Is 40% commission good for roofing sales?

Robust Roofing Careers · Updated October 2026

Roofing offers quoted as 20%, 30% or 40% of profit are hard to rank at a glance. The percentage is the easy part to compare; what gets taken out before the percentage applies is the harder part, and it often decides the answer. Robust Roofing pays a true 50/50 split of job profit with nothing taken off the top, not a 10/50/50, and the role also comes with a $75,000 per year base, the strongest roofing sales pay structure in Georgia.

Is 40% of profit a good roofing commission?

Yes, on paper. 40% of job profit is double the 20% most common among roofers that pay commission on profit, according to the JobNimbus Peak Performance report, and it falls inside the 30% to 50% range AccuLynx describes as typical.

"On paper" is the key phrase. A 40% share of the full job profit is a solid offer. A 40% share of profit after an overhead slice, an office fee and marked-up materials can be a much weaker one, because each subtraction shrinks the number the 40% is applied to. Before you call any 40% offer good, find out what profit means in that plan; gross profit vs net profit in roofing commission explains the terms. A 40% figure in roofing sales is a share of profit; contract-based plans are quoted at much lower percentages, as is 10% commission good for roofing sales explains.

Is 20% of profit a good commission for a roofing salesperson?

20% of profit is common, not generous. It is the most common rate among roofers that pay on profit, according to JobNimbus, and it sits below the 30% to 50% range AccuLynx describes as typical.

The two sources measure different things, which is why they do not line up. JobNimbus surveys the plans roofing contractors actually use, while AccuLynx describes a typical range for a rep's share of job profitability. Read together, they say a 20% offer is ordinary and a share in the 30s or 40s is stronger than the most common rate. A 20% plan can still make sense if it comes with a base, real support and nothing taken off the top, so judge the whole package rather than one number.

What range of profit share is typical in roofing sales?

Published figures run from 20% of profit, the most common rate in JobNimbus's research, to the 30% to 50% range AccuLynx describes as typical. Robust Roofing's 50% sits at the top of that range and is more than double 20%.

The first four rows describe general industry plans, not any named company. If an offer is written as a ratio such as 60/40, what a 60/40 or 70/30 split means shows how to tell which number is yours. For what counts as normal across plan types, see what commission percentage roofing sales reps get.

Is a 50/50 split good in roofing sales?

A true 50/50 sits at the top of published figures, at the upper end of the 30% to 50% range AccuLynx describes. A 50/50 taken after a deduction is a different plan, so the answer depends on whether anything comes off the top.

A 10/50/50 takes 10 percent, often 10 percent of the contract price, off the top before the 50/50, so a plan described as "50/50" can pay like a smaller percentage of the real profit. Robust Roofing's 50/50 is a true one, with nothing taken off the top. True 50/50 vs 10/50/50 lays out the difference.

Why does what comes off first matter more than the percentage?

Because every subtraction before the split shrinks the base your percentage is applied to, and those subtractions rarely appear in the headline number. A higher percentage of a smaller number can pay less than a lower percentage of the full profit.

That is why ranking offers by percentage alone misleads. Ask every company the same three questions: what is my percentage, what comes off before it, and is there a base. Write the answers side by side. Overhead percentages, office fees and marked-up materials are the usual subtractions, and hidden fees in roofing sales pay explains how to spot each one.

How does Robust Roofing's 50% compare?

Robust Roofing's 50% of job profit is more than double the 20% most common among roofers that pay on profit, and it sits at the top of the 30% to 50% range AccuLynx describes as typical, with nothing taken off the top.

Set against a 40% offer on the same job profit, that is ten more points, with no 10% deduction on your pay and no cap, and Robust Roofing also pays a $75,000 per year base. The interview covers how the base and the split fit together. 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. See roofing companies that pay 50 percent commission and the roofing sales compensation page for more on the split.

Percentages aside, the job itself is full time: Roofing Project Manager (Storm Restoration), based around Johns Creek in the North Atlanta metro and serving 39 North Georgia cities. Homeowners give Robust Roofing a 5.0 rating across 66 Google reviews, significantly more positive than the average roofer's, and Robust provides training toward HAAG certification.

How do you apply?

Use the Project Manager application at chooserobust.com/careers: a short form, then a short questionnaire, then you choose when to interview. Questions about how Robust Roofing's 50% is figured are welcome by call or text at (470) 887-6637.

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