How much do roofers make an hour in Chambersburg, PA?

The median hourly wage is $31.00. The middle half earn between $21.70 and $31.00 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)

What do entry-level roofers make in Chambersburg, PA?

BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $20.00 an hour ($41,600 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $21.70.

Do roofers make more in Chambersburg or Philadelphia?

Chambersburg pays more: the median is $64,480 in Chambersburg and $59,730 in Philadelphia, a 8% difference.

How does Chambersburg pay compare with the rest of Pennsylvania?

The Chambersburg median of $64,480 is 16% more than the Pennsylvania median of $55,710.

Roofer salary in Chambersburg, PA

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Roofers in the Chambersburg, PA area earn a median of $64,480 a year, or $31.00 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. One in ten earns more than $68,640. That's 16% more than the Pennsylvania median of $55,710.

Median yearly pay$64,480

Bottom 10% under$41,600Top 10% over$68,640

Entry-level starting pay (estimate): $20.00/hr
Jobs in this area: 70
After cost of living: $68,130
Median hourly pay: $31.00/hr
vs U.S. median: +16%
vs Pennsylvania median: +16%

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 16540, Chambersburg, PA). 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	$41,600–$45,140$20.00–$21.70/hr
Experienced roofer	$64,480$31.00/hr
Top earners	$64,480–$68,640$31.00–$33.00/hr

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

How Chambersburg, PA compares

Chambersburg has the highest roofer median of the 11 Pennsylvania metro areas with published pay.
Roofers are more concentrated in the Chambersburg area than nationally: 1.2 of every 1,000 jobs, 1.4 times the U.S. share.
The 90th-percentile wage, $68,640, is 1.6 times the 10th-percentile wage, $41,600: a measure of how much pay rises with experience and specialty.

Other Pennsylvania metro areas

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Questions

How much do roofers make in Chambersburg, PA?: Roofers in the Chambersburg, PA area earn a median of $64,480 a year, or $31.00 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. One in ten earns more than $68,640.
How much do roofers make an hour in Chambersburg, PA?: The median hourly wage is $31.00. The middle half earn between $21.70 and $31.00 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)
What do entry-level roofers make in Chambersburg, PA?: BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $20.00 an hour ($41,600 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $21.70.
Do roofers make more in Chambersburg or Philadelphia?: Chambersburg pays more: the median is $64,480 in Chambersburg and $59,730 in Philadelphia, a 8% difference.
How does Chambersburg pay compare with the rest of Pennsylvania?: The Chambersburg median of $64,480 is 16% more than the Pennsylvania median of $55,710.

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 16540 (Chambersburg, PA). 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 (94.6, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures