Do roofers make more in Lynchburg or Washington?

Washington pays more: the median is $46,160 in Lynchburg and $58,340 in Washington, a 21% difference.

Roofer salary in Lynchburg, VA

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Roofers in the Lynchburg, VA area earn a median of $46,160 a year, or $22.19 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. One in ten earns more than $49,990. Statewide, roofers earn a median of $48,420; Lynchburg is 5% below it.

Median yearly pay$46,160

Bottom 10% under$37,960Top 10% over$49,990

Entry-level starting pay (estimate): $18.25/hr
Jobs in this area: 70
After cost of living: $51,650
Median hourly pay: $22.19/hr
vs U.S. median: −17%
vs Virginia median: −5%
Mean (average) pay: $45,550 a year · $21.90 an hour

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 31340, Lynchburg, 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 Lynchburg, 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	$18.25	$37,960
25th percentile	$21.20	$44,090
Median (50th)	$22.19	$46,160
75th percentile	$22.44	$46,670
90th percentile	$24.03	$49,990

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

How Lynchburg, VA compares

Lynchburg ranks 5th of 8 Virginia metro areas for roofer pay.
Roofers are less concentrated in the Lynchburg area than nationally: 0.7 of every 1,000 jobs, 0.79 times the U.S. share.

Other Virginia metro areas

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Questions

Do roofers make more in Lynchburg or Washington?: Washington pays more: the median is $46,160 in Lynchburg 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 31340 (Lynchburg, 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 (89.4, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures