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

The median hourly wage is $23.61. The middle half earn between $22.71 and $26.64 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)

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

BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $18.50 an hour ($38,490 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $22.71.

Do roofers make more in Greensboro or Raleigh?

Raleigh pays more: the median is $49,110 in Greensboro and $50,720 in Raleigh, a 3% difference.

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

The Greensboro median of $49,110 is about the same as the North Carolina median of $49,010.

Roofer salary in Greensboro, NC

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Roofers in the Greensboro–High Point, NC area earn a median of $49,110 a year, or $23.61 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The highest-paid 10% make over $60,880 a year. That's about the same as the North Carolina median of $49,010.

Median yearly pay$49,110

Bottom 10% under$38,490Top 10% over$60,880

Entry-level starting pay (estimate): $18.50/hr
Jobs in this area: 230
After cost of living: $52,880
Median hourly pay: $23.61/hr
vs U.S. median: −11%
vs North Carolina median: 0%

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 24660, Greensboro-High Point, 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	$38,490–$47,230$18.50–$22.71/hr
Experienced roofer	$49,110$23.61/hr
Top earners	$55,410–$60,880$26.64–$29.27/hr

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

How Greensboro, NC compares

Greensboro ranks 4th of 11 North Carolina metro areas for roofer pay.
Roofers are less concentrated in the Greensboro area than nationally: 0.6 of every 1,000 jobs, 0.71 times the U.S. share.
The 90th-percentile wage, $60,880, is 1.6 times the 10th-percentile wage, $38,490: 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 Greensboro, NC?: Roofers in the Greensboro–High Point, NC area earn a median of $49,110 a year, or $23.61 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The highest-paid 10% make over $60,880 a year.
How much do roofers make an hour in Greensboro, NC?: The median hourly wage is $23.61. The middle half earn between $22.71 and $26.64 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)
What do entry-level roofers make in Greensboro, NC?: BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $18.50 an hour ($38,490 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $22.71.
Do roofers make more in Greensboro or Raleigh?: Raleigh pays more: the median is $49,110 in Greensboro and $50,720 in Raleigh, a 3% difference.
How does Greensboro pay compare with the rest of North Carolina?: The Greensboro median of $49,110 is about the same as 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 24660 (Greensboro-High Point, 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 (92.9, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures