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

The median hourly wage is $22.51. The middle half earn between $18.30 and $26.51 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)

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

BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $15.00 an hour ($31,200 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $18.30.

Do roofers make more in Hickory or Raleigh?

Raleigh pays more: the median is $46,810 in Hickory and $50,720 in Raleigh, a 8% difference.

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

The Hickory median of $46,810 is 4% less than the North Carolina median of $49,010.

Roofer salary in Hickory, NC

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Roofers in the Hickory–Lenoir–Morganton, NC area earn a median of $46,810 a year, or $22.51 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. One in ten earns more than $57,900. That's 4% less than the North Carolina median of $49,010.

Median yearly pay$46,810

Bottom 10% under$31,200Top 10% over$57,900

Entry-level starting pay (estimate): $15.00/hr
Jobs in this area: 80
After cost of living: $52,900
Median hourly pay: $22.51/hr
vs U.S. median: −16%
vs North Carolina median: −4%

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 25860, Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, 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	$31,200–$38,070$15.00–$18.30/hr
Experienced roofer	$46,810$22.51/hr
Top earners	$55,140–$57,900$26.51–$27.84/hr

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

How Hickory, NC compares

Hickory ranks 9th of 11 North Carolina metro areas for roofer pay.
Roofers are less concentrated in the Hickory area than nationally: 0.5 of every 1,000 jobs, 0.56 times the U.S. share.
The 90th-percentile wage, $57,900, is 1.9 times the 10th-percentile wage, $31,200: 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 Hickory, NC?: Roofers in the Hickory–Lenoir–Morganton, NC area earn a median of $46,810 a year, or $22.51 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. One in ten earns more than $57,900.
How much do roofers make an hour in Hickory, NC?: The median hourly wage is $22.51. The middle half earn between $18.30 and $26.51 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)
What do entry-level roofers make in Hickory, NC?: BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $15.00 an hour ($31,200 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $18.30.
Do roofers make more in Hickory or Raleigh?: Raleigh pays more: the median is $46,810 in Hickory and $50,720 in Raleigh, a 8% difference.
How does Hickory pay compare with the rest of North Carolina?: The Hickory median of $46,810 is 4% less 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 25860 (Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, 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 (88.5, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures