A semiconductor laser device having high performance, low operating voltage, and long service life, and a method for fabricating the same are provided. A semiconductor multilayer film including an active layer for use of laser beam oscillation is stacked on a substrate. Then a clad layer composed of p-type AlGaAs doped with a p-type impurity Mg, and a contact layer composed of p-type GaAs doped also with Mg are grown by an LPE growth process, and further a surface layer having a high-resistance portion present in the contact layer and low in carrier concentration is removed. The active layer for use of laser beam oscillation is arranged in a substantially center of an end surface from which the laser beam is emitted.