Do roofers make more in Harrisonburg or Washington?

Washington pays more: the median is $46,020 in Harrisonburg and $58,340 in Washington, a 21% difference.

Roofer salary in Harrisonburg, VA

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Roofers in the Harrisonburg, VA area earn a median of $46,020 a year, or $22.12 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. One in ten earns more than $58,810. Statewide, roofers earn a median of $48,420; Harrisonburg is 5% below it.

Median yearly pay$46,020

Bottom 10% under$38,100Top 10% over$58,810

Entry-level starting pay (estimate): $18.32/hr
Jobs in this area: 90
After cost of living: $48,500
Median hourly pay: $22.12/hr
vs U.S. median: −17%
vs Virginia median: −5%
Mean (average) pay: $45,890 a year · $22.06 an hour

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 25500, Harrisonburg, VA). 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 Harrisonburg, VA 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	$18.32	$38,100
25th percentile	$18.64	$38,770
Median (50th)	$22.12	$46,020
75th percentile	$22.55	$46,890
90th percentile	$28.28	$58,810

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

How Harrisonburg, VA compares

Harrisonburg ranks 6th of 8 Virginia metro areas for roofer pay.
Roofers are more concentrated in the Harrisonburg area than nationally: 1.4 of every 1,000 jobs, 1.6 times the U.S. share.

Other Virginia metro areas

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Questions

Do roofers make more in Harrisonburg or Washington?: Washington pays more: the median is $46,020 in Harrisonburg and $58,340 in Washington, a 21% 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 25500 (Harrisonburg, VA). 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 (94.9, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures