Commercial roofing recruiters serving Huntsville.
Huntsville's roofing market runs about 8% above national, with real opportunity at Eli Lilly's $6B pharmaceutical manufacturing facility and Huntsville Hospital's five-story Madison Street Tower expansion.
A $6B pharma facility, and a five-story hospital tower.
Metro pay for every role we recruit is in the table below.
What the hub does flag directly: Eli Lilly's facility and Huntsville Hospital's five-story tower both carry substantial roofing scope, with standard commercial roofing carrying a solid regional premium otherwise.
We recruit across the full org chart for commercial roofing contractors in Huntsville, and we verify real pharmaceutical-campus or hospital-tower roofing history depending on the specific role.
The story behind the demand.
A genuinely enormous pharmaceutical manufacturing investment, alongside a major hospital expansion.
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Construction starting 2026 - a cleanroom-grade pharmaceutical manufacturing facility of genuinely enormous scale for this market, with substantial roofing scope.
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A 5-story, 154,000 sq ft addition with a cardiothoracic ICU, neuro ICU, and 120 private patient rooms, opening 2027 - a genuinely large hospital-tower roof.
What commercial roofing roles pay in Huntsville.
In the Huntsville metro, BLS puts the median for sheet metal workers at $51,460 a year, 17% below the $61,800 national median. Among the 107 metros BLS publishes for this occupation, Huntsville ranks 75th on pay. The range runs from $43,330 at the 10th percentile to $86,300 at the 90th, so experience is priced well above the middle of the market. BLS does not publish Huntsville pay for 2 of the roles below, which it withholds where a metro's sample is too small to be reliable. National benchmarks by role are in the 2026 Commercial Roofing Salary Guide.
| Role | Huntsville median | Typical range | National median | vs. national | Employed locally |
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| Commercial RooferRoofers (47-2181) | – | – | $55,440 | – | – |
| Roofing HelperHelpers--Roofers (47-3016) | – | – | $44,160 | – | – |
| Sheet Metal WorkerSheet Metal Workers (47-2211) | $51,460 | $43,330–$86,300 | $61,800 | −17% | 140 |
| Roofing ForemanFirst-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers (47-1011) | $62,650 | $43,090–$96,500 | $79,920 | −22% | – |
| EstimatorCost Estimators (13-1051) | $78,670 | $43,550–$126,450 | $78,740 | 0% | – |
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025, Huntsville metro. Range is 10th to 90th percentile. Headcount is shown for field occupations only; management, estimating and supervisory codes are counted across every industry in the metro.
What candidates expect. What credentials matter. What kills offers.
We don't tell prospective clients who their competitors are hiring - that's a discipline our clients value, and we'll honor it on a call. What we will share publicly: how the Huntsville commercial roofing hiring game actually plays out in 2026. The five things below are what we tell every Huntsville roofing client at intake.
Why Huntsville publishes no distinct roofing wage figure - and what that means for offers
Huntsville's own market data doesn't break out a separate commercial-roofer wage row the way most metros we track do; the closest published figure is the region's general commercial estimator rate, which runs about 8% above national. We benchmark roofing offers against that general premium rather than inventing a roofing-specific number that doesn't exist in the metro's own data.
Why Eli Lilly and Huntsville Hospital are the real opportunity
Huntsville's own market data names Eli Lilly's facility and Huntsville Hospital's five-story tower as both carrying substantial roofing scope, while standard commercial roofing carries a solid regional premium otherwise - a $6B pharmaceutical facility and a major hospital tower, both underway.
Where Huntsville commercial roofing talent comes from
We recruit across the full org chart for commercial roofing contractors in Huntsville. Standard commercial roofing crews draw on a genuinely available regional pipeline. Foremen with real pharmaceutical-campus or hospital-tower roofing capability are the harder fill.
Credentials worth filtering for
What actually separates candidates in Huntsville: verified pharmaceutical-campus roofing project history for Eli Lilly-adjacent work, or hospital-tower roofing experience for Huntsville Hospital's expansion - the two specific opportunities the metro's own market data flags.
Realistic timelines, by role
Standard roles: 4-6 weeks intake to signed offer. Foremen for Eli Lilly-scale pharmaceutical or Huntsville Hospital-scale hospital-tower work run longer given how specifically those scales narrow the pool. First slate of vetted candidates within 48 hours regardless.
The roofing positions we fill, most often.
Across all Huntsville commercial roofing clients, these are the highest-volume roles we've recruited for in the last 24 months. Foremen with real pharmaceutical-campus or hospital-tower roofing experience are the role in genuine short supply - everything else draws on the metro's own available regional pipeline.
- Pharmaceutical-campus roofing foreman (Eli Lilly-adjacent)
- Hospital-tower roofing foreman (Huntsville Hospital-scale)
- Commercial roofing foreman (general)
- Commercial roofing estimator
- Roofing project manager
For the broader picture across every commercial trade in Huntsville, see the Huntsville metro overview. To learn more about commercial roofing generally (across all 100+ markets we serve), see our Commercial Roofing industry page.
How we recruit commercial roofing in Huntsville, plainly.
Same approach we use in every market - but tuned for what works in Huntsville's commercial roofing segment specifically:
- Same-day intake call. We get the role, the project context, the budget, your dealbreakers. For Huntsville roofing, we also confirm whether the work is Eli Lilly-scale pharmaceutical or Huntsville Hospital-scale hospital-tower work, since those need different sourcing pools.
- Candidate sourcing within 48 hours. We pull from our existing Huntsville commercial roofing candidate network, filtered for verified pharmaceutical-campus or hospital-tower experience where required.
- Vetted short list (week one). Three to five candidates. We verify real project-delivery history at the right scale rather than a line on a resume.
- Offer and close. Standard roles close in 4-6 weeks. We help with offer math against the region's general commercial estimator benchmark, since Huntsville publishes no roofing-specific wage figure.
How Huntsville's commercial roofing market compares
In 2023 the Huntsville metro had 13 nonresidential roofing contractors (counted by business location). BLS publishes that count but withholds headcount and pay here, which it does when a category is small enough that the figures could identify individual employers. The number of these employers rose 30%, more firms competing for the same crews. That works out to 2.5 per 100,000 residents against 1.8 nationally, a crowded field where experienced people get approached often.
| Metro | Employed | Median pay | Concentration | Commercial employers |
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| Birmingham | 260 | $46,600 | 0.58 | 38 |
| Huntsville | – | – | – | 13 |
BLS OEWS occupation figures and QCEW business-location counts; a dash means not published.
Sources: BLS QCEW 2023 annual averages and BLS OEWS May 2025, Huntsville metro. Employers are counted by business location.
How Huntsville's commercial roofing market has changed since 2018.
The number of nonresidential roofing contractors in Huntsville rose from 8 in 2018 to 13 in 2023, up 63%, ahead of the 10% national rise. How many people those 13 locations employ is not published: with a category this small, BLS would effectively be reporting individual employers' payrolls.
| Measure | 2018 | 2023 | Change |
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| Nonresidential roofing contractors: business locations | 8 | 13 | +63% |
| Nonresidential roofing contractors: employment | 20 | – | – |
| Nonresidential roofing contractors: average annual pay | $36,068 | – | – |
BLS Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, private employers, annual averages. A dash means BLS did not publish the figure.
Frequently asked — commercial roofing hiring in Huntsville.
What major projects are driving commercial roofing demand in Huntsville?
Eli Lilly's $6B active pharmaceutical ingredient manufacturing facility and Huntsville Hospital's $150M, five-story, 154,000 sq ft Madison Street Tower expansion both carry substantial roofing scope.
Is there a specialty roofing premium tied to Eli Lilly or Huntsville Hospital?
Huntsville's own market data names Eli Lilly's facility and Huntsville Hospital's tower as both carrying substantial roofing scope, but does not publish a separate percentage for that opportunity.
Which commercial roofing roles pay the most in Huntsville?
Of the roles we recruit for, Estimator pays the most in Huntsville, a $78,670 median (BLS measures that occupation across all industries in the metro). Among field roles the top earner is Sheet Metal Worker at $51,460, 35% below it. Roofing Foreman trails national pay the most (22% below).
How many nonresidential roofing contractors operate in Huntsville?
BLS counted 13 nonresidential roofing contractors in Huntsville in 2023. Up from 8 in 2018, a 63% increase against 10% growth nationally. BLS withholds their combined headcount and pay here, which it does when a category is small enough that the figures could identify individual employers.
Which nearby metros compete with Huntsville for roofers?
The closest metros we cover with published figures are Chattanooga (76 miles, about 140, $45,530 median), Birmingham (84 miles, about 260, $46,600 median) and Nashville (100 miles, about 650, $48,120 median).
Hiring commercial roofing talent in Huntsville?
Tell us the role. We'll tell you wages, timeline, and where we'd source the candidate - in under 30 minutes.