How much do millwrights make an hour in Albany, NY?

The median hourly wage is $38.87. The middle half earn between $30.29 and $40.25 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)

What do apprentice millwrights make in Albany, NY?

BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $24.48 an hour ($50,920 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $30.29.

How much does a journeyman millwright make in Albany, NY?

BLS doesn't report pay by license level, but the median, $80,840 a year ($38.87 an hour), is a fair estimate of typical journeyman pay. Master-level and top earners are closer to the 75th to 90th percentiles, $83,730–$93,600.

Do millwrights make more in Albany or New York?

New York pays more: the median is $80,840 in Albany and $93,070 in New York, a 13% difference.

How does Albany pay compare with the rest of New York?

The Albany median of $80,840 is 2% more than the New York median of $79,560.

Millwright salary in Albany, NY

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Millwrights in the Albany–Schenectady–Troy, NY area earn a median of $80,840 a year, or $38.87 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The highest-paid 10% make over $93,600 a year. That's 2% more than the New York median of $79,560.

Median yearly pay$80,840

Bottom 10% under$50,920Top 10% over$93,600

Apprentice starting pay (estimate): $24.48/hr
Jobs in this area: 100
After cost of living: $81,190
Median hourly pay: $38.87/hr
vs U.S. median: +23%
vs New York median: +2%

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 10580, Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY). 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	$50,920–$62,990$24.48–$30.29/hr
Journeyman	$80,840$38.87/hr
Top earners	$83,730–$93,600$40.25–$45.00/hr

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

How Albany, NY compares

Albany ranks 3rd of 5 New York metro areas for millwright pay.
Millwrights are less concentrated in the Albany area than nationally: 0.2 of every 1,000 jobs, 0.86 times the U.S. share.
The 90th-percentile wage, $93,600, is 1.8 times the 10th-percentile wage, $50,920: a measure of how much pay rises with experience and specialty.

Other New York metro areas

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Questions

How much do millwrights make in Albany, NY?: Millwrights in the Albany–Schenectady–Troy, NY area earn a median of $80,840 a year, or $38.87 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The highest-paid 10% make over $93,600 a year.
How much do millwrights make an hour in Albany, NY?: The median hourly wage is $38.87. The middle half earn between $30.29 and $40.25 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)
What do apprentice millwrights make in Albany, NY?: BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $24.48 an hour ($50,920 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $30.29.
How much does a journeyman millwright make in Albany, NY?: BLS doesn't report pay by license level, but the median, $80,840 a year ($38.87 an hour), is a fair estimate of typical journeyman pay. Master-level and top earners are closer to the 75th to 90th percentiles, $83,730–$93,600.
Do millwrights make more in Albany or New York?: New York pays more: the median is $80,840 in Albany and $93,070 in New York, a 13% difference.
How does Albany pay compare with the rest of New York?: The Albany median of $80,840 is 2% more than the New York median of $79,560.

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 10580 (Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY). 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 (99.6, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures