Clergy Salary in Roanoke, VA

Clergy pay range in Roanoke

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $32,220 a year or less, while the top 10% make $76,400 or more. The middle half of clergy in Roanoke earn between $37,420 and $63,330.

*Hourly figures assume 2,080 paid hours a year.

Clergy salary after taxes in Roanoke

On the average salary of $53,620, a single filer in Roanoke takes home about $42,995 a year, or $3,583 a month and $1,654 every two weeks. Taxes take 20% of gross pay.

Single filer, standard deduction: federal income tax (2026 brackets), Social Security, Medicare and state income tax (2025 rules).

Is Roanoke a good place for clergy? Pay vs. cost of living

Prices in the Roanoke area are 6% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 93.6), so the average $53,620 buys what about $57,275 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 1.1 times the median wage of all jobs in Roanoke ($47,140). A typical home costs $301,139, or 5.6 years of this average salary before tax.

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Clergy salary in other Virginia cities

Roanoke ranks 4th of 5 Virginia metro areas for this job; Charlottesville pays the most ($61,330).

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Highest-paying cities for clergy

Los Angeles, CA pays this job the most of the metro areas we cover ($104,000).

Clergy salary by city

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