How much do roofers make an hour in Lexington, KY?

The median hourly wage is $22.42. The middle half earn between $21.57 and $26.49 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)

What do entry-level roofers make in Lexington, KY?

BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $18.83 an hour ($39,160 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $21.57.

Do roofers make more in Lexington or Cincinnati?

Cincinnati pays more: the median is $46,630 in Lexington and $49,210 in Cincinnati, a 5% difference.

How does Lexington pay compare with the rest of Kentucky?

The Lexington median of $46,630 is 1% less than the Kentucky median of $46,940.

Roofer salary in Lexington, KY

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Roofers in the Lexington–Fayette, KY area earn a median of $46,630 a year, or $22.42 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The highest-paid 10% make over $65,090 a year. That's 1% less than the Kentucky median of $46,940.

Median yearly pay$46,630

Bottom 10% under$39,160Top 10% over$65,090

Entry-level starting pay (estimate): $18.83/hr
Jobs in this area: 230
After cost of living: $50,200
Median hourly pay: $22.42/hr
vs U.S. median: −16%
vs Kentucky median: −1%

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 30460, Lexington-Fayette, KY). 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	$39,160–$44,860$18.83–$21.57/hr
Experienced roofer	$46,630$22.42/hr
Top earners	$55,110–$65,090$26.49–$31.29/hr

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

How Lexington, KY compares

Lexington has the lowest roofer median of the 5 Kentucky metro areas with published pay.
Roofers hold about the same share of jobs in the Lexington area as nationally: 0.8 of every 1,000 jobs.
The 90th-percentile wage, $65,090, is 1.7 times the 10th-percentile wage, $39,160: a measure of how much pay rises with experience and specialty.

Other Kentucky metro areas

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Questions

How much do roofers make in Lexington, KY?: Roofers in the Lexington–Fayette, KY area earn a median of $46,630 a year, or $22.42 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The highest-paid 10% make over $65,090 a year.
How much do roofers make an hour in Lexington, KY?: The median hourly wage is $22.42. The middle half earn between $21.57 and $26.49 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)
What do entry-level roofers make in Lexington, KY?: BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $18.83 an hour ($39,160 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $21.57.
Do roofers make more in Lexington or Cincinnati?: Cincinnati pays more: the median is $46,630 in Lexington and $49,210 in Cincinnati, a 5% difference.
How does Lexington pay compare with the rest of Kentucky?: The Lexington median of $46,630 is 1% less than the Kentucky median of $46,940.

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 30460 (Lexington-Fayette, KY). 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 (92.9, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures