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.

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%
Mean (average) pay: $45,860 a year · $22.05 an hour

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.

Pay by percentile

What roofers in Hickory, NC 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	$15.00	$31,200
25th percentile	$18.30	$38,070
Median (50th)	$22.51	$46,810
75th percentile	$26.51	$55,140
90th percentile	$27.84	$57,900

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

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.

Other North Carolina metro areas

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Questions

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.

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