How much do roofers make an hour in Lincoln, NE?

The median hourly wage is $22.77. The middle half earn between $19.06 and $25.00 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)

What do entry-level roofers make in Lincoln, NE?

BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $18.64 an hour ($38,770 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $19.06.

Do roofers make more in Lincoln or Sioux City?

Lincoln pays more: the median is $47,360 in Lincoln and $47,050 in Sioux City, a 1% difference.

How does Lincoln pay compare with the rest of Nebraska?

The Lincoln median of $47,360 is 2% more than the Nebraska median of $46,460.

Roofer salary in Lincoln, NE

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Roofers in the Lincoln, NE area earn a median of $47,360 a year, or $22.77 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The highest-paid 10% make over $60,240 a year. Across all of Nebraska, the median is $46,460, so Lincoln pays 2% more than the state as a whole.

Median yearly pay$47,360

Bottom 10% under$38,770Top 10% over$60,240

Entry-level starting pay (estimate): $18.64/hr
Jobs in this area: 400
After cost of living: $51,710
Median hourly pay: $22.77/hr
vs U.S. median: −15%
vs Nebraska median: +2%

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 30700, Lincoln, 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	$38,770–$39,640$18.64–$19.06/hr
Experienced roofer	$47,360$22.77/hr
Top earners	$52,000–$60,240$25.00–$28.96/hr

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

How Lincoln, NE compares

Lincoln has the highest roofer median of the 4 Nebraska metro areas with published pay.
Roofers are more concentrated in the Lincoln area than nationally: 2.2 of every 1,000 jobs, 2.5 times the U.S. share.
The 90th-percentile wage, $60,240, is 1.6 times the 10th-percentile wage, $38,770: 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 Lincoln, NE?: Roofers in the Lincoln, NE area earn a median of $47,360 a year, or $22.77 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The highest-paid 10% make over $60,240 a year.
How much do roofers make an hour in Lincoln, NE?: The median hourly wage is $22.77. The middle half earn between $19.06 and $25.00 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)
What do entry-level roofers make in Lincoln, NE?: BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $18.64 an hour ($38,770 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $19.06.
Do roofers make more in Lincoln or Sioux City?: Lincoln pays more: the median is $47,360 in Lincoln and $47,050 in Sioux City, a 1% difference.
How does Lincoln pay compare with the rest of Nebraska?: The Lincoln median of $47,360 is 2% more 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 30700 (Lincoln, 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 (91.6, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures