How much do roofers make an hour in Greenville, SC?

The median hourly wage is $22.37. The middle half earn between $17.90 and $25.38 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)

What do entry-level roofers make in Greenville, SC?

BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $17.34 an hour ($36,070 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $17.90.

Do roofers make more in Greenville or Charlotte?

Charlotte pays more: the median is $46,530 in Greenville and $48,410 in Charlotte, a 4% difference.

How does Greenville pay compare with the rest of South Carolina?

The Greenville median of $46,530 is 2% more than the South Carolina median of $45,760.

Roofer salary in Greenville, SC

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Roofers in the Greenville–Anderson–Greer, SC area earn a median of $46,530 a year, or $22.37 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The highest-paid 10% make over $69,140 a year. Across all of South Carolina, the median is $45,760, so Greenville pays 2% more than the state as a whole.

Median yearly pay$46,530

Bottom 10% under$36,070Top 10% over$69,140

Entry-level starting pay (estimate): $17.34/hr
Jobs in this area: 170
After cost of living: $49,890
Median hourly pay: $22.37/hr
vs U.S. median: −16%
vs South Carolina median: +2%

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 24860, Greenville-Anderson-Greer, 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.

Entry-level to top roofer pay

Stage	Yearly pay	Hourly pay
Entry level	$36,070–$37,220$17.34–$17.90/hr
Experienced roofer	$46,530$22.37/hr
Top earners	$52,800–$69,140$25.38–$33.24/hr

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

How Greenville, SC compares

Greenville ranks 5th of 8 South Carolina metro areas for roofer pay.
Roofers are less concentrated in the Greenville area than nationally: 0.4 of every 1,000 jobs, 0.45 times the U.S. share.
The 90th-percentile wage, $69,140, is 1.9 times the 10th-percentile wage, $36,070: a measure of how much pay rises with experience and specialty.

Other South Carolina metro areas

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Questions

How much do roofers make in Greenville, SC?: Roofers in the Greenville–Anderson–Greer, SC area earn a median of $46,530 a year, or $22.37 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The highest-paid 10% make over $69,140 a year.
How much do roofers make an hour in Greenville, SC?: The median hourly wage is $22.37. The middle half earn between $17.90 and $25.38 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)
What do entry-level roofers make in Greenville, SC?: BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $17.34 an hour ($36,070 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $17.90.
Do roofers make more in Greenville or Charlotte?: Charlotte pays more: the median is $46,530 in Greenville and $48,410 in Charlotte, a 4% difference.
How does Greenville pay compare with the rest of South Carolina?: The Greenville median of $46,530 is 2% more than the South Carolina median of $45,760.

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 24860 (Greenville-Anderson-Greer, 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 (93.3, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures