How much do roofers make an hour in Atlanta, GA?

The median hourly wage is $23.61. The middle half earn between $19.19 and $26.97 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)

What do entry-level roofers make in Atlanta, GA?

BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $16.13 an hour ($33,560 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $19.19.

Do roofers make more in Atlanta or Savannah?

Atlanta pays more: the median is $49,100 in Atlanta and $48,740 in Savannah, a 1% difference.

How does Atlanta pay compare with the rest of Georgia?

The Atlanta median of $49,100 is 5% more than the Georgia median of $46,940.

Roofer salary in Atlanta, GA

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Roofers in the Atlanta–Sandy Springs–Roswell, GA area earn a median of $49,100 a year, or $23.61 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The top 10% earn more than $64,110. That's 5% more than the Georgia median of $46,940.

Median yearly pay$49,100

Bottom 10% under$33,560Top 10% over$64,110

Entry-level starting pay (estimate): $16.13/hr
Jobs in this area: 1,440
After cost of living: $49,070
Median hourly pay: $23.61/hr
vs U.S. median: −11%
vs Georgia median: +5%

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 12060, Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA). 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	$33,560–$39,900$16.13–$19.19/hr
Experienced roofer	$49,100$23.61/hr
Top earners	$56,090–$64,110$26.97–$30.82/hr

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

How Atlanta, GA compares

Atlanta has the highest roofer median of the 6 Georgia metro areas with published pay.
Roofers are less concentrated in the Atlanta area than nationally: 0.5 of every 1,000 jobs, 0.57 times the U.S. share.
The 90th-percentile wage, $64,110, is 1.9 times the 10th-percentile wage, $33,560: a measure of how much pay rises with experience and specialty.

Other Georgia metro areas

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Questions

How much do roofers make in Atlanta, GA?: Roofers in the Atlanta–Sandy Springs–Roswell, GA area earn a median of $49,100 a year, or $23.61 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The top 10% earn more than $64,110.
How much do roofers make an hour in Atlanta, GA?: The median hourly wage is $23.61. The middle half earn between $19.19 and $26.97 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)
What do entry-level roofers make in Atlanta, GA?: BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $16.13 an hour ($33,560 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $19.19.
Do roofers make more in Atlanta or Savannah?: Atlanta pays more: the median is $49,100 in Atlanta and $48,740 in Savannah, a 1% difference.
How does Atlanta pay compare with the rest of Georgia?: The Atlanta median of $49,100 is 5% more than the Georgia median of $46,940.

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 12060 (Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA). 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 (100.1, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures