Do roofers make more in Roanoke or Washington?

Washington pays more: the median is $46,280 in Roanoke and $58,340 in Washington, a 21% difference.

Roofer salary in Roanoke, VA

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Roofers in the Roanoke, VA area earn a median of $46,280 a year, or $22.25 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The highest-paid 10% make over $58,950 a year. Across all of Virginia, the median is $48,420, so Roanoke pays 4% less than the state as a whole.

Median yearly pay$46,280

Bottom 10% under$30,970Top 10% over$58,950

Entry-level starting pay (estimate): $14.89/hr
Jobs in this area: 90
After cost of living: $49,430
Median hourly pay: $22.25/hr
vs U.S. median: −17%
vs Virginia median: −4%
Mean (average) pay: $45,990 a year · $22.11 an hour

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 40220, Roanoke, 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 Roanoke, 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	$14.89	$30,970
25th percentile	$19.87	$41,330
Median (50th)	$22.25	$46,280
75th percentile	$24.63	$51,220
90th percentile	$28.34	$58,950

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

How Roanoke, VA compares

Roanoke ranks 4th of 8 Virginia metro areas for roofer pay.
Roofers are less concentrated in the Roanoke area than nationally: 0.6 of every 1,000 jobs, 0.68 times the U.S. share.

Other Virginia metro areas

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Questions

Do roofers make more in Roanoke or Washington?: Washington pays more: the median is $46,280 in Roanoke 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 40220 (Roanoke, 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 (93.6, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures