My spouse wants to take a roofing sales job. Is it a good idea?

Robust Roofing Careers · Updated October 2026

If your spouse is considering a roofing sales job, your worries are reasonable. Is the company legitimate? Is the income clear enough to plan a household around? Will the job ask your spouse to say things they would not be proud of? This page answers those questions for one specific job, the Roofing Project Manager role at Robust Roofing in Johns Creek, using facts you can check yourself. For a general checklist that applies to any roofing company, read is roofing sales a scam?

Is roofing sales a good idea for my spouse?

It can be, at a company with a clear pay plan, real training and an honest reputation, and for a person who likes talking with people and finishing what they start. It is a poor fit for someone who wants every dollar of income fixed in advance, or who dislikes ladders and Georgia weather.

A household usually wants three answers: is the company real, does the role pay a base, and will the job ask your spouse to bend the truth? For Robust Roofing, the first answer is public: a 5.0 rating across 66 Google reviews written by customers (not employees), GAF certified installation and a licensed Property and Casualty adjuster on staff, at a company based in Johns Creek. The second is yes, a $75,000 per year base, explained below. The third is a firm policy: Robust Roofing never waives or pays deductibles, which Georgia's Consumer Protection Division says roofers are not allowed to do. The general checklist for vetting any roofing employer is in the scam guide linked above.

What will the job ask of your spouse day to day?

Meeting homeowners, inspecting roofs, documenting storm damage, meeting insurance adjusters and seeing each roof through to the final walkthrough. A Robust Roofing Project Manager is the homeowner's single point of contact from the first inspection to the finished roof.

It is people work as much as roof work. The best Project Managers explain things patiently, answer their phone, and make promises that are small and exact. For a closer look, read a week as a storm restoration Project Manager.

How is the Robust Roofing role paid?

The role comes with a $75,000 per year base, and Robust Roofing also pays a true 50/50 split of job profit with nothing taken off the top. There is no cap. How the base and the split work together is explained in the interview, and your spouse should ask for that explanation in detail.

Two parts of that structure matter for a household. A base is not a given in roofing: about one in three roofing companies pay their sales teams commission only, and nearly half of insurance-focused ones do, according to the JobNimbus Peak Performance 2025 report. And "nothing off the top" means the split is not shrunk by a 10/50/50 style deduction, where 10 percent, often of the contract price, comes out before the profit is divided. That is why the plan is widely known as the best compensation model in roofing sales. 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. Treat any top-end figure as what is possible, not a number to budget around. More on bases in which roofing companies pay a base salary.

What should your spouse ask in the interview?

Questions that turn a pay plan and a promise into specifics. A good company welcomes them, and Robust Roofing's interview covers pay in detail.

1. What comes off the top before the split? At Robust Roofing, nothing.
2. How do the base and the split work together? Ask for a clear explanation and take notes.
3. Who helps with the insurance side? Robust Roofing has a licensed Property and Casualty adjuster on staff.
4. What training is provided? Robust provides training toward HAAG certification.
5. Does the company ever waive or pay deductibles? Robust Roofing never does.
6. What does a normal week look like? Ask this one directly; it matters for a family, and the answer should be specific.
7. Who does the homeowner call after the contract is signed? At Robust Roofing, the Project Manager, as the single point of contact.

The full list, with the reasoning behind each question, is in questions to ask any roofing company about sales pay, and each step of hiring is described in the Robust Roofing interview process.

What are the honest downsides?

The work is physical and outside, the insurance process takes patience, and part of the pay depends on results. Knowing that up front is better than learning it later.

• Roofs and weather. Inspections are done on the roof, in Georgia heat and after storms. See do roofing salespeople climb roofs?
• A real learning curve. Reading hail and wind damage and understanding the claim process take time, even with training toward HAAG certification and a licensed adjuster on staff.
• Variable income. The 50/50 split depends on the roofs your spouse sells and builds. That is what makes the upside possible, and it is also why no one can honestly promise a specific number.
• Homeowners say no. Some roofs have no storm damage, and an honest Project Manager says so. Some homeowners choose another option. Your spouse has to be comfortable with both.
• Ownership of the job. As the single point of contact, your spouse owns each job from inspection to walkthrough. When something needs attention, they are the one the homeowner calls.

How does your spouse apply?

At chooserobust.com/careers: a short application, then a short questionnaire, then they pick their own interview time. Questions first? Call or text (470) 887-6637. Make sure the application goes through chooserobust.com, because Robust Roofing in Johns Creek is not affiliated with similarly named companies in other states. For a fuller picture, read is Robust Roofing a good company to work for?

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