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

The median hourly wage is $23.43. The middle half earn between $18.05 and $24.52 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)

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

BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $15.15 an hour ($31,510 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $18.05.

Do roofers make more in Savannah or Atlanta?

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

How does Savannah pay compare with the rest of Georgia?

The Savannah median of $48,740 is 4% more than the Georgia median of $46,940.

Roofer salary in Savannah, GA

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Roofers in the Savannah, GA area earn a median of $48,740 a year, or $23.43 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. One in ten earns more than $58,120. Across all of Georgia, the median is $46,940, so Savannah pays 4% more than the state as a whole.

Median yearly pay$48,740

Bottom 10% under$31,510Top 10% over$58,120

Entry-level starting pay (estimate): $15.15/hr
Jobs in this area: 70
After cost of living: $51,190
Median hourly pay: $23.43/hr
vs U.S. median: −12%
vs Georgia median: +4%

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 42340, Savannah, 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	$31,510–$37,550$15.15–$18.05/hr
Experienced roofer	$48,740$23.43/hr
Top earners	$50,990–$58,120$24.52–$27.94/hr

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

How Savannah, GA compares

Savannah ranks 2nd of 6 Georgia metro areas for roofer pay.
Roofers are less concentrated in the Savannah area than nationally: 0.3 of every 1,000 jobs, 0.39 times the U.S. share.
The 90th-percentile wage, $58,120, is 1.8 times the 10th-percentile wage, $31,510: 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 Savannah, GA?: Roofers in the Savannah, GA area earn a median of $48,740 a year, or $23.43 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. One in ten earns more than $58,120.
How much do roofers make an hour in Savannah, GA?: The median hourly wage is $23.43. The middle half earn between $18.05 and $24.52 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)
What do entry-level roofers make in Savannah, GA?: BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $15.15 an hour ($31,510 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $18.05.
Do roofers make more in Savannah or Atlanta?: Atlanta pays more: the median is $48,740 in Savannah and $49,100 in Atlanta, a 1% difference.
How does Savannah pay compare with the rest of Georgia?: The Savannah median of $48,740 is 4% 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 42340 (Savannah, 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 (95.2, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures