MILLWRIGHT
MEDIAN PAY (BLS 2024)
Millwrights nationwide earn a median of $32.65/hr per the Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS 2024 survey. 39,970 millwrights employed across the U.S. See the state-by-state breakdown below — the highest-paying states often run 30%+ over the national median.
$32.65/hr median · $67,903 annualized (40 hr/wk × 52 wk)
Employment-weighted estimate from 50-state BLS OEWS data (the official BLS national row isn't in our dataset yet). State medians below are real BLS figures.
STATE-BY-STATE MEDIAN
BLS · sorted highest first| State | Median /hr | Top 10% /hr | Employed | Detail |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michigan | $40.02 | $43.21 | 2,510 | VIEW |
| New Mexico | $39.67 | $47.69 | 70 | VIEW |
| California | $37.89 | $61.86 | 2,490 | VIEW |
| New York | $37.86 | $48.14 | 780 | VIEW |
| Wisconsin | $36.89 | $43.79 | 1,050 | VIEW |
| Washington | $36.68 | $61.35 | 1,270 | VIEW |
| Colorado | $36.46 | $42.88 | 230 | VIEW |
| Indiana | $36.40 | $44.83 | 1,910 | VIEW |
| Missouri | $36.40 | $43.28 | 720 | VIEW |
| Connecticut | $36.33 | $46.35 | 190 | VIEW |
| Illinois | $36.30 | $55.66 | 1,850 | VIEW |
| Ohio | $35.25 | $43.11 | 1,920 | VIEW |
| Alaska | $35.00 | $45.19 | 210 | VIEW |
| Maryland | $34.50 | $40.34 | 150 | VIEW |
| New Jersey | $34.10 | $41.36 | 210 | VIEW |
| Minnesota | $33.42 | $41.04 | 470 | VIEW |
| Kansas | $33.02 | $45.40 | 1,270 | VIEW |
| New Hampshire | $32.89 | $37.05 | 60 | VIEW |
| Louisiana | $32.48 | $45.82 | 920 | VIEW |
| West Virginia | $32.13 | $39.25 | 440 | VIEW |
| Vermont | $32.10 | $42.45 | 40 | VIEW |
| Massachusetts | $31.50 | $39.22 | — | VIEW |
| Kentucky | $31.50 | $39.83 | 1,460 | VIEW |
| Maine | $31.01 | $40.79 | 330 | VIEW |
| Alabama | $30.45 | $35.97 | 1,880 | VIEW |
| Iowa | $30.44 | $38.44 | 920 | VIEW |
| North Dakota | $30.44 | $42.03 | 130 | VIEW |
| Nevada | $30.38 | $47.97 | 130 | VIEW |
| Oregon | $30.38 | $47.96 | 440 | VIEW |
| North Carolina | $30.17 | $35.91 | 810 | VIEW |
| Idaho | $30.15 | $37.51 | 300 | VIEW |
| Pennsylvania | $30.10 | $47.30 | 1,570 | VIEW |
| Utah | $30.04 | $37.78 | 240 | VIEW |
| Nebraska | $29.85 | $37.83 | 360 | VIEW |
| Texas | $29.77 | $53.33 | 3,220 | VIEW |
| Oklahoma | $29.69 | $33.44 | 210 | VIEW |
| Tennessee | $29.51 | $34.97 | 1,110 | VIEW |
| Georgia | $29.37 | $35.25 | 2,240 | VIEW |
| South Dakota | $29.04 | $37.72 | 170 | VIEW |
| Wyoming | $28.88 | $41.46 | 160 | VIEW |
| Montana | $28.82 | $32.59 | 80 | VIEW |
| South Carolina | $28.79 | $37.03 | 840 | VIEW |
| Arkansas | $28.61 | $36.69 | 1,080 | VIEW |
| Arizona | $27.92 | $50.69 | 890 | VIEW |
| Florida | $27.80 | $35.18 | 810 | VIEW |
| Mississippi | $25.52 | $33.21 | 980 | VIEW |
| Delaware | $24.68 | $51.74 | — | VIEW |
| Virginia | $24.18 | $37.71 | 850 | VIEW |
TOP-PAYING METROS
DAVIS-BACON PREVAILING WAGES
LOOK UP DIRECTFederal construction work (LNG terminals, military bases, GSA, VA, federal infrastructure) uses Davis-Bacon prevailing wage determinations as a legal wage floor — base + fringe benefits, set per county per construction type. If you're on a federally-funded project paying below the WD, the contractor is out of compliance and you can file a WH-3.
Rates change frequently and are county-specific, so we link direct instead of caching stale numbers. Look up the active Wage Determination for your job at sam.gov/wage-determinations or dol.gov/whd/government-contracts.
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16 other trades. State medians + Davis-Bacon + per diem in one spot.