How much do roofers make an hour in Sioux Falls, SD-MN?

The median hourly wage is $23.50. The middle half earn between $18.19 and $23.97 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)

What do entry-level roofers make in Sioux Falls, SD-MN?

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 $18.19.

Do roofers make more in Sioux Falls or Sioux City?

Sioux Falls pays more: the median is $48,880 in Sioux Falls and $47,050 in Sioux City, a 4% difference.

How does Sioux Falls pay compare with the rest of South Dakota?

The Sioux Falls median of $48,880 is 2% more than the South Dakota median of $47,710.

Roofer salary in Sioux Falls, SD-MN

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Roofers in the Sioux Falls, SD-MN area earn a median of $48,880 a year, or $23.50 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The highest-paid 10% make over $59,320 a year. Across all of South Dakota, the median is $47,710, so Sioux Falls pays 2% more than the state as a whole.

Median yearly pay$48,880

Bottom 10% under$34,400Top 10% over$59,320

Entry-level starting pay (estimate): $16.54/hr
Jobs in this area: 180
After cost of living: $53,930
Median hourly pay: $23.50/hr
vs U.S. median: −12%
vs South Dakota median: +2%

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 43620, Sioux Falls, SD-MN). 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–$37,840$16.54–$18.19/hr
Experienced roofer	$48,880$23.50/hr
Top earners	$49,850–$59,320$23.97–$28.52/hr

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

How Sioux Falls, SD-MN compares

Sioux Falls has the highest roofer median of the 3 South Dakota metro areas with published pay.
Roofers are more concentrated in the Sioux Falls area than nationally: 1.0 of every 1,000 jobs, 1.2 times the U.S. share.
The 90th-percentile wage, $59,320, is 1.7 times the 10th-percentile wage, $34,400: 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 Sioux Falls, SD-MN?: Roofers in the Sioux Falls, SD-MN area earn a median of $48,880 a year, or $23.50 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The highest-paid 10% make over $59,320 a year.
How much do roofers make an hour in Sioux Falls, SD-MN?: The median hourly wage is $23.50. The middle half earn between $18.19 and $23.97 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)
What do entry-level roofers make in Sioux Falls, SD-MN?: 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 $18.19.
Do roofers make more in Sioux Falls or Sioux City?: Sioux Falls pays more: the median is $48,880 in Sioux Falls and $47,050 in Sioux City, a 4% difference.
How does Sioux Falls pay compare with the rest of South Dakota?: The Sioux Falls median of $48,880 is 2% more 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 43620 (Sioux Falls, SD-MN). 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 (90.6, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures