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

The median hourly wage is $23.56. The middle half earn between $22.85 and $29.52 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)

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

BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $17.46 an hour ($36,310 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $22.85.

Do roofers make more in Waco or Austin?

Waco pays more: the median is $49,000 in Waco and $47,340 in Austin, a 4% difference.

How does Waco pay compare with the rest of Texas?

The Waco median of $49,000 is 6% more than the Texas median of $46,030.

Roofer salary in Waco, TX

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Roofers in the Waco, TX area earn a median of $49,000 a year, or $23.56 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. One in ten earns more than $61,410. Across all of Texas, the median is $46,030, so Waco pays 6% more than the state as a whole.

Median yearly pay$49,000

Bottom 10% under$36,310Top 10% over$61,410

Entry-level starting pay (estimate): $17.46/hr
Jobs in this area: 200
After cost of living: $52,940
Median hourly pay: $23.56/hr
vs U.S. median: −12%
vs Texas median: +6%

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 47380, Waco, 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	$36,310–$47,520$17.46–$22.85/hr
Experienced roofer	$49,000$23.56/hr
Top earners	$61,410–$61,410$29.52–$29.52/hr

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

How Waco, TX compares

Waco has the highest roofer median of the 10 Texas metro areas with published pay.
Roofers are more concentrated in the Waco area than nationally: 1.6 of every 1,000 jobs, 1.8 times the U.S. share.
The 90th-percentile wage, $61,410, is 1.7 times the 10th-percentile wage, $36,310: 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 Waco, TX?: Roofers in the Waco, TX area earn a median of $49,000 a year, or $23.56 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. One in ten earns more than $61,410.
How much do roofers make an hour in Waco, TX?: The median hourly wage is $23.56. The middle half earn between $22.85 and $29.52 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)
What do entry-level roofers make in Waco, TX?: BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $17.46 an hour ($36,310 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $22.85.
Do roofers make more in Waco or Austin?: Waco pays more: the median is $49,000 in Waco and $47,340 in Austin, a 4% difference.
How does Waco pay compare with the rest of Texas?: The Waco median of $49,000 is 6% 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 47380 (Waco, 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 (92.5, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures