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Millwright salary in Omaha, NE-IA

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Millwrights in the Omaha, NE-IA area earn a median of $62,960 a year, or $30.27 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. One in ten earns more than $78,850. Statewide, millwrights earn a median of $60,320; Omaha is 4% above it.

Median yearly pay$62,960
Bottom 10% under$47,500Top 10% over$78,850
Apprentice starting pay (estimate)
$22.84/hr
Jobs in this area
230
After cost of living
$68,500
Median hourly pay
$30.27/hr
vs U.S. median
−4%
vs Nebraska median
+4%
Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 36540, Omaha, NE-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

StageYearly payHourly pay
Apprentice$47,500–$58,670$22.84–$28.21/hr
Journeyman$62,960$30.27/hr
Top earners$73,890–$78,850$35.52–$37.91/hr

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

How Omaha, NE-IA compares

  • Millwrights are more concentrated in the Omaha area than nationally: 0.5 of every 1,000 jobs, 1.8 times the U.S. share.
  • The 90th-percentile wage, $78,850, is 1.7 times the 10th-percentile wage, $47,500: a measure of how much pay rises with experience and specialty.

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Questions

How much do millwrights make in Omaha, NE-IA?
Millwrights in the Omaha, NE-IA area earn a median of $62,960 a year, or $30.27 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. One in ten earns more than $78,850.
How much do millwrights make an hour in Omaha, NE-IA?
The median hourly wage is $30.27. The middle half earn between $28.21 and $35.52 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)
What do apprentice millwrights make in Omaha, NE-IA?
BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $22.84 an hour ($47,500 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $28.21.
How much does a journeyman millwright make in Omaha, NE-IA?
BLS doesn't report pay by license level, but the median, $62,960 a year ($30.27 an hour), is a fair estimate of typical journeyman pay. Master-level and top earners are closer to the 75th to 90th percentiles, $73,890–$78,850.
How does Omaha pay compare with the rest of Nebraska?
The Omaha median of $62,960 is 4% more than the Nebraska median of $60,320.

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 36540 (Omaha, NE-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 (91.9, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures