How much do millwrights make an hour in Bakersfield, CA?

The median hourly wage is $39.57. The middle half earn between $32.11 and $39.57 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)

What do apprentice millwrights make in Bakersfield, CA?

BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $24.94 an hour ($51,870 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $32.11.

How much does a journeyman millwright make in Bakersfield, CA?

BLS doesn't report pay by license level, but the median, $82,310 a year ($39.57 an hour), is a fair estimate of typical journeyman pay. Master-level and top earners are closer to the 75th to 90th percentiles, $82,310–$82,310.

Do millwrights make more in Bakersfield or San Francisco?

San Francisco pays more: the median is $82,310 in Bakersfield and $113,490 in San Francisco, a 27% difference.

How does Bakersfield pay compare with the rest of California?

The Bakersfield median of $82,310 is 6% more than the California median of $77,950.

Millwright salary in Bakersfield, CA

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Millwrights in the Bakersfield–Delano, CA area earn a median of $82,310 a year, or $39.57 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The top 10% earn more than $82,310. Statewide, millwrights earn a median of $77,950; Bakersfield is 6% above it.

Median yearly pay$82,310

Bottom 10% under$51,870Top 10% over$82,310

Apprentice starting pay (estimate): $24.94/hr
Jobs in this area: 130
After cost of living: $81,590
Median hourly pay: $39.57/hr
vs U.S. median: +25%
vs California median: +6%

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 12540, Bakersfield-Delano, CA). 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	$51,870–$66,790$24.94–$32.11/hr
Journeyman	$82,310$39.57/hr
Top earners	$82,310–$82,310$39.57–$39.57/hr

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

How Bakersfield, CA compares

Bakersfield ranks 3rd of 8 California metro areas for millwright pay.
Millwrights are more concentrated in the Bakersfield area than nationally: 0.4 of every 1,000 jobs, 1.4 times the U.S. share.
The 90th-percentile wage, $82,310, is 1.6 times the 10th-percentile wage, $51,870: a measure of how much pay rises with experience and specialty.

Other California metro areas

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Questions

How much do millwrights make in Bakersfield, CA?: Millwrights in the Bakersfield–Delano, CA area earn a median of $82,310 a year, or $39.57 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The top 10% earn more than $82,310.
How much do millwrights make an hour in Bakersfield, CA?: The median hourly wage is $39.57. The middle half earn between $32.11 and $39.57 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)
What do apprentice millwrights make in Bakersfield, CA?: BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $24.94 an hour ($51,870 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $32.11.
How much does a journeyman millwright make in Bakersfield, CA?: BLS doesn't report pay by license level, but the median, $82,310 a year ($39.57 an hour), is a fair estimate of typical journeyman pay. Master-level and top earners are closer to the 75th to 90th percentiles, $82,310–$82,310.
Do millwrights make more in Bakersfield or San Francisco?: San Francisco pays more: the median is $82,310 in Bakersfield and $113,490 in San Francisco, a 27% difference.
How does Bakersfield pay compare with the rest of California?: The Bakersfield median of $82,310 is 6% more than the California median of $77,950.

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 12540 (Bakersfield-Delano, CA). 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 (100.9, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures