How much do millwrights make an hour in Cedar Rapids, IA?

The median hourly wage is $29.28. The middle half earn between $25.35 and $36.33 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)

What do apprentice millwrights make in Cedar Rapids, IA?

BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $24.28 an hour ($50,500 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $25.35.

How much does a journeyman millwright make in Cedar Rapids, IA?

BLS doesn't report pay by license level, but the median, $60,900 a year ($29.28 an hour), is a fair estimate of typical journeyman pay. Master-level and top earners are closer to the 75th to 90th percentiles, $75,570–$78,220.

Do millwrights make more in Cedar Rapids or Des Moines?

Des Moines pays more: the median is $60,900 in Cedar Rapids and $63,950 in Des Moines, a 5% difference.

How does Cedar Rapids pay compare with the rest of Iowa?

The Cedar Rapids median of $60,900 is 2% less than the Iowa median of $62,220.

Millwright salary in Cedar Rapids, IA

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Millwrights in the Cedar Rapids, IA area earn a median of $60,900 a year, or $29.28 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The highest-paid 10% make over $78,220 a year. Statewide, millwrights earn a median of $62,220; Cedar Rapids is 2% below it.

Median yearly pay$60,900

Bottom 10% under$50,500Top 10% over$78,220

Apprentice starting pay (estimate): $24.28/hr
Jobs in this area: 60
After cost of living: $68,460
Median hourly pay: $29.28/hr
vs U.S. median: −7%
vs Iowa median: −2%

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 16300, Cedar Rapids, IA). 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	$50,500–$52,730$24.28–$25.35/hr
Journeyman	$60,900$29.28/hr
Top earners	$75,570–$78,220$36.33–$37.61/hr

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

How Cedar Rapids, IA compares

Cedar Rapids has the lowest millwright median of the 5 Iowa metro areas with published pay.
Millwrights are more concentrated in the Cedar Rapids area than nationally: 0.4 of every 1,000 jobs, 1.7 times the U.S. share.
The 90th-percentile wage, $78,220, is 1.5 times the 10th-percentile wage, $50,500: a measure of how much pay rises with experience and specialty.

Other Iowa metro areas

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Questions

How much do millwrights make in Cedar Rapids, IA?: Millwrights in the Cedar Rapids, IA area earn a median of $60,900 a year, or $29.28 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The highest-paid 10% make over $78,220 a year.
How much do millwrights make an hour in Cedar Rapids, IA?: The median hourly wage is $29.28. The middle half earn between $25.35 and $36.33 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)
What do apprentice millwrights make in Cedar Rapids, IA?: BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $24.28 an hour ($50,500 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $25.35.
How much does a journeyman millwright make in Cedar Rapids, IA?: BLS doesn't report pay by license level, but the median, $60,900 a year ($29.28 an hour), is a fair estimate of typical journeyman pay. Master-level and top earners are closer to the 75th to 90th percentiles, $75,570–$78,220.
Do millwrights make more in Cedar Rapids or Des Moines?: Des Moines pays more: the median is $60,900 in Cedar Rapids and $63,950 in Des Moines, a 5% difference.
How does Cedar Rapids pay compare with the rest of Iowa?: The Cedar Rapids median of $60,900 is 2% less than the Iowa median of $62,220.

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 16300 (Cedar Rapids, IA). 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 (89.0, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures