Roofer salary in Lubbock, TX
Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025
Roofers in the Lubbock, TX area earn a median of $36,650 a year, or $17.62 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The highest-paid 10% make over $57,670 a year. Statewide, roofers earn a median of $46,030; Lubbock is 20% below it.
- Entry-level starting pay (estimate)
- $13.44/hr
- Jobs in this area
- 90
- After cost of living
- $40,130
- Median hourly pay
- $17.62/hr
- vs U.S. median
- −34%
- vs Texas median
- −20%
- Mean (average) pay
- $41,200 a year · $19.81 an hour
Pay by percentile
What roofers in Lubbock, 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.
| Percentile | Hourly | Yearly |
|---|---|---|
| 10th percentile | $13.44 | $27,950 |
| 25th percentile | $14.14 | $29,410 |
| Median (50th) | $17.62 | $36,650 |
| 75th percentile | $22.20 | $46,170 |
| 90th percentile | $27.73 | $57,670 |
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. BLS yearly figures are the hourly wage times 2,080 hours.
How Lubbock, TX compares
- Lubbock ranks 9th of 10 Texas metro areas for roofer pay.
- Roofers are less concentrated in the Lubbock area than nationally: 0.5 of every 1,000 jobs, 0.62 times the U.S. share.
Other Texas metro areas
Other trades in Lubbock, TX
Questions
- Do roofers make more in Lubbock or Waco?
- Waco pays more: the median is $36,650 in Lubbock and $49,000 in Waco, a 25% 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 31180 (Lubbock, 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 (91.3, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures