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Millwright salary in Denver, CO

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Millwrights in the Denver–Aurora–Centennial, CO area earn a median of $83,600 a year, or $40.19 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. One in ten earns more than $86,330. Statewide, millwrights earn a median of $81,440; Denver is 3% above it.

Median yearly pay$83,600
Bottom 10% under$53,720Top 10% over$86,330
Apprentice starting pay (estimate)
$25.83/hr
Jobs in this area
150
After cost of living
$79,030
Median hourly pay
$40.19/hr
vs U.S. median
+27%
vs Colorado median
+3%
Mean (average) pay
$74,400 a year · $35.77 an hour
Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 19740, Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO). 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.

Pay by percentile

What millwrights in Denver, CO earn at each point of the pay range, May 2025: 10% earn less than the 10th percentile, half earn less than the median, and 10% earn more than the 90th.

PercentileHourlyYearly
10th percentile$25.83$53,720
25th percentile$32.38$67,340
Median (50th)$40.19$83,600
75th percentile$40.19$83,600
90th percentile$41.51$86,330

BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. BLS yearly figures are the hourly wage times 2,080 hours.

How Denver, CO compares

  • Millwrights are less concentrated in the Denver area than nationally: 0.1 of every 1,000 jobs, 0.36 times the U.S. share.

Other trades in Denver, CO

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 19740 (Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO). 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 (105.8, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures