Do roofers make more in Morristown or Nashville?

Pay is about the same: the median is $47,950 in Morristown and $48,120 in Nashville.

Roofer salary in Morristown, TN

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Roofers in the Morristown, TN area earn a median of $47,950 a year, or $23.05 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The top 10% earn more than $62,370. Statewide, roofers earn a median of $45,690; Morristown is 5% above it.

Median yearly pay$47,950

Bottom 10% under$36,060Top 10% over$62,370

Entry-level starting pay (estimate): $17.34/hr
Jobs in this area: 90
After cost of living: $55,520
Median hourly pay: $23.05/hr
vs U.S. median: −14%
vs Tennessee median: +5%
Mean (average) pay: $48,990 a year · $23.56 an hour

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 34100, Morristown, TN). 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 Morristown, TN 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	$17.34	$36,060
25th percentile	$22.16	$46,100
Median (50th)	$23.05	$47,950
75th percentile	$23.53	$48,940
90th percentile	$29.99	$62,370

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

How Morristown, TN compares

Morristown ranks 2nd of 6 Tennessee metro areas for roofer pay.
Roofers are more concentrated in the Morristown area than nationally: 2.0 of every 1,000 jobs, 2.3 times the U.S. share.

Other Tennessee metro areas

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Questions

Do roofers make more in Morristown or Nashville?: Pay is about the same: the median is $47,950 in Morristown and $48,120 in Nashville.

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 34100 (Morristown, TN). 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 (86.4, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures