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Millwrights earn $65,700 a year at the midpoint

Across roughly 40,330 people in this work, the midpoint is $65,700 a year, with most starting near $56,390.

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$65,700median a year · United States
$31.59an hour $69,780average 40,330people
Nine in ten people in this work earn between the two ends. The shaded part is the middle half — where most people are.
$56,39025th $65,700median $81,50075th
$46,29010th percentile $93,60090th percentile
$56,390a year at the 25th percentile, nearer a first job
$107,540best-paying state · New Jersey
$50,950lowest-paying state · Oklahoma
+64%top state against the national median
  • Read the spread, not the middle. The median is the midpoint across everyone in the occupation, most of them years into the work. A beginner starts nearer the 10th to 25th percentile, which is why the spread is published alongside it.
  • What the figure counts. The figure counts base pay plus tips, commissions and production bonuses. It leaves out the self-employed, unpaid family workers, private household workers, and the value of benefits or profit sharing.
  • Where you live moves it more than your resume does. National figures. A state or metro area can sit far from the national number, and that gap is usually larger than any difference a resume makes.
  • Not in these numbers. Growth and annual openings are not in this dataset. They come from the separate Employment Projections tables, where an opening is a modelled ten year average and not a posted vacancy.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, 2025. Retrieved through the BLS Public Data API on 2026-08-13. bls.gov/oes “BLS.gov cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from BLS.gov.”

State matters a lotThe same job pays $107,540 in New Jersey and $50,950 in Oklahoma — a gap of $56,590 a year.

Millwright earnings, from starting pay up to the top 10%

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Millwright wages across the states

The 39 states where the most people do this work, of 48 with a published figure: their medians range by 2.11 times. Figures are the 2025 survey.

State Median a year Where most start 10th to 90th Employed
New Jersey $107,540 $61,830 $61,830 — $145,320 340
Michigan $89,190 $58,680 $58,680 — $97,460 2,900
Wisconsin $82,630 $57,530 $57,530 — $93,280 1,220
Colorado $81,440 $51,000 $51,000 — $94,420 200
Kansas $79,690 $44,880 $44,880 — $97,340 840
New York $79,560 $58,750 $58,750 — $97,200 1,000
Minnesota $78,570 $58,500 $58,500 — $92,640 480
California $77,950 $49,340 $49,340 — $127,890 2,230
Indiana $77,140 $48,600 $48,600 — $95,960 1,760
Alaska $76,940 $54,270 $54,270 — $92,350 300
Washington $76,490 $61,350 $61,350 — $129,370 1,020
Ohio $73,220 $51,880 $51,880 — $91,760 1,930
Oregon $70,700 $45,470 $45,470 — $110,450 460
Kentucky $70,610 $48,210 $48,210 — $86,640 1,220
Maine $68,220 $51,030 $51,030 — $87,130 350
West Virginia $67,270 $49,120 $49,120 — $82,910 330
Illinois $66,640 $44,490 $44,490 — $105,940 2,160
Missouri $66,480 $48,880 $48,880 — $93,950 830
Louisiana $66,080 $48,300 $48,300 — $82,450 1,080
Idaho $64,710 $57,000 $57,000 — $77,460 410
Pennsylvania $64,410 $48,740 $48,740 — $101,760 1,700
Utah $63,040 $47,430 $47,430 — $84,210 220
North Carolina $62,990 $46,920 $46,920 — $76,690 700
Georgia $62,760 $46,450 $46,450 — $78,980 1,780
Texas $62,630 $38,510 $38,510 — $92,490 3,540
Iowa $62,220 $47,050 $47,050 — $79,710 690
Florida $62,000 $45,700 $45,700 — $88,820 530
South Dakota $61,820 $50,790 $50,790 — $74,600 240
Tennessee $61,810 $45,100 $45,100 — $75,880 1,060
South Carolina $61,700 $40,060 $40,060 — $83,260 950
Alabama $61,410 $45,300 $45,300 — $76,070 1,400
North Dakota $60,750 $50,810 $50,810 — $82,590 170
Nebraska $60,320 $47,480 $47,480 — $74,510 590
Maryland $59,220 $50,660 $50,660 — $81,890 160
Mississippi $58,280 $41,250 $41,250 — $71,560 1,280
Arizona $57,380 $39,560 $39,560 — $108,050 450
Arkansas $56,310 $36,640 $36,640 — $76,140 1,140
Virginia $51,430 $42,730 $42,730 — $82,010 690
Oklahoma $50,950 $50,790 $50,790 — $72,150 510

Ranked 328 of 788 by median pay

Better paid than 58% of the occupations in the survey.

  1. 326 Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Workers, All Other $65,790
  2. 327 Brokerage Clerks $65,750
  3. 328 Millwrights $65,700
  4. 329 Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines $65,510
  5. 330 Aircraft Structure, Surfaces, Rigging, and Systems Assemblers $65,380

Nearby work, and what it pays

Occupations in the same group of the federal classification — the usual next steps, or the ones beside this one.

Millwrights$65,700
Signal and Track Switch Repairers$92,460+$26,760 Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door$74,340+$8,640 Commercial Divers$72,990+$7,290 Precision Instrument and Equipment Repairers, All Other$68,990+$3,290 Watch and Clock Repairers$67,230+$1,530 Industrial Machinery Mechanics$64,520−$1,180

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  • Replaced defective parts of machine, or adjusted clearances and alignment of moving parts.
  • Aligned machines or equipment, using hoists, jacks, hand tools, squares, rules, micrometers, lasers, or plumb bobs.
  • Inserted shims, adjust tension on nuts and bolts, or position parts, using hand tools and measuring instruments, to set specified clearances between moving and stationary parts.

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Questions people ask most

What is a millwright’s yearly income?

A millwright makes a median of $65,700 a year (2025 survey). The middle half earn between $56,390 and $81,500.

What is a millwright’s hourly pay rate?

The median pay rate is $31.59 an hour; the average is $69,780 a year.

What is the starting pay for a millwright?

Starting pay is usually near the 25th percentile, $56,390 a year, and sometimes as low as the 10th, $46,290.

Which state pays millwrights the most?

New Jersey, with a median of $107,540 a year.

How many people work as millwrights?

About 40,330 in the United States — number 328 of 788 occupations by median pay.

Work that pays about the same

Median pay within $570 of what millwrights earn — $65,700 a year — but not always the same spread.

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