How much do roofers make an hour in Austin, TX?

The median hourly wage is $22.76. The middle half earn between $19.14 and $27.31 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)

What do entry-level roofers make in Austin, TX?

BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $17.37 an hour ($36,130 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $19.14.

Do roofers make more in Austin or Waco?

Waco pays more: the median is $47,340 in Austin and $49,000 in Waco, a 3% difference.

How does Austin pay compare with the rest of Texas?

The Austin median of $47,340 is 3% more than the Texas median of $46,030.

Roofer salary in Austin, TX

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Roofers in the Austin–Round Rock–San Marcos, TX area earn a median of $47,340 a year, or $22.76 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. One in ten earns more than $69,140. That's 3% more than the Texas median of $46,030.

Median yearly pay$47,340

Bottom 10% under$36,130Top 10% over$69,140

Entry-level starting pay (estimate): $17.37/hr
Jobs in this area: 480
After cost of living: $48,270
Median hourly pay: $22.76/hr
vs U.S. median: −15%
vs Texas median: +3%

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 12420, Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX). 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	$36,130–$39,810$17.37–$19.14/hr
Experienced roofer	$47,340$22.76/hr
Top earners	$56,810–$69,140$27.31–$33.24/hr

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

How Austin, TX compares

Austin ranks 2nd of 10 Texas metro areas for roofer pay.
Roofers are less concentrated in the Austin area than nationally: 0.4 of every 1,000 jobs, 0.42 times the U.S. share.
The 90th-percentile wage, $69,140, is 1.9 times the 10th-percentile wage, $36,130: a measure of how much pay rises with experience and specialty.

Other Texas metro areas

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Questions

How much do roofers make in Austin, TX?: Roofers in the Austin–Round Rock–San Marcos, TX area earn a median of $47,340 a year, or $22.76 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. One in ten earns more than $69,140.
How much do roofers make an hour in Austin, TX?: The median hourly wage is $22.76. The middle half earn between $19.14 and $27.31 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)
What do entry-level roofers make in Austin, TX?: BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $17.37 an hour ($36,130 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $19.14.
Do roofers make more in Austin or Waco?: Waco pays more: the median is $47,340 in Austin and $49,000 in Waco, a 3% difference.
How does Austin pay compare with the rest of Texas?: The Austin median of $47,340 is 3% more than the Texas median of $46,030.

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 12420 (Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX). 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 (98.1, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures