How much do millwrights make an hour in Winston, NC?

The median hourly wage is $31.63. The middle half earn between $28.50 and $36.87 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)

What do apprentice millwrights make in Winston, NC?

BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $22.88 an hour ($47,590 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $28.50.

How much does a journeyman millwright make in Winston, NC?

BLS doesn't report pay by license level, but the median, $65,790 a year ($31.63 an hour), is a fair estimate of typical journeyman pay. Master-level and top earners are closer to the 75th to 90th percentiles, $76,690–$76,690.

Do millwrights make more in Winston or Greensