How to become a roofer in Nevada

The path in Nevada, step by step

Nevada licenses roofing work at the state level through the Nevada State Contractors Board. These are the steps it lays out, in order.

1. Pick your classification: C-15a Roofing, or full C-15 Roofing and Siding.
2. Name a qualified individual with 4 years of experience in that work in the last 15 years.
3. Gather experience certificates, a financial statement, and the background disclosure and fingerprint form.
4. Apply online with the $300 application fee.
5. Pass the PSI trade exam and the Business and Law exam.
6. After approval, post the bond, show workers comp, and pay the $600 license fee and any Residential Recovery Fund assessment.

The full license guide, with every fee and form: roofing license in Nevada.

Finding an apprenticeship in Nevada

Nevada runs Registered Apprenticeship through its own State Apprenticeship Agency, recognized by the U.S. Department of Labor to register and oversee programs there. Its staff are state employees, and it may use the federal paperwork or forms of its own. Apprenticeship.gov lists the Nevada State Apprenticeship Agency as the contact.

Either way, a registered program means paid work with a mentor, raises as you progress, classroom instruction and a credential recognized in every state. Search open spots in the Apprenticeship Job Finder.

Across the country. A few groups sponsor roofing apprenticeships. They combine on-the-job training with classroom instruction, usually with a set number of hours for each.

License levels and exams in Nevada

The license to aim for: C-15a Roofing (or the full C-15 Roofing and Siding license).

Trade exam. Trade exam for your classification, given by PSI.

What roofers earn in Nevada

The median roofer in Nevada earned $24.56 an hour in May 2025, 27th of 51 states, with 2,120 on payrolls. The national median was $26.65.

At the bottom of the range, a quarter of roofers in Nevada earned under $23.32 an hour and a tenth under $18.25. At the top, a quarter earned over $31.07 and a tenth over $38.31.

Every state, the neighbors and what a business should charge: roofer salary in Nevada.

Jobs ahead in Nevada

Nevada's labor market office projects jobs for roofers growing from 1,810 in 2022 to 1,970 in 2032, a change of 8.8%. Counting people who retire or change careers, that is about 160 openings a year.

Jobs are projected to grow 8.8% from 2022 to 2032, faster than the 2% projected nationally, ranking 23rd of the 48 states in the file.

These are the state's own long-term projections, published together on Projections Central for the occupation group roofers.

Starting your own roofer business in Nevada

To contract on your own in Nevada, the license is the C-15a Roofing (or the full C-15 Roofing and Siding license).

Pricing comes next. Paying yourself the Nevada median of $24.56 an hour, the labor rate calculator's starting numbers (one person, 2 unbilled hours a day, $90,000 of overhead, 15% profit) come to $113.72 per billable hour. Try your own in the labor rate calculator.

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