How much do roofers make an hour in Huntington, WV-KY-OH?

The median hourly wage is $23.54. The middle half earn between $17.50 and $31.51 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)

What do entry-level roofers make in Huntington, WV-KY-OH?

BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $17.07 an hour ($35,510 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $17.50.

Do roofers make more in Huntington or Wheeling?

Wheeling pays more: the median is $48,960 in Huntington and $60,230 in Wheeling, a 19% difference.

How does Huntington pay compare with the rest of West Virginia?

The Huntington median of $48,960 is 4% less than the West Virginia median of $51,170.

Roofer salary in Huntington, WV-KY-OH

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Roofers in the Huntington–Ashland, WV-KY-OH area earn a median of $48,960 a year, or $23.54 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The highest-paid 10% make over $67,040 a year. Across all of West Virginia, the median is $51,170, so Huntington pays 4% less than the state as a whole.

Median yearly pay$48,960

Bottom 10% under$35,510Top 10% over$67,040

Entry-level starting pay (estimate): $17.07/hr
Jobs in this area: 110
After cost of living: $55,370
Median hourly pay: $23.54/hr
vs U.S. median: −12%
vs West Virginia median: −4%

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 26580, Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH). 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	$35,510–$36,400$17.07–$17.50/hr
Experienced roofer	$48,960$23.54/hr
Top earners	$65,540–$67,040$31.51–$32.23/hr

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

How Huntington, WV-KY-OH compares

Huntington ranks 3rd of 4 West Virginia metro areas for roofer pay.
Roofers hold about the same share of jobs in the Huntington area as nationally: 0.8 of every 1,000 jobs.
The 90th-percentile wage, $67,040, is 1.9 times the 10th-percentile wage, $35,510: a measure of how much pay rises with experience and specialty.

Other West Virginia metro areas

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Questions

How much do roofers make in Huntington, WV-KY-OH?: Roofers in the Huntington–Ashland, WV-KY-OH area earn a median of $48,960 a year, or $23.54 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The highest-paid 10% make over $67,040 a year.
How much do roofers make an hour in Huntington, WV-KY-OH?: The median hourly wage is $23.54. The middle half earn between $17.50 and $31.51 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)
What do entry-level roofers make in Huntington, WV-KY-OH?: BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $17.07 an hour ($35,510 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $17.50.
Do roofers make more in Huntington or Wheeling?: Wheeling pays more: the median is $48,960 in Huntington and $60,230 in Wheeling, a 19% difference.
How does Huntington pay compare with the rest of West Virginia?: The Huntington median of $48,960 is 4% less than the West Virginia median of $51,170.

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 26580 (Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH). 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 (88.4, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures