How much do roofers make an hour in Asheville, NC?

The median hourly wage is $23.89. The middle half earn between $21.50 and $26.29 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)

What do entry-level roofers make in Asheville, NC?

BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $16.93 an hour ($35,210 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $21.50.

Do roofers make more in Asheville or Raleigh?

Raleigh pays more: the median is $49,680 in Asheville and $50,720 in Raleigh, a 2% difference.

How does Asheville pay compare with the rest of North Carolina?

The Asheville median of $49,680 is 1% more than the North Carolina median of $49,010.

Roofer salary in Asheville, NC

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Roofers in the Asheville, NC area earn a median of $49,680 a year, or $23.89 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The top 10% earn more than $61,170. Across all of North Carolina, the median is $49,010, so Asheville pays 1% more than the state as a whole.

Median yearly pay$49,680

Bottom 10% under$35,210Top 10% over$61,170

Entry-level starting pay (estimate): $16.93/hr
Jobs in this area: 110
After cost of living: $51,480
Median hourly pay: $23.89/hr
vs U.S. median: −10%
vs North Carolina median: +1%

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 11700, Asheville, NC). 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	$35,210–$44,710$16.93–$21.50/hr
Experienced roofer	$49,680$23.89/hr
Top earners	$54,670–$61,170$26.29–$29.41/hr

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

How Asheville, NC compares

Asheville ranks 2nd of 11 North Carolina metro areas for roofer pay.
Roofers are less concentrated in the Asheville area than nationally: 0.6 of every 1,000 jobs, 0.67 times the U.S. share.
The 90th-percentile wage, $61,170, is 1.7 times the 10th-percentile wage, $35,210: a measure of how much pay rises with experience and specialty.

Other North Carolina metro areas

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Questions

How much do roofers make in Asheville, NC?: Roofers in the Asheville, NC area earn a median of $49,680 a year, or $23.89 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The top 10% earn more than $61,170.
How much do roofers make an hour in Asheville, NC?: The median hourly wage is $23.89. The middle half earn between $21.50 and $26.29 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)
What do entry-level roofers make in Asheville, NC?: BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $16.93 an hour ($35,210 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $21.50.
Do roofers make more in Asheville or Raleigh?: Raleigh pays more: the median is $49,680 in Asheville and $50,720 in Raleigh, a 2% difference.
How does Asheville pay compare with the rest of North Carolina?: The Asheville median of $49,680 is 1% more than the North Carolina median of $49,010.

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 11700 (Asheville, NC). 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 (96.5, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures