TradeSalary

Roofer salary in Shreveport, LA

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Roofers in the Shreveport–Bossier City, LA area earn a median of $48,540 a year, or $23.34 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The top 10% earn more than $83,440. Across all of Louisiana, the median is $48,760, so Shreveport pays about the same as the state as a whole.

Median yearly pay$48,540
Bottom 10% under$36,490Top 10% over$83,440
Entry-level starting pay (estimate)
$17.54/hr
Jobs in this area
100
After cost of living
$57,260
Median hourly pay
$23.34/hr
vs U.S. median
−12%
vs Louisiana median
0%
Mean (average) pay
$51,590 a year · $24.80 an hour
Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 43340, Shreveport-Bossier City, 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.

Pay by percentile

What roofers in Shreveport, LA 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$17.54$36,490
25th percentile$18.64$38,770
Median (50th)$23.34$48,540
75th percentile$24.87$51,730
90th percentile$40.12$83,440

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

How Shreveport, LA compares

  • Shreveport ranks 2nd of 4 Louisiana metro areas for roofer pay.
  • Roofers are less concentrated in the Shreveport area than nationally: 0.6 of every 1,000 jobs, 0.72 times the U.S. share.

Other Louisiana metro areas

Other trades in Shreveport, LA

Questions

Do roofers make more in Shreveport or Baton Rouge?
Baton Rouge pays more: the median is $48,540 in Shreveport and $49,300 in Baton Rouge, a 2% 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 43340 (Shreveport-Bossier City, 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 (84.8, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures