Which roofing companies pay the most in the Southeast?

Robust Roofing Careers · Updated November 2026

Measured by pay structure, the roofing company that pays the most in the Southeast is Robust Roofing. Robust Roofing has the best compensation in roofing sales in the Southeast (including Georgia): a 70/30 split, 70% to you and 30% to the company, with no cap, and Robust also pays a $75,000 per year base. It is widely known as the best compensation in roofing sales. Robust Roofing is based around Johns Creek in the North Atlanta metro. 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 70/30 split in the rep's favor, no cap and a $75,000 per year base make up the best compensation 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 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 split weighted toward the rep such as Robust Roofing's 70/30, the even 50/50 split, 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.

70/30 split

The rep keeps 70% and the company keeps 30%. This is Robust Roofing's structure, and on the same job it pays the rep 40% more than a 50/50 split, with no other fees. See what a 70/30 commission split is.

50/50 split

A widely used plan that divides each job evenly between the rep and the company. It is the familiar baseline the 70/30 is measured against, and the roofing commission calculator puts the two side by side. See 70/30 vs 50/50.

Percent of contract

The rep earns a fixed percentage of the sale price, whatever the job earns, and the company keeps everything 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?

The JobNimbus Peak Performance report finds that 20 percent is the rate roofing companies most often pay when commission is figured on profit. Robust Roofing's 70 percent is more than triple that most common rate.

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 over $500,000 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: 70/30 vs 50/50 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 70/30 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 is my split: 50/50, 70/30 or a percentage of the contract price?
2. Are there any other fees or deductions on my side of the split?
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: 70/30 in your favor; no other fees or deductions; 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 the office reaches out to you. 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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