Millwrights Salary in the US
A millwrights earns a national median of $65,700 a year (mean $69,780) — BLS OEWS May 2025, ranked #352 of 825.
How much does a millwrights earn in the US?
A millwrights in the United States earns a median of $65,700 a year (mean $69,780), per BLS OEWS May 2025. That is 29% above the US all-occupations median of $50,980. About 40,330 people work in this occupation (SOC 49-9044), ranked #352 of 825 by national median pay. Updated annually from BLS OEWS.
Median
$65,700
per year
Mean
$69,780
per year
Employment
40,330
US workers
National rank
#352
of 825 by median
What a millwrights earns in the US
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS May 2025 national estimates, a millwrights (SOC 49-9044) earns a median annual wage of $65,700 and a mean (average) of $69,780. The median is the midpoint — half of millwrights earn more and half earn less — and is 29% above the US all-occupations median of $50,980. The mean is higher than the median when a minority of very high earners pull the average up.
Note: BLS top-codes any annual wage at or above $239,200/year, so occupations at that ceiling share the same figure.
Frequently asked questions
- What is the average salary for a millwrights in the US?
- The BLS OEWS May 2025 national annual median wage for millwrights is $65,700, and the mean (average) is $69,780. The median is the midpoint — half of millwrights earn more and half earn less.
- How does millwrights pay compare to the US average?
- At $65,700, a millwrights earns 29% above the US all-occupations median of $50,980 (BLS OEWS May 2025). The all-occupations US median is $50,980.
- How many millwrights are employed in the US?
- BLS OEWS May 2025 estimates about 40,330 millwrights employed nationally (SOC 49-9044), across all industries.
- Where does this millwrights salary data come from?
- From the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2025 national release — cross-industry, all-ownership estimates, SOC code 49-9044. As US federal government work it is public domain. GeraJobs publishes the figures verbatim; suppressed cells are shown as "—", never estimated.
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Data source
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) · May 2025 national estimates · SOC 49-9044 · Public domain (U.S. federal government work)
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