How much do roofers make an hour in Rapid City, SD?

The median hourly wage is $22.36. The middle half earn between $17.22 and $28.02 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)

What do entry-level roofers make in Rapid City, SD?

BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $16.54 an hour ($34,410 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $17.22.

Do roofers make more in Rapid City or Sioux Falls?

Sioux Falls pays more: the median is $46,510 in Rapid City and $48,880 in Sioux Falls, a 5% difference.

How does Rapid City pay compare with the rest of South Dakota?

The Rapid City median of $46,510 is 3% less than the South Dakota median of $47,710.

Roofer salary in Rapid City, SD

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Roofers in the Rapid City, SD area earn a median of $46,510 a year, or $22.36 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. One in ten earns more than $60,230. Across all of South Dakota, the median is $47,710, so Rapid City pays 3% less than the state as a whole.

Median yearly pay$46,510

Bottom 10% under$34,410Top 10% over$60,230

Entry-level starting pay (estimate): $16.54/hr
Jobs in this area: 120
After cost of living: $52,160
Median hourly pay: $22.36/hr
vs U.S. median: −16%
vs South Dakota median: −3%

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 39660, Rapid City, SD). 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	$34,410–$35,810$16.54–$17.22/hr
Experienced roofer	$46,510$22.36/hr
Top earners	$58,280–$60,230$28.02–$28.96/hr

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

How Rapid City, SD compares

Rapid City has the lowest roofer median of the 3 South Dakota metro areas with published pay.
Roofers are more concentrated in the Rapid City area than nationally: 1.6 of every 1,000 jobs, 1.9 times the U.S. share.
The 90th-percentile wage, $60,230, is 1.8 times the 10th-percentile wage, $34,410: a measure of how much pay rises with experience and specialty.

Other South Dakota metro areas

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Questions

How much do roofers make in Rapid City, SD?: Roofers in the Rapid City, SD area earn a median of $46,510 a year, or $22.36 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. One in ten earns more than $60,230.
How much do roofers make an hour in Rapid City, SD?: The median hourly wage is $22.36. The middle half earn between $17.22 and $28.02 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)
What do entry-level roofers make in Rapid City, SD?: BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $16.54 an hour ($34,410 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $17.22.
Do roofers make more in Rapid City or Sioux Falls?: Sioux Falls pays more: the median is $46,510 in Rapid City and $48,880 in Sioux Falls, a 5% difference.
How does Rapid City pay compare with the rest of South Dakota?: The Rapid City median of $46,510 is 3% less than the South Dakota median of $47,710.

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 39660 (Rapid City, SD). 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 (89.2, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures