How much do millwrights make an hour in Los Angeles, CA?

The median hourly wage is $47.72. The middle half earn between $30.18 and $60.43 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)

What do apprentice millwrights make in Los Angeles, CA?

BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $24.22 an hour ($50,390 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $30.18.

How much does a journeyman millwright make in Los Angeles, CA?

BLS doesn't report pay by license level, but the median, $99,250 a year ($47.72 an hour), is a fair estimate of typical journeyman pay. Master-level and top earners are closer to the 75th to 90th percentiles, $125,690–$131,380.

Do millwrights make more in Los Angeles or San Francisco?

San Francisco pays more: the median is $99,250 in Los Angeles and $113,490 in San Francisco, a 13% difference.

How does Los Angeles pay compare with the rest of California?

The Los Angeles median of $99,250 is 27% more than the California median of $77,950.

Millwright salary in Los Angeles, CA

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Millwrights in the Los Angeles–Long Beach–Anaheim, CA area earn a median of $99,250 a year, or $47.72 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The top 10% earn more than $131,380. That's 27% more than the California median of $77,950.

Median yearly pay$99,250

Bottom 10% under$50,390Top 10% over$131,380

Apprentice starting pay (estimate): $24.22/hr
Jobs in this area: 710
After cost of living: $87,390
Median hourly pay: $47.72/hr
vs U.S. median: +51%
vs California median: +27%

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 31080, Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, 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	$50,390–$62,770$24.22–$30.18/hr
Journeyman	$99,250$47.72/hr
Top earners	$125,690–$131,380$60.43–$63.16/hr

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

How Los Angeles, CA compares

Los Angeles ranks 2nd of 8 California metro areas for millwright pay.
Millwrights are less concentrated in the Los Angeles area than nationally: 0.1 of every 1,000 jobs, 0.44 times the U.S. share.
The 90th-percentile wage, $131,380, is 2.6 times the 10th-percentile wage, $50,390: 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 Los Angeles, CA?: Millwrights in the Los Angeles–Long Beach–Anaheim, CA area earn a median of $99,250 a year, or $47.72 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The top 10% earn more than $131,380.
How much do millwrights make an hour in Los Angeles, CA?: The median hourly wage is $47.72. The middle half earn between $30.18 and $60.43 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)
What do apprentice millwrights make in Los Angeles, CA?: BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $24.22 an hour ($50,390 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $30.18.
How much does a journeyman millwright make in Los Angeles, CA?: BLS doesn't report pay by license level, but the median, $99,250 a year ($47.72 an hour), is a fair estimate of typical journeyman pay. Master-level and top earners are closer to the 75th to 90th percentiles, $125,690–$131,380.
Do millwrights make more in Los Angeles or San Francisco?: San Francisco pays more: the median is $99,250 in Los Angeles and $113,490 in San Francisco, a 13% difference.
How does Los Angeles pay compare with the rest of California?: The Los Angeles median of $99,250 is 27% 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 31080 (Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, 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 (113.6, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures