How much do roofers make an hour in El Paso, TX?

The median hourly wage is $17.45. The middle half earn between $14.16 and $21.54 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)

What do entry-level roofers make in El Paso, TX?

BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $13.54 an hour ($28,170 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $14.16.

Do roofers make more in El Paso or Waco?

Waco pays more: the median is $36,300 in El Paso and $49,000 in Waco, a 26% difference.

How does El Paso pay compare with the rest of Texas?

The El Paso median of $36,300 is 21% less than the Texas median of $46,030.

Roofer salary in El Paso, TX

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Roofers in the El Paso, TX area earn a median of $36,300 a year, or $17.45 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. One in ten earns more than $53,680. That's 21% less than the Texas median of $46,030.

Median yearly pay$36,300

Bottom 10% under$28,170Top 10% over$53,680

Entry-level starting pay (estimate): $13.54/hr
Jobs in this area: 120
After cost of living: $40,370
Median hourly pay: $17.45/hr
vs U.S. median: −35%
vs Texas median: −21%

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 21340, El Paso, 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	$28,170–$29,450$13.54–$14.16/hr
Experienced roofer	$36,300$17.45/hr
Top earners	$44,800–$53,680$21.54–$25.81/hr

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

How El Paso, TX compares

El Paso has the lowest roofer median of the 10 Texas metro areas with published pay.
Roofers are less concentrated in the El Paso area than nationally: 0.4 of every 1,000 jobs, 0.42 times the U.S. share.
The 90th-percentile wage, $53,680, is 1.9 times the 10th-percentile wage, $28,170: 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 El Paso, TX?: Roofers in the El Paso, TX area earn a median of $36,300 a year, or $17.45 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. One in ten earns more than $53,680.
How much do roofers make an hour in El Paso, TX?: The median hourly wage is $17.45. The middle half earn between $14.16 and $21.54 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)
What do entry-level roofers make in El Paso, TX?: BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $13.54 an hour ($28,170 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $14.16.
Do roofers make more in El Paso or Waco?: Waco pays more: the median is $36,300 in El Paso and $49,000 in Waco, a 26% difference.
How does El Paso pay compare with the rest of Texas?: The El Paso median of $36,300 is 21% less 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 21340 (El Paso, 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 (89.9, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures