How much do roofers make an hour in Baton Rouge, LA?

The median hourly wage is $23.70. The middle half earn between $21.03 and $26.21 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)

What do entry-level roofers make in Baton Rouge, LA?

BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $17.44 an hour ($36,270 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $21.03.

Do roofers make more in Baton Rouge or Shreveport?

Baton Rouge pays more: the median is $49,300 in Baton Rouge and $48,540 in Shreveport, a 2% difference.

How does Baton Rouge pay compare with the rest of Louisiana?

The Baton Rouge median of $49,300 is 1% more than the Louisiana median of $48,760.

Roofer salary in Baton Rouge, LA

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Roofers in the Baton Rouge, LA area earn a median of $49,300 a year, or $23.70 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The top 10% earn more than $83,240. Statewide, roofers earn a median of $48,760; Baton Rouge is 1% above it.

Median yearly pay$49,300

Bottom 10% under$36,270Top 10% over$83,240

Entry-level starting pay (estimate): $17.44/hr
Jobs in this area: 220
After cost of living: $54,310
Median hourly pay: $23.70/hr
vs U.S. median: −11%
vs Louisiana median: +1%

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 12940, Baton Rouge, LA). 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	$36,270–$43,740$17.44–$21.03/hr
Experienced roofer	$49,300$23.70/hr
Top earners	$54,510–$83,240$26.21–$40.02/hr

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

How Baton Rouge, LA compares

Baton Rouge has the highest roofer median of the 4 Louisiana metro areas with published pay.
Roofers are less concentrated in the Baton Rouge area than nationally: 0.5 of every 1,000 jobs, 0.61 times the U.S. share.
The 90th-percentile wage, $83,240, is 2.3 times the 10th-percentile wage, $36,270: a measure of how much pay rises with experience and specialty.

Other Louisiana metro areas

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Questions

How much do roofers make in Baton Rouge, LA?: Roofers in the Baton Rouge, LA area earn a median of $49,300 a year, or $23.70 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The top 10% earn more than $83,240.
How much do roofers make an hour in Baton Rouge, LA?: The median hourly wage is $23.70. The middle half earn between $21.03 and $26.21 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)
What do entry-level roofers make in Baton Rouge, LA?: BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $17.44 an hour ($36,270 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $21.03.
Do roofers make more in Baton Rouge or Shreveport?: Baton Rouge pays more: the median is $49,300 in Baton Rouge and $48,540 in Shreveport, a 2% difference.
How does Baton Rouge pay compare with the rest of Louisiana?: The Baton Rouge median of $49,300 is 1% more than the Louisiana median of $48,760.

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 12940 (Baton Rouge, LA). 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 (90.8, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures