Skilled Wages

Roofer salary in Virginia

Median $23.28 an hour for 2,070 roofers, May 2025, with the union scale by county, the job trend since 1999 and the state's own outlook.

$23.28/hrMedian hourly wageVirginia, May data
$48,420/yrMedian annual payfull-time equivalent
$18.37 – $31.9310th to 90th percentilehourly range
2,070Jobs countedemployer survey

Data compiled by Skilled WagesBLS OEWS May 2025; prevailing wage as of 2026-11-13

Roofer pay in Virginia: the full range

Wage percentiles, VirginiaMarket wage, 10th-90th pctU.S. reference$10$20$30$40$50/hrVirginia: 10th $18.37 · 25th $22.00 · median $23.28 · 75th $27.69 · 90th $31.93Virginia$23.28$18.37$31.93United States: 10th $18.01 · 25th $22.24 · median $26.65 · 75th $31.44 · 90th $39.29United States$26.65
Hourly wage percentiles for roofers: Virginia vs United States, May 2025.

Virginia ranks 35th of 51 states for median roofer pay, and 48th once adjusted for cost of living (the cost-of-living-adjusted median is $23.03). 2,070 roofers work in the state. The top 10% earn 1.7× what the bottom 10% earn.

Career stage (approximate)HourlyAnnualWhere it sits in the distribution
Apprentice / entry level$18.37 – $22.00$38,220 – $45,760roughly the 10th to 25th percentile
Journeyman$22.00 – $27.69$45,760 – $57,590the middle half, around the median
Master, foreman or specialist$27.69 – $31.93$57,590 – $66,420the 75th to 90th percentile and above

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Roofer pay by metro in Virginia

Ranked median wages$0$10$20$30/hrWashington DC: $28.05Washington DC$28.05Richmond: $23.10Richmond$23.10Virginia Beach: $22.34Virginia Beach$22.34Roanoke: $22.25Roanoke$22.25Lynchburg: $22.19Lynchburg$22.19Harrisonburg: $22.12Harrisonburg$22.12Winchester: $21.97Winchester$21.97Kingsport: $19.10Kingsport$19.10
Median hourly wage for roofers by metro area in Virginia, May 2025.
Metro10thMedian $/hrCost-of-living adjusted90thJobsvs state
Washington DC$22.70$28.05$25.76$38.271,94020% above
Richmond$19.05$23.10$23.60$29.393301% below
Virginia Beach$18.76$22.34$22.82$28.133504% below
Roanoke$14.89$22.25$23.77$28.34904% below
Lynchburg$18.25$22.19$24.82$24.03705% below
Harrisonburg$18.32$22.12$23.31$28.28905% below
Winchester$15.29$21.97$22.77$22.64406% below
Kingsport$16.94$19.10$22.11$27.649018% below

Cost-of-living adjusted: median divided by the BEA regional price parity for the metro (2024, US = 100).

Roofer wages in Virginia over time

Virginia, 1999-2025VirginiaUnited StatesSOC 2010SOC 2018 / Method changeExact wages$10$15$20$25$30200020052010201520202025$26.65United States$23.28Virginia
Median hourly wage for roofers, Virginia vs United States, 1999–2025, nominal dollars.
Table
YearVirginia $/hrIn 2025 $US $/hrJobs
1999$12.22$23.61$12.942,990
2000$12.84$24.01$13.952,460
2001$13.30$24.18$14.162,790
2002$13.45$24.07$14.512,550
2003$13.54$23.69$14.432,610
2004$13.41$22.85$14.832,840
2005$13.34$21.99$15.013,340
2006$14.47$23.11$15.513,170
2007$15.09$23.43$15.983,280
2008$15.99$23.91$16.172,790
2009$15.94$23.92$16.332,520
2010$16.51$24.38$16.452,200
2011$16.82$24.07$16.962,550
2012$16.82$23.59$16.972,360
2013$16.69$23.07$17.082,480
2014$17.38$23.64$17.192,120
2015$18.24$24.78$17.652,120
2016$20.01$26.84$18.152,310
2017$20.06$26.35$18.742,500
2018$20.25$25.96$19.222,460
2019$22.05$27.77$20.242,600
2020$22.54$28.04$20.952,860
2021$22.56$26.80$22.652,590
2022$22.62$24.88$23.042,410
2023$22.84$24.13$24.052,320
2024$23.52$24.14$24.512,360
2025$23.28$23.28$26.652,070

In today's dollars, the median roofer wage in Virginia changed by -6.0% over the last ten years of data and by -16.2% since 2019.

Are there more roofer jobs in Virginia?

0.5Jobs per 1,000 in the stateconcentration 0.6× the US share, 39th of 51 states

BLS counted 2,070 roofers in Virginia in May 2025, an estimate with a relative standard error of 8%. With fewer than 3,000 jobs or a wide margin of error, year-to-year changes are within the survey's noise and are not shown as a trend.

Outlook for roofers in Virginia

+5.9%Projected growth in Virginia2024–2034, state agency
230Openings per yeargrowth plus replacements
2,760Jobs in 20242,930 projected for 2034
+5.3%US projected growth2025-35, BLS, for comparison

Virginia's labor market agency projects the number of roofers in the state to change by +5.9% between 2024 and 2034, from 2,760 to 2,930, with about 230 openings a year. Nationally, BLS projects +5.3% over 2025-35. State counts include the self-employed, so the base is larger than the 2,070 counted by the BLS employer survey.

Source: Virginia labor market information agency via Projections Central, 2024–2034 long-term projections (state projections page).

Union scale and prevailing wage for roofers in Virginia

On federally funded construction in Virginia, contractors must pay roofers at least the Davis-Bacon rate for the county. 0 of the 131 counties with a Building rate use a union contract rate (typical package — an hour including fringe); the rest use a survey rate (typical $18.89). 131 of the 131 counties still use a survey rate dated 2016 or earlier (for example Accomack County at $18.62). The market median for the state is $23.28.

Union contract rateSurvey rate
Union / prevailing package, $/hr, VAAccomack: $18.62 (survey)Albemarle: $19.90 (survey)Alleghany: $18.62 (survey)Amelia: $18.95 (survey)Amherst: $19.90 (survey)Appomattox: $19.90 (survey)Arlington: $18.89 (survey)Augusta: $19.90 (survey)Bath: $18.62 (survey)Bedford: $19.90 (survey)Bland: $18.62 (survey)Botetourt: $19.90 (survey)Brunswick: $18.62 (survey)Buchanan: $18.62 (survey)Buckingham: $19.90 (survey)Campbell: $19.90 (survey)Caroline: $18.95 (survey)Carroll: $18.62 (survey)Charles City: $18.95 (survey)Charlotte: $18.62 (survey)Chesterfield: $18.95 (survey)Clarke: $18.89 (survey)Craig: $19.90 (survey)Culpeper: $18.89 (survey)Cumberland: $18.62 (survey)Dickenson: $18.62 (survey)Dinwiddie: $18.95 (survey)Essex: $18.62 (survey)Fairfax: $28.56 (survey)Fauquier: $18.89 (survey)Floyd: $19.90 (survey)Fluvanna: $19.90 (survey)Franklin: $19.90 (survey)Frederick: $18.89 (survey)Giles: $19.90 (survey)Gloucester: $20.71 (survey)Goochland: $18.95 (survey)Grayson: $18.62 (survey)Greene: $19.90 (survey)Greensville: $18.62 (survey)Halifax: $18.62 (survey)Hanover: $18.95 (survey)Henrico: $18.95 (survey)Henry: $18.62 (survey)Highland: $18.62 (survey)Isle of Wight: $20.71 (survey)James City: $20.71 (survey)King and Queen: $18.62 (survey)King George: $18.62 (survey)King William: $18.95 (survey)Lancaster: $18.62 (survey)Lee: $18.62 (survey)Loudoun: $18.89 (survey)Louisa: $18.62 (survey)Lunenburg: $18.62 (survey)Madison: $18.62 (survey)Mathews: $20.71 (survey)Mecklenburg: $18.62 (survey)Middlesex: $18.62 (survey)Montgomery: $19.90 (survey)Nelson: $19.90 (survey)New Kent: $18.95 (survey)Northampton: $18.62 (survey)Northumberland: $18.62 (survey)Nottoway: $18.62 (survey)Orange: $18.62 (survey)Page: $18.62 (survey)Patrick: $18.62 (survey)Pittsylvania: $18.62 (survey)Powhatan: $18.95 (survey)Prince Edward: $18.62 (survey)Prince George: $18.95 (survey)Prince William: $18.89 (survey)Pulaski: $19.90 (survey)Rappahannock: $18.89 (survey)Richmond: $18.62 (survey)Roanoke: $19.90 (survey)Rockbridge: $18.62 (survey)Rockingham: $19.90 (survey)Russell: $18.62 (survey)Scott: $19.90 (survey)Shenandoah: $18.62 (survey)Smyth: $18.62 (survey)Southampton: $18.62 (survey)Spotsylvania: $18.89 (survey)Stafford: $18.89 (survey)Surry: $18.62 (survey)Sussex: $18.95 (survey)Tazewell: $18.62 (survey)Warren: $17.74 (survey)Washington: $19.90 (survey)Westmoreland: $18.62 (survey)Wise: $18.62 (survey)Wythe: $18.62 (survey)York: $20.71 (survey)Alexandria: $18.89 (survey)Bristol: $19.90 (survey)Buena Vista: $18.62 (survey)Charlottesville: $19.90 (survey)Chesapeake: $20.71 (survey)Colonial Heights: $18.95 (survey)Covington: n/aDanville: $18.62 (survey)Emporia: $18.62 (survey)Fairfax: $28.56 (survey)Falls Church: $28.56 (survey)Franklin: $18.62 (survey)Fredericksburg: $18.89 (survey)Galax: $18.62 (survey)Hampton: $20.71 (survey)Harrisonburg: $19.90 (survey)Hopewell: $18.95 (survey)Lexington: n/aLynchburg: $19.90 (survey)Manassas: $18.89 (survey)Manassas Park: $18.89 (survey)Martinsville: $18.62 (survey)Newport News: $20.71 (survey)Norfolk: $20.71 (survey)Norton: $18.62 (survey)Petersburg: $18.95 (survey)Poquoson: $20.71 (survey)Portsmouth: $20.71 (survey)Radford: $19.90 (survey)Richmond: $18.95 (survey)Roanoke: $19.90 (survey)Salem: $19.90 (survey)Staunton: $19.90 (survey)Suffolk: $20.71 (survey)Virginia Beach: $19.70 (survey)Waynesboro: $19.90 (survey)Williamsburg: $20.71 (survey)Winchester: $18.89 (survey)Union / prevailing package, $/hr$18.62$18.89$18.95$19.90n/asurvey rate
Davis-Bacon base + fringe for roofers by county, Building construction. Hatched counties use a survey rate rather than a union contract.
Market median vs prevailing wage by countyMarket medianPrevailing (survey)$15$20$25$30/hrScott (Kingsport): market median $19.10, prevailing (survey) $19.90, gap +$0.80Scott (Kingsport)+$0.80Fairfax (Washington DC): market median $28.05, prevailing (survey) $28.56, gap +$0.51Fairfax (Washington DC)+$0.51Gloucester (Virginia Beach): market median $22.34, prevailing (survey) $20.71, gap −$1.63Gloucester (Virginia Beach)−$1.63Rockingham (Harrisonburg): market median $22.12, prevailing (survey) $19.90, gap −$2.22Rockingham (Harrisonburg)−$2.22Amherst (Lynchburg): market median $22.19, prevailing (survey) $19.90, gap −$2.29Amherst (Lynchburg)−$2.29Botetourt (Roanoke): market median $22.25, prevailing (survey) $19.90, gap −$2.35Botetourt (Roanoke)−$2.35Frederick (Winchester): market median $21.97, prevailing (survey) $18.89, gap −$3.08Frederick (Winchester)−$3.08Albemarle (Virginia): market median $23.28, prevailing (survey) $19.90, gap −$3.38Albemarle (Virginia)−$3.38Amelia (Richmond): market median $23.10, prevailing (survey) $18.95, gap −$4.15Amelia (Richmond)−$4.15
Market median (BLS metro wage) vs the Davis-Bacon package (base + fringe) for roofers, metro counties in Virginia.
CountyRate sourceBaseFringeTotalDetermination
FairfaxSurvey SUVA2013-034 2016-01-11$21.55$7.01$28.56VA20260178
FairfaxSurvey SUVA2013-034 2016-01-11$21.55$7.01$28.56VA20260178
Falls ChurchSurvey SUVA2013-034 2016-01-11$21.55$7.01$28.56VA20260178
GloucesterSurvey SUVA2013-064 2016-01-11$18.40$2.31$20.71VA20260176
Isle of WightSurvey SUVA2013-039 2016-01-11$18.40$2.31$20.71VA20260156
James CitySurvey SUVA2013-040 2016-01-11$18.40$2.31$20.71VA20260157
MathewsSurvey SUVA2013-064 2016-01-11$18.40$2.31$20.71VA20260176
YorkSurvey SUVA2013-054 2016-01-11$18.40$2.31$20.71VA20260169
ChesapeakeSurvey SUVA2013-030 2016-01-11$18.40$2.31$20.71VA20260016
HamptonSurvey SUVA2013-037 2016-01-11$18.40$2.31$20.71VA20260022
Newport NewsSurvey SUVA2013-042 2016-01-11$18.40$2.31$20.71VA20260159
NorfolkSurvey SUVA2013-043 2016-01-11$18.40$2.31$20.71VA20260160
PoquosonSurvey SUVA2013-054 2016-01-11$18.40$2.31$20.71VA20260169
PortsmouthSurvey SUVA2013-045 2016-01-11$18.40$2.31$20.71VA20260161
SuffolkSurvey SUVA2013-064 2016-01-11$18.40$2.31$20.71VA20260176

