How much do millwrights make an hour in Baltimore, MD?

The median hourly wage is $35.36. The middle half earn between $25.00 and $38.16 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)

What do apprentice millwrights make in Baltimore, MD?

BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $25.00 an hour ($52,000 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $25.00.

How much does a journeyman millwright make in Baltimore, MD?

BLS doesn't report pay by license level, but the median, $73,540 a year ($35.36 an hour), is a fair estimate of typical journeyman pay. Master-level and top earners are closer to the 75th to 90th percentiles, $79,370–$87,110.

Do millwrights make more in Baltimore or Philadelphia?

Philadelphia pays more: the median is $73,540 in Baltimore and $77,120 in Philadelphia, a 5% difference.

How does Baltimore pay compare with the rest of Maryland?

The Baltimore median of $73,540 is 24% more than the Maryland median of $59,220.

Millwright salary in Baltimore, MD

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Millwrights in the Baltimore–Columbia–Towson, MD area earn a median of $73,540 a year, or $35.36 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The top 10% earn more than $87,110. Across all of Maryland, the median is $59,220, so Baltimore pays 24% more than the state as a whole.

Median yearly pay$73,540

Bottom 10% under$52,000Top 10% over$87,110

Apprentice starting pay (estimate): $25.00/hr
Jobs in this area: 90
After cost of living: $70,380
Median hourly pay: $35.36/hr
vs U.S. median: +12%
vs Maryland median: +24%

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 12580, Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD). 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	$52,000–$52,000$25.00–$25.00/hr
Journeyman	$73,540$35.36/hr
Top earners	$79,370–$87,110$38.16–$41.88/hr

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

How Baltimore, MD compares

Baltimore ranks 2nd of 3 Maryland metro areas for millwright pay.
Millwrights are less concentrated in the Baltimore area than nationally: 0.1 of every 1,000 jobs, 0.25 times the U.S. share.
The 90th-percentile wage, $87,110, is 1.7 times the 10th-percentile wage, $52,000: a measure of how much pay rises with experience and specialty.

Other Maryland metro areas

Philadelphia–Camden–Wilmington$77,120

Other trades in Baltimore, MD

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Questions

How much do millwrights make in Baltimore, MD?: Millwrights in the Baltimore–Columbia–Towson, MD area earn a median of $73,540 a year, or $35.36 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The top 10% earn more than $87,110.
How much do millwrights make an hour in Baltimore, MD?: The median hourly wage is $35.36. The middle half earn between $25.00 and $38.16 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)
What do apprentice millwrights make in Baltimore, MD?: BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $25.00 an hour ($52,000 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $25.00.
How much does a journeyman millwright make in Baltimore, MD?: BLS doesn't report pay by license level, but the median, $73,540 a year ($35.36 an hour), is a fair estimate of typical journeyman pay. Master-level and top earners are closer to the 75th to 90th percentiles, $79,370–$87,110.
Do millwrights make more in Baltimore or Philadelphia?: Philadelphia pays more: the median is $73,540 in Baltimore and $77,120 in Philadelphia, a 5% difference.
How does Baltimore pay compare with the rest of Maryland?: The Baltimore median of $73,540 is 24% more than the Maryland median of $59,220.

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 12580 (Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD). 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 (104.5, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures