How much do millwrights make an hour in Phoenix, AZ?

The median hourly wage is $27.59. The middle half earn between $23.62 and $37.55 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)

What do apprentice millwrights make in Phoenix, AZ?

BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $19.12 an hour ($39,770 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $23.62.

How much does a journeyman millwright make in Phoenix, AZ?

BLS doesn't report pay by license level, but the median, $57,380 a year ($27.59 an hour), is a fair estimate of typical journeyman pay. Master-level and top earners are closer to the 75th to 90th percentiles, $78,090–$108,050.

How does Phoenix pay compare with the rest of Arizona?

The Phoenix median of $57,380 is about the same as the Arizona median of $57,380.

Millwright salary in Phoenix, AZ

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Millwrights in the Phoenix–Mesa–Chandler, AZ area earn a median of $57,380 a year, or $27.59 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. One in ten earns more than $108,050. Statewide, millwrights earn a median of $57,380; Phoenix is right at that level.

Median yearly pay$57,380

Bottom 10% under$39,770Top 10% over$108,050

Apprentice starting pay (estimate): $19.12/hr
Jobs in this area: 380
After cost of living: $55,540
Median hourly pay: $27.59/hr
vs U.S. median: −13%
vs Arizona median: 0%

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 38060, Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ). Excludes self-employed millwrights. Cost of living: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024. *Starting pay is estimated from the 10th percentile; BLS does not report pay by license level.

Apprentice, journeyman and top millwright pay

Stage	Yearly pay	Hourly pay
Apprentice	$39,770–$49,130$19.12–$23.62/hr
Journeyman	$57,380$27.59/hr
Top earners	$78,090–$108,050$37.55–$51.95/hr

Estimated from BLS percentiles (10th–25th, median, 75th–90th); BLS does not report pay by license level.

How Phoenix, AZ compares

Millwrights are less concentrated in the Phoenix area than nationally: 0.2 of every 1,000 jobs, 0.62 times the U.S. share.
The 90th-percentile wage, $108,050, is 2.7 times the 10th-percentile wage, $39,770: a measure of how much pay rises with experience and specialty.

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Questions

How much do millwrights make in Phoenix, AZ?: Millwrights in the Phoenix–Mesa–Chandler, AZ area earn a median of $57,380 a year, or $27.59 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. One in ten earns more than $108,050.
How much do millwrights make an hour in Phoenix, AZ?: The median hourly wage is $27.59. The middle half earn between $23.62 and $37.55 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)
What do apprentice millwrights make in Phoenix, AZ?: BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $19.12 an hour ($39,770 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $23.62.
How much does a journeyman millwright make in Phoenix, AZ?: BLS doesn't report pay by license level, but the median, $57,380 a year ($27.59 an hour), is a fair estimate of typical journeyman pay. Master-level and top earners are closer to the 75th to 90th percentiles, $78,090–$108,050.
How does Phoenix pay compare with the rest of Arizona?: The Phoenix median of $57,380 is about the same as the Arizona median of $57,380.

About this data

Wages are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey for May 2025, occupation 49-9044 (Millwrights), area code 38060 (Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ). BLS counts wage and salary workers only, so self-employed millwrights and business owners aren't included. The cost-of-living figure divides the median by the Bureau of Economic Analysis Regional Price Parity for 2024 (103.3, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures