Do millwrights make more in Peoria or Chicago?

Chicago pays more: the median is $61,870 in Peoria and $74,730 in Chicago, a 17% difference.

Millwright salary in Peoria, IL

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Millwrights in the Peoria, IL area earn a median of $61,870 a year, or $29.74 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The top 10% earn more than $85,610. Statewide, millwrights earn a median of $66,640; Peoria is 7% below it.

Median yearly pay$61,870

Bottom 10% under$40,210Top 10% over$85,610

Apprentice starting pay (estimate): $19.33/hr
Jobs in this area: 60
After cost of living: $67,820
Median hourly pay: $29.74/hr
vs U.S. median: −6%
vs Illinois median: −7%
Mean (average) pay: $65,020 a year · $31.26 an hour

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 37900, Peoria, IL). 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 Peoria, IL 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.

Percentile	Hourly	Yearly
10th percentile	$19.33	$40,210
25th percentile	$22.32	$46,420
Median (50th)	$29.74	$61,870
75th percentile	$41.16	$85,610
90th percentile	$41.16	$85,610

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

How Peoria, IL compares

Peoria ranks 5th of 7 Illinois metro areas for millwright pay.
Millwrights are more concentrated in the Peoria area than nationally: 0.4 of every 1,000 jobs, 1.4 times the U.S. share.

Other Illinois metro areas

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Questions

Do millwrights make more in Peoria or Chicago?: Chicago pays more: the median is $61,870 in Peoria and $74,730 in Chicago, a 17% difference.

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 37900 (Peoria, IL). 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 (91.2, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures