Do millwrights make more in Ann Arbor or Detroit?

Detroit pays more: the median is $90,320 in Ann Arbor and $91,850 in Detroit, a 2% difference.

Millwright salary in Ann Arbor, MI

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Millwrights in the Ann Arbor, MI area earn a median of $90,320 a year, or $43.42 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The top 10% earn more than $94,830. Statewide, millwrights earn a median of $89,190; Ann Arbor is 1% above it.

Median yearly pay$90,320

Bottom 10% under$61,900Top 10% over$94,830

Apprentice starting pay (estimate): $29.76/hr
Jobs in this area: 60
After cost of living: $89,530
Median hourly pay: $43.42/hr
vs U.S. median: +37%
vs Michigan median: +1%
Mean (average) pay: $82,080 a year · $39.46 an hour

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 11460, Ann Arbor, MI). 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 Ann Arbor, MI 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	$29.76	$61,900
25th percentile	$33.55	$69,770
Median (50th)	$43.42	$90,320
75th percentile	$43.54	$90,560
90th percentile	$45.59	$94,830

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

How Ann Arbor, MI compares

Ann Arbor ranks 3rd of 7 Michigan metro areas for millwright pay.
Millwrights hold about the same share of jobs in the Ann Arbor area as nationally: 0.3 of every 1,000 jobs.

Other Michigan metro areas

Other trades in Ann Arbor, MI

Electrician HVAC technician Welder Plumber Diesel mechanic Carpenter Heavy equipment operator Auto mechanic Roofer

Questions

Do millwrights make more in Ann Arbor or Detroit?: Detroit pays more: the median is $90,320 in Ann Arbor and $91,850 in Detroit, a 2% 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 11460 (Ann Arbor, MI). 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 (100.9, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures