How much do roofers make an hour in Chattanooga, TN-GA?

The median hourly wage is $21.89. The middle half earn between $18.45 and $22.14 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)

What do entry-level roofers make in Chattanooga, TN-GA?

BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $17.17 an hour ($35,720 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $18.45.

Do roofers make more in Chattanooga or Nashville?

Nashville pays more: the median is $45,530 in Chattanooga and $48,120 in Nashville, a 5% difference.

How does Chattanooga pay compare with the rest of Tennessee?

The Chattanooga median of $45,530 is about the same as the Tennessee median of $45,690.

Roofer salary in Chattanooga, TN-GA

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Roofers in the Chattanooga, TN-GA area earn a median of $45,530 a year, or $21.89 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The highest-paid 10% make over $56,940 a year. Across all of Tennessee, the median is $45,690, so Chattanooga pays about the same as the state as a whole.

Median yearly pay$45,530

Bottom 10% under$35,720Top 10% over$56,940

Entry-level starting pay (estimate): $17.17/hr
Jobs in this area: 140
After cost of living: $49,780
Median hourly pay: $21.89/hr
vs U.S. median: −18%
vs Tennessee median: 0%

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 16860, Chattanooga, TN-GA). 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	$35,720–$38,380$17.17–$18.45/hr
Experienced roofer	$45,530$21.89/hr
Top earners	$46,040–$56,940$22.14–$27.37/hr

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

How Chattanooga, TN-GA compares

Chattanooga ranks 4th of 6 Tennessee metro areas for roofer pay.
Roofers are less concentrated in the Chattanooga area than nationally: 0.5 of every 1,000 jobs, 0.60 times the U.S. share.
The 90th-percentile wage, $56,940, is 1.6 times the 10th-percentile wage, $35,720: a measure of how much pay rises with experience and specialty.

Other Tennessee metro areas

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Questions

How much do roofers make in Chattanooga, TN-GA?: Roofers in the Chattanooga, TN-GA area earn a median of $45,530 a year, or $21.89 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The highest-paid 10% make over $56,940 a year.
How much do roofers make an hour in Chattanooga, TN-GA?: The median hourly wage is $21.89. The middle half earn between $18.45 and $22.14 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)
What do entry-level roofers make in Chattanooga, TN-GA?: BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $17.17 an hour ($35,720 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $18.45.
Do roofers make more in Chattanooga or Nashville?: Nashville pays more: the median is $45,530 in Chattanooga and $48,120 in Nashville, a 5% difference.
How does Chattanooga pay compare with the rest of Tennessee?: The Chattanooga median of $45,530 is about the same as the Tennessee median of $45,690.

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 16860 (Chattanooga, TN-GA). 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 (91.5, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures