Roofers in Virginia
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$39,062
after federal, FICA and Virginia tax
Tax takes
$9,358
19.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$38,772
Virginia costs more than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Virginia — roughly, since only five points along the band are published.
One filer, standard deduction, no dependants and nothing paid in before tax — the same household the rest of this page uses, so the comparison holds. City and school-district income taxes are not included.
Median here
$48,420
Kept after tax
$39,062
Worth in national money
$38,772
State rank
35
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for roofers is on the low side in Virginia. The middle earner gets $48,420. That is 35 of 51 states, and about 12.66% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 489 occupations Virginia reports figures for, this is number 332.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $48,420, tax leaves $39,062, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $38,772 in comparable terms. Averages run higher here, $51,520, since top earners drag the number up.
- For roofers, Virginia sits in the lower band at $48,420, ranking 35 of 51 and trailing the national median by about 12.66%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- In Virginia's occupational distribution, roofers sits at 332 of 489 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- Because Virginia sits close to the national price level, the real-terms figure for roofers — median $48,420 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $39,062 retained, $38,772 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $51,520 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Roofers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $38,220 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $48,420 |
| Top tenth earn over | $66,420 |
| This salary | $48,420 |
Positions between the published tenth, quarter, half, three-quarter and ninetieth points are estimated by straight line.
The same pay, somewhere else
The state median for this job
| Take-home in Virginia | $39,062 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $41,085 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,508 |
State income tax and state price levels only. No city income tax, and no housing market.
What you would need there
The state median for this job
| To match take-home only | $45,902 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$4,243 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 101 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $48,420 as a midpoint for Virginia, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $38,220 and the ninetieth is $66,420 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $39,062 take-home in Virginia comes from $48,420. It is the no-frills case: single filer, standard deduction, nothing set aside before tax. Real circumstances almost always reduce the tax. City and school-district taxes are not counted at all. Locally the work ranks 332 of 489.
- Two cautions on $38,772, the adjusted value of that $48,420 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Virginia. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 332 of 489 locally.
- The Virginia median of $48,420 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $38,220 to $66,420. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $39,062, from $48,420, assumes a single Virginia filer with the standard deduction and no elective deferrals. Pre-tax retirement or HSA contributions, dependants and itemized deductions all reduce it further; local income taxes, excluded here, would increase it in the states that levy them. This occupation ranks 332 of 489 locally, and the state ranks 35 of 51 for it.
- This $38,772 adjusted figure, worked from $48,420, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 332 of 489 in the state. The occupation ranks 332 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $51,520, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $38,220 and the top tenth $66,420, so most people doing this work in Virginia sit within a fairly tight band.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
A larger wage in a dearer place is not automatically more. Adjusted for local prices, this pay behaves like $38,772 of national purchasing power.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Into four separate taxes, not one. Federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare apply everywhere, and Virginia adds its own income tax on top — which is why $39,062 of this wage survives to your account.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
How does the published median differ from the mean for this occupation?
The median is the midpoint of the distribution; the mean for this occupation in Virginia is $51,520. Wage distributions are right-skewed, so the mean exceeds the median wherever a minority earn substantially more. BLS publishes both because substituting one for the other misstates a typical worker's pay.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($38,220 to $66,420) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Virginia rather than a national figure.
How does the state price level affect real compensation?
Virginia's regional price parity sits above the national average, so nominal wages overstate purchasing power. Deflating take-home by the state price level gives $38,772 in national-average terms. ⚠️ RPPs are an all-items index; housing parities vary far more widely than the headline figure.
What accounts for the gap between gross wage and take-home here?
Take-home of $39,062 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and Virginia income tax for a single filer with no adjustments. The state layer is levied in addition to the federal one; only its rate and base differ between states.
Is this occupation's state coverage complete?
State-level estimates are published for all 51 jurisdictions for this occupation, so cross-state comparison is not confounded by suppression. ⚠️ Estimates remain survey-based and carry sampling error; small differences between adjacent states should not be over-read.