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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%
Mean (average) pay
$49,320 a year · $23.71 an hour
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.

Pay by percentile

What roofers in Wichita, KS 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.

PercentileHourlyYearly
10th percentile$18.18$37,810
25th percentile$18.81$39,130
Median (50th)$22.00$45,760
75th percentile$27.49$57,170
90th percentile$35.78$74,410

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

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.

Other Kansas metro areas

Other trades in Wichita, KS

Questions

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.

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