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Roofer salary in Dallas, TX

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Roofers in the Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington, TX area earn a median of $46,990 a year, or $22.59 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. One in ten earns more than $64,010. That's 2% more than the Texas median of $46,030.

Median yearly pay$46,990
Bottom 10% under$36,090Top 10% over$64,010
Entry-level starting pay (estimate)
$17.35/hr
Jobs in this area
2,180
After cost of living
$45,580
Median hourly pay
$22.59/hr
vs U.S. median
−15%
vs Texas median
+2%
Mean (average) pay
$49,590 a year · $23.84 an hour
Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 19100, Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, 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.

Pay by percentile

What roofers in Dallas, TX earn at each point of the pay range, May 2025: 10% earn less than the 10th percentile, half earn less than the median, and 10% earn more than the 90th.

PercentileHourlyYearly
10th percentile$17.35$36,090
25th percentile$18.54$38,560
Median (50th)$22.59$46,990
75th percentile$27.29$56,750
90th percentile$30.77$64,010

BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. BLS yearly figures are the hourly wage times 2,080 hours.

How Dallas, TX compares

  • Dallas ranks 3rd of 10 Texas metro areas for roofer pay.
  • Roofers are less concentrated in the Dallas area than nationally: 0.5 of every 1,000 jobs, 0.62 times the U.S. share.

Other Texas metro areas

Other trades in Dallas, TX

Questions

Do roofers make more in Dallas or Waco?
Waco pays more: the median is $46,990 in Dallas and $49,000 in Waco, a 4% difference.

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 19100 (Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, 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 (103.1, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures