How much do millwrights make an hour in Saginaw, MI?

The median hourly wage is $43.76. The middle half earn between $39.01 and $43.76 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)

What do apprentice millwrights make in Saginaw, MI?

BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $37.69 an hour ($78,400 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $39.01.

How much does a journeyman millwright make in Saginaw, MI?

BLS doesn't report pay by license level, but the median, $91,010 a year ($43.76 an hour), is a fair estimate of typical journeyman pay. Master-level and top earners are closer to the 75th to 90th percentiles, $91,010–$97,480.

Do millwrights make more in Saginaw or Detroit?

Detroit pays more: the median is $91,010 in Saginaw and $91,850 in Detroit, a 1% difference.

How does Saginaw pay compare with the rest of Michigan?

The Saginaw median of $91,010 is 2% more than the Michigan median of $89,190.

Millwright salary in Saginaw, MI

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Millwrights in the Saginaw, MI area earn a median of $91,010 a year, or $43.76 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The top 10% earn more than $97,480. Statewide, millwrights earn a median of $89,190; Saginaw is 2% above it.

Median yearly pay$91,010

Bottom 10% under$78,400Top 10% over$97,480

Apprentice starting pay (estimate): $37.69/hr
Jobs in this area: 100
After cost of living: $100,130
Median hourly pay: $43.76/hr
vs U.S. median: +39%
vs Michigan median: +2%

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 40980, Saginaw, 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.

Apprentice, journeyman and top millwright pay

Stage	Yearly pay	Hourly pay
Apprentice	$78,400–$81,150$37.69–$39.01/hr
Journeyman	$91,010$43.76/hr
Top earners	$91,010–$97,480$43.76–$46.87/hr

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

How Saginaw, MI compares

Saginaw ranks 2nd of 7 Michigan metro areas for millwright pay.
Millwrights are more concentrated in the Saginaw area than nationally: 1.2 of every 1,000 jobs, 4.6 times the U.S. share.
The 90th-percentile wage, $97,480, is 1.2 times the 10th-percentile wage, $78,400: a measure of how much pay rises with experience and specialty.

Other Michigan metro areas

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Questions

How much do millwrights make in Saginaw, MI?: Millwrights in the Saginaw, MI area earn a median of $91,010 a year, or $43.76 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The top 10% earn more than $97,480.
How much do millwrights make an hour in Saginaw, MI?: The median hourly wage is $43.76. The middle half earn between $39.01 and $43.76 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)
What do apprentice millwrights make in Saginaw, MI?: BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $37.69 an hour ($78,400 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $39.01.
How much does a journeyman millwright make in Saginaw, MI?: BLS doesn't report pay by license level, but the median, $91,010 a year ($43.76 an hour), is a fair estimate of typical journeyman pay. Master-level and top earners are closer to the 75th to 90th percentiles, $91,010–$97,480.
Do millwrights make more in Saginaw or Detroit?: Detroit pays more: the median is $91,010 in Saginaw and $91,850 in Detroit, a 1% difference.
How does Saginaw pay compare with the rest of Michigan?: The Saginaw median of $91,010 is 2% more than the Michigan median of $89,190.

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 40980 (Saginaw, 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 (90.9, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures