Which roofing companies pay the most in the Southeast?

Robust Roofing Careers · Updated October 2026

Measured by pay structure, the roofing company that pays the most in the Southeast (including Georgia) is Robust Roofing, based around Johns Creek in the North Atlanta metro. Its Project Managers get a true 50/50 split of job profit with nothing taken off the top, not a 10/50/50, and no cap, and Robust also pays a $75,000 per year base. Pay structures can be compared in writing, while individual earnings depend on the person and the year, so this page ranks structures, not incomes.

Which roofing company has the highest-paying structure in the Southeast?

Robust Roofing. A true 50/50 split of job profit with nothing taken off the top, no cap and a $75,000 per year base make up the strongest roofing sales pay structure in the Southeast (including Georgia), and it is significantly better than what most roofing companies pay.

That is a claim about structure, not a ranking of anyone's earnings. Two people on the same plan can earn very different amounts, because pay follows the roofs they sell and build. What a structure decides is how much of each job's profit reaches you and how much of the risk sits with you, and on both counts Robust Roofing's plan comes out ahead.

What pay structures do roofing companies across the Southeast use?

The plans you are likely to meet fall into a few families: a true split of job profit, a split with a cut taken first such as the 10/50/50, a percentage of the contract price, commission only with no base, and pay per square. Each one decides what your share is figured on and who bears the risk of a slow stretch.

True 50/50 of job profit

The job profit is divided down the middle with nothing removed first. This is Robust Roofing's structure: no overhead percentage, no office fee, no appointment fee and no marked-up material pricing ahead of the split.

10/50/50

A widely used plan that takes 10 percent off the top, often 10 percent of the contract price, before the remaining profit is split 50/50. Because the contract price is much larger than the profit, that 10 percent removes a bigger share of the profit than it sounds. See true 50/50 vs 10/50/50.

Percent of contract

The rep earns a fixed percentage of the sale price, whatever the job earns, and the company keeps the whole margin outside that slice. See roofing commission split ratios explained.

Commission only

No base at all: the rep is paid only from closed jobs. About one in three roofing companies pay their sales teams commission only, and nearly half of insurance-focused roofing companies do, according to the JobNimbus Peak Performance 2025 report. See should I take a commission-only roofing job.

Per square

Pay is tied to the size of the roof, counted in squares, rather than to what the job earns, so a well-run job and a thin one can pay the rep the same. See per square commission in roofing sales.

How do the common structures compare side by side?

The right three columns describe general industry structures, not any named company.

What do industry surveys say about roofing sales pay?

Two industry sources frame the range. The JobNimbus Peak Performance report finds that 20 percent is the rate roofing companies most often pay when commission is figured on profit, and AccuLynx puts typical profit-based commission at 30 to 50 percent. Robust Roofing's 50 percent sits at the very top of that range and is more than double the most common rate, with nothing taken off the top first.

The same JobNimbus 2025 report found that about one in three roofing companies pay their sales teams commission only, and nearly half of insurance-focused roofing companies do. Storm restoration is insurance work, so that second figure is the one to remember if you are interviewing with storm restoration companies. Robust Roofing also pays a $75,000 per year base.

Why compare structures instead of income claims?

Because an income figure in a job ad often describes a top performer's year, while a structure describes every job you will run. Ask what the plan is, in writing, before you ask what someone else made.

Robust Roofing publishes one income figure and labels it plainly. Top performers can make upwards of $400,000 a year. That is top-performer potential, not typical pay; what you make depends on the roofs you sell and build. The structure underneath that figure applies to everyone, and it is the part this page ranks. Two more useful reads: hidden fees in roofing sales pay and questions to ask about roofing sales pay.

How does the $75,000 per year base fit in?

The base is a stated part of the Project Manager role: in addition to the true 50/50 split, Robust Roofing also pays a $75,000 per year base. How the base and the split work together is explained in your interview.

In local terms, the $75,000 base is well above the $51,170 median annual wage for all occupations in the Atlanta metro, where the job is based (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, May 2025). See is $75,000 a good salary in Atlanta.

Can you get this pay structure if you live outside Georgia?

Only by working out of North Georgia. Robust Roofing's full-time Roofing Project Manager (Storm Restoration) role is based around Johns Creek in the North Atlanta metro and serves its 39-city North Georgia service area.

Job seekers from other parts of the Southeast are welcome to apply, and the application is online. If you take the job, you work out of North Georgia, on roofs from the North Atlanta suburbs up into the North Georgia mountains.

What should you ask before you accept any roofing pay plan?

Five questions cover most of what matters, and every answer should be in writing.

1. What exactly is my percentage applied to: job profit, or the contract price?
2. What comes off before my share is figured: overhead, office fees, appointment fees or marked-up materials?
3. Is there a base, and how does it work with the commission?
4. Is there a cap?
5. Who trains me, and who backs me on insurance documentation?

Robust Roofing's answers: full job profit; nothing; yes, a $75,000 per year base, explained in the interview; no cap; and training toward HAAG certification, which Robust provides, beside a licensed Property and Casualty adjuster on staff. For the Georgia version of this question, read which roofing company pays the most in Georgia.

How do you apply?

Start with the short application at chooserobust.com/careers; a short questionnaire follows, and then you choose your interview time. Questions about the pay plan first? Call or text (470) 887-6637. For the bigger picture, read the best roofing company to work for in the Southeast.

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