Millwright salary in Rochester, NY
Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025
Millwrights in the Rochester, NY area earn a median of $60,720 a year, or $29.19 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. One in ten earns more than $80,800. That's 24% less than the New York median of $79,560.
- Apprentice starting pay (estimate)
- $18.81/hr
- Jobs in this area
- 70
- After cost of living
- $62,580
- Median hourly pay
- $29.19/hr
- vs U.S. median
- −8%
- vs New York median
- −24%
Apprentice, journeyman and top millwright pay
| Stage | Yearly pay | Hourly pay |
|---|---|---|
| Apprentice | $39,120–$59,580$18.81–$28.64/hr | |
| Journeyman | $60,720$29.19/hr | |
| Top earners | $70,830–$80,800$34.05–$38.85/hr |
Estimated from BLS percentiles (10th–25th, median, 75th–90th); BLS does not report pay by license level.
How Rochester, NY compares
- Rochester has the lowest millwright median of the 5 New York metro areas with published pay.
- Millwrights are less concentrated in the Rochester area than nationally: 0.1 of every 1,000 jobs, 0.53 times the U.S. share.
- The 90th-percentile wage, $80,800, is 2.1 times the 10th-percentile wage, $39,120: a measure of how much pay rises with experience and specialty.
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Questions
- How much do millwrights make in Rochester, NY?
- Millwrights in the Rochester, NY area earn a median of $60,720 a year, or $29.19 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. One in ten earns more than $80,800.
- How much do millwrights make an hour in Rochester, NY?
- The median hourly wage is $29.19. The middle half earn between $28.64 and $34.05 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)
- What do apprentice millwrights make in Rochester, NY?
- BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $18.81 an hour ($39,120 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $28.64.
- How much does a journeyman millwright make in Rochester, NY?
- BLS doesn't report pay by license level, but the median, $60,720 a year ($29.19 an hour), is a fair estimate of typical journeyman pay. Master-level and top earners are closer to the 75th to 90th percentiles, $70,830–$80,800.
- Do millwrights make more in Rochester or New York?
- New York pays more: the median is $60,720 in Rochester and $93,070 in New York, a 35% difference.
- How does Rochester pay compare with the rest of New York?
- The Rochester median of $60,720 is 24% less 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 40380 (Rochester, 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 (97.0, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures