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.
- 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%
- Mean (average) pay
- $50,330 a year · $24.20 an hour
Pay by percentile
What roofers in Huntington, WV-KY-OH 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 | $17.07 | $35,510 |
| 25th percentile | $17.50 | $36,400 |
| Median (50th) | $23.54 | $48,960 |
| 75th percentile | $31.51 | $65,540 |
| 90th percentile | $32.23 | $67,040 |
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. BLS yearly figures are the hourly wage times 2,080 hours.
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.
Other West Virginia metro areas
Other trades in Huntington, WV-KY-OH
Questions
- 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.
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