Do roofers make more in Winston or Raleigh?

Raleigh pays more: the median is $49,280 in Winston and $50,720 in Raleigh, a 3% difference.

Roofer salary in Winston, NC

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Roofers in the Winston–Salem, NC area earn a median of $49,280 a year, or $23.69 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. One in ten earns more than $61,100. Statewide, roofers earn a median of $49,010; Winston is 1% above it.

Median yearly pay$49,280

Bottom 10% under$38,370Top 10% over$61,100

Entry-level starting pay (estimate): $18.45/hr
Jobs in this area: 190
After cost of living: $53,540
Median hourly pay: $23.69/hr
vs U.S. median: −11%
vs North Carolina median: +1%
Mean (average) pay: $50,630 a year · $24.34 an hour

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 49180, Winston-Salem, 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 Winston, 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	$18.45	$38,370
25th percentile	$22.18	$46,120
Median (50th)	$23.69	$49,280
75th percentile	$27.37	$56,920
90th percentile	$29.38	$61,100

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

How Winston, NC compares

Winston ranks 3rd of 11 North Carolina metro areas for roofer pay.
Roofers are less concentrated in the Winston area than nationally: 0.7 of every 1,000 jobs, 0.80 times the U.S. share.

Other North Carolina metro areas

Other trades in Winston, NC

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Questions

Do roofers make more in Winston or Raleigh?: Raleigh pays more: the median is $49,280 in Winston and $50,720 in Raleigh, a 3% 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 49180 (Winston-Salem, 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 (92.0, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures