How much do roofers make an hour in Shreveport, LA?

The median hourly wage is $23.34. The middle half earn between $18.64 and $24.87 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)

What do entry-level roofers make in Shreveport, LA?

BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $17.54 an hour ($36,490 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $18.64.

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.

How does Shreveport pay compare with the rest of Louisiana?

The Shreveport median of $48,540 is about the same as the Louisiana median of $48,760.

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%

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.

Entry-level to top roofer pay

Stage	Yearly pay	Hourly pay
Entry level	$36,490–$38,770$17.54–$18.64/hr
Experienced roofer	$48,540$23.34/hr
Top earners	$51,730–$83,440$24.87–$40.12/hr

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

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.
The 90th-percentile wage, $83,440, is 2.3 times the 10th-percentile wage, $36,490: 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 Shreveport, LA?: 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.
How much do roofers make an hour in Shreveport, LA?: The median hourly wage is $23.34. The middle half earn between $18.64 and $24.87 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)
What do entry-level roofers make in Shreveport, LA?: BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $17.54 an hour ($36,490 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $18.64.
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.
How does Shreveport pay compare with the rest of Louisiana?: The Shreveport median of $48,540 is about the same as 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 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