Building construction type, current revisions as of 2026-11-13. Residential, Heavy and Highway rates differ; look them up on the Virginia prevailing wage page. This is not the official wage determination.

Is construction work growing in Virginia?

230.8kConstruction jobsVirginia, 2026-09
-1.1%Change over 12 monthsseasonally unadjusted
Construction employment, 1990-2026100k150k200k250k300k19901995200020052010201520202025231kSep 2026
Construction employment in Virginia (thousands), construction supersector, BLS CES, not seasonally adjusted. Grey bands are recessions.

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Questions this page answers

How much do roofers make in Virginia?

The median roofer in Virginia earned $23.28 an hour ($48,420 a year) in May 2025, 13% below the national median of $26.65. The middle half earn $22.00–$27.69; the top 10% earn more than $31.93.

Where does Virginia rank for roofer pay?

Virginia ranks 35th of 51 states for roofer pay, with a median of $23.28 an hour, and 48th after adjusting for Virginia's cost of living (BEA price parity 101.1, US = 100).

What is the union roofer rate in Virginia?

Davis-Bacon determinations do not list a roofer classification for most Virginia counties, or the trade is not covered; the BLS wage figures above are the best available measure.

How many roofers work in Virginia?

BLS counted 2,070 roofers in Virginia in May 2025, 0.5 per 1,000 jobs (location quotient 0.58; 1.0 is the national average concentration).

Is roofer work growing in Virginia?

Virginia's labor market agency projects +5.9% growth for roofers between 2024 and 2034, from 2,760 to 2,930 jobs.

How many roofer openings a year are there in Virginia?

Virginia projects about 230 openings a year for roofers over 2024–2034, counting both new positions and replacements for people who retire or change occupation. Nationally BLS projects about 12,000 a year.

Sources and notes

  • BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025, Virginia and metro areas, SOC 47-2181. Job counts are survey estimates and exclude the self-employed.
  • BLS Current Employment Statistics, state construction employment through 2026-09.
  • BLS Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2025 annual averages.
  • BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024 (cost-of-living adjustment).
  • SAM.gov Davis-Bacon wage determinations, current revisions as of 2026-11-13. Not the official determination.
  • BLS Employment Projections, national, 2025-35.
  • State projection: Virginia labor market information agency via Projections Central, 2024–2034, fetched 2026-10-05.