Do roofers make more in Columbus or Atlanta?

Atlanta pays more: the median is $43,290 in Columbus and $49,100 in Atlanta, a 12% difference.

Roofer salary in Columbus, GA-AL

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Roofers in the Columbus, GA-AL area earn a median of $43,290 a year, or $20.81 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The top 10% earn more than $59,390. Statewide, roofers earn a median of $46,940; Columbus is 8% below it.

Median yearly pay$43,290

Bottom 10% under$34,510Top 10% over$59,390

Entry-level starting pay (estimate): $16.59/hr
Jobs in this area: 80
After cost of living: $48,480
Median hourly pay: $20.81/hr
vs U.S. median: −22%
vs Georgia median: −8%
Mean (average) pay: $44,820 a year · $21.55 an hour

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 17980, Columbus, GA-AL). 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.

Pay by percentile

What roofers in Columbus, GA-AL 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	$16.59	$34,510
25th percentile	$17.19	$35,760
Median (50th)	$20.81	$43,290
75th percentile	$25.55	$53,150
90th percentile	$28.55	$59,390

BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. BLS yearly figures are the hourly wage times 2,080 hours.

How Columbus, GA-AL compares

Columbus ranks 5th of 6 Georgia metro areas for roofer pay.
Roofers are less concentrated in the Columbus area than nationally: 0.7 of every 1,000 jobs, 0.79 times the U.S. share.

Other Georgia metro areas

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Questions

Do roofers make more in Columbus or Atlanta?: Atlanta pays more: the median is $43,290 in Columbus and $49,100 in Atlanta, a 12% 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 17980 (Columbus, GA-AL). 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 (89.3, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures