A Roofing Sales Job With a $75,000 Per Year Base and a True 50/50 Split
Robust Roofing Careers · Updated October 2026
About one in three roofing companies pay their sales teams commission only, and nearly half of insurance-focused roofing companies do, according to JobNimbus's 2025 Peak Performance data. The Roofing Project Manager role at Robust Roofing is different on two counts. It comes with a $75,000 per year base. It also splits job profit a true 50/50, and nothing is skimmed off the top first, so it is no 10/50/50. Those two facts together make our plan unusually generous by roofing standards and, in our view, the best compensation structure in roofing sales in North Georgia.
The two parts of the pay, stated plainly
- A $75,000 per year base.
- A true 50/50 split with nothing taken off the top. Your half is figured on the job's profit. No overhead percentage, office fee or other deduction is removed first. Fifty percent is more than double the 20% rate most common among roofing companies that pay on profit (JobNimbus Peak Performance).
Both are part of the role, and both are written the same way everywhere we publish them. How the base and the split interact is covered in your interview, and you should ask as many questions about it as you like. We would much rather you understand the plan completely than accept a role on assumptions.
Why a base matters in roofing sales
Commission only roofing sales can work for some people, but it puts pressure in the wrong places. A new rep with no base is tempted to rush inspections, push homeowners toward decisions before they are ready, and skip the slow, careful documentation that makes an insurance claim fair. Those habits hurt homeowners, and they hurt the reputation of the company behind the rep.
A base changes the posture of the job, and this one is substantial: Robust Roofing's $75,000 per year base is well above the $51,170 median annual wage for all occupations in the Atlanta metro (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2025). It gives you room to learn properly, to complete your HAAG certification, to sit beside our licensed adjuster on real claims, and to treat every homeowner like a neighbor rather than a number. We want Project Managers who do the work right, and the base is one of the ways we make that possible.
Why the split still matters just as much
A base is only half of a good plan. The other half is what the split is calculated on. Many roofing sales plans advertise 50/50 and then take something off the top first, often 10 percent of the contract price for overhead. That arrangement is called a 10/50/50, and it means the rep's half comes from a smaller number. Robust does not do that. Our split is a true 50/50 with nothing taken off the top, period. Read what a 10/50/50 split is for the full explanation.
Widely known as the best compensation model in roofing sales, for a concrete reason
Plenty of companies offer one strong piece. Some offer a base with a split that has been trimmed by fees. Others offer a clean split with no base at all. What makes Robust's plan stand out is that the Project Manager role has both: a $75,000 per year base and a split that is not reduced before it is figured. That is the specific reason we call it significantly better than what most roofing companies pay.
| Both pieces | Robust Roofing | Typical 10/50/50 plan | Typical percent-of-contract plan |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base | $75,000 per year | Depends on the company; about one in three roofing companies pay sales commission only | |
| Deducted before the split | Nothing | 10 percent, often of the contract price | Not a profit split |
| Share of each job | 50 percent of job profit | 50 percent of the reduced profit | A fixed percentage of the contract |
The right two columns describe general industry plans, not any named company. Industry figures: JobNimbus Peak Performance 2025.
What we will not tell you
You will not find projected annual totals, sample paychecks or claims about what anybody else made on this page. Those numbers depend on the work, the season and the person, and they say nothing reliable about you. What we give you instead is the structure, in writing, and straight answers in the interview.
What the base supports: the actual job
The opening is a full-time Roofing Project Manager position in storm restoration. You meet homeowners and run free roof inspections, photographing each slope. You document hail and wind damage and work the insurance claim with our in-house licensed Property and Casualty adjuster (Georgia does not require roofing companies to employ one), including meetings with the carrier's adjuster and supplements when a scope misses something. You sit with homeowners while they pick options and colors in the RoofMap portal, line up a crew for a build that is usually done in one day, and wrap things up with a final walkthrough. Throughout, you are the homeowner's single point of contact. See the full Roofing Project Manager job description.
Questions people ask about the base
Job seekers often want to know whether a base changes the character of a sales role. In our experience it changes the pace more than anything. A Project Manager with a base can spend an extra half hour explaining a claim to a nervous homeowner, return to a property to photograph a slope that was hard to reach, or wait for the right moment to review shingle colors instead of forcing a decision. Those small choices are what turn a single roof into a reputation. The details of how the base is paid, and how it relates to your split, are covered in the interview, and you are welcome to ask about them as directly as you like.
Who this role suits
Communication, follow-through and honesty are what we screen for; everything technical is taught. You do not need roofing experience. If you have held back from roofing sales because commission only work felt like too big a leap, this structure was built with you in mind. People arrive from car sales, retail, hospitality, teaching and the military, among other paths; see roofing jobs for career changers.
Robust also never waives deductibles, a practice that is illegal in Georgia. You will never be asked to win a project with a promise the law does not allow.
Where the job is
You would work from the Johns Creek part of the North Atlanta metro, and your territory is Robust's 39-city North Georgia service area. The list of cities is on our roofing sales jobs in North Georgia page.
How to apply
Start with the short application on our careers page. Next comes a short questionnaire, and then you pick your own interview time. Full pay details are on the roofing sales compensation page, and the roofing project manager salary in Georgia page explains how this role compares with other project manager jobs. Prefer a conversation first? Call or text (470) 887-6637.
Questions candidates ask
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