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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%
Mean (average) pay
$58,110 a year · $27.94 an hour
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.

Pay by percentile

What roofers in Chambersburg, PA 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.

PercentileHourlyYearly
10th percentile$20.00$41,600
25th percentile$21.70$45,140
Median (50th)$31.00$64,480
75th percentile$31.00$64,480
90th percentile$33.00$68,640

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

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.

Other Pennsylvania metro areas

Other trades in Chambersburg, PA

Questions

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.

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