over$74,410

Entry-level starting pay (estimate): $18.18/hr
Jobs in this area: 240
After cost of living: $51,450
Median hourly pay: $22.00/hr
vs U.S. median: −17%
vs Kansas median: −3%

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 48620, Wichita, KS). 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	$37,810–$39,130$18.18–$18.81/hr
Experienced roofer	$45,760$22.00/hr
Top earners	$57,170–$74,410$27.49–$35.78/hr

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

How Wichita, KS compares

Wichita ranks 4th of 5 Kansas metro areas for roofer pay.
Roofers are less concentrated in the Wichita area than nationally: 0.8 of every 1,000 jobs, 0.90 times the U.S. share.
The 90th-percentile wage, $74,410, is 2.0 times the 10th-percentile wage, $37,810: a measure of how much pay rises with experience and specialty.

Other Kansas metro areas

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Questions

How much do roofers make in Wichita, KS?: Roofers in the Wichita, KS area earn a median of $45,760 a year, or $22.00 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The highest-paid 10% make over $74,410 a year.
How much do roofers make an hour in Wichita, KS?: The median hourly wage is $22.00. The middle half earn between $18.81 and $27.49 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)
What do entry-level roofers make in Wichita, KS?: BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $18.18 an hour ($37,810 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $18.81.
Do roofers make more in Wichita or Kansas City?: Kansas City pays more: the median is $45,760 in Wichita and $58,420 in Kansas City, a 22% difference.
How does Wichita pay compare with the rest of Kansas?: The Wichita median of $45,760 is 3% less than the Kansas median of $47,190.

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 48620 (Wichita, KS). 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 (88.9, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures