How much do roofers make an hour in Grand Island, NE?

The median hourly wage is $19.09. The middle half earn between $18.42 and $23.72 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)

What do entry-level roofers make in Grand Island, NE?

BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $16.54 an hour ($34,400 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $18.42.

Do roofers make more in Grand Island or Lincoln?

Lincoln pays more: the median is $39,700 in Grand Island and $47,360 in Lincoln, a 16% difference.

How does Grand Island pay compare with the rest of Nebraska?

The Grand Island median of $39,700 is 15% less than the Nebraska median of $46,460.

Roofer salary in Grand Island, NE

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Roofers in the Grand Island, NE area earn a median of $39,700 a year, or $19.09 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. One in ten earns more than $57,540. Statewide, roofers earn a median of $46,460; Grand Island is 15% below it.

Median yearly pay$39,700

Bottom 10% under$34,400Top 10% over$57,540

Entry-level starting pay (estimate): $16.54/hr
Jobs in this area: 90
After cost of living: $45,810
Median hourly pay: $19.09/hr
vs U.S. median: −28%
vs Nebraska median: −15%

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 24260, Grand Island, NE). 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	$34,400–$38,310$16.54–$18.42/hr
Experienced roofer	$39,700$19.09/hr
Top earners	$49,340–$57,540$23.72–$27.66/hr

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

How Grand Island, NE compares

Grand Island has the lowest roofer median of the 4 Nebraska metro areas with published pay.
Roofers are more concentrated in the Grand Island area than nationally: 2.3 of every 1,000 jobs, 2.6 times the U.S. share.
The 90th-percentile wage, $57,540, is 1.7 times the 10th-percentile wage, $34,400: a measure of how much pay rises with experience and specialty.

Other Nebraska metro areas

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Questions

How much do roofers make in Grand Island, NE?: Roofers in the Grand Island, NE area earn a median of $39,700 a year, or $19.09 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. One in ten earns more than $57,540.
How much do roofers make an hour in Grand Island, NE?: The median hourly wage is $19.09. The middle half earn between $18.42 and $23.72 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)
What do entry-level roofers make in Grand Island, NE?: BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $16.54 an hour ($34,400 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $18.42.
Do roofers make more in Grand Island or Lincoln?: Lincoln pays more: the median is $39,700 in Grand Island and $47,360 in Lincoln, a 16% difference.
How does Grand Island pay compare with the rest of Nebraska?: The Grand Island median of $39,700 is 15% less than the Nebraska median of $46,460.

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 24260 (Grand Island, NE). 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 (86.7, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures