Do roofers make more in Columbia or Charlotte?

Charlotte pays more: the median is $44,660 in Columbia and $48,410 in Charlotte, a 8% difference.

Roofer salary in Columbia, SC

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Roofers in the Columbia, SC area earn a median of $44,660 a year, or $21.47 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. One in ten earns more than $60,640. That's 2% less than the South Carolina median of $45,760.

Median yearly pay$44,660

Bottom 10% under$36,440Top 10% over$60,640

Entry-level starting pay (estimate): $17.52/hr
Jobs in this area: 160
After cost of living: $47,680
Median hourly pay: $21.47/hr
vs U.S. median: −19%
vs South Carolina median: −2%
Mean (average) pay: $45,320 a year · $21.79 an hour

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 17900, Columbia, SC). 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 Columbia, SC 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	$17.52	$36,440
25th percentile	$18.24	$37,940
Median (50th)	$21.47	$44,660
75th percentile	$23.58	$49,040
90th percentile	$29.16	$60,640

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

How Columbia, SC compares

Columbia ranks 6th of 8 South Carolina metro areas for roofer pay.
Roofers are less concentrated in the Columbia area than nationally: 0.4 of every 1,000 jobs, 0.48 times the U.S. share.

Other South Carolina metro areas

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Questions

Do roofers make more in Columbia or Charlotte?: Charlotte pays more: the median is $44,660 in Columbia and $48,410 in Charlotte, 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 17900 (Columbia, SC). 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 (93.7, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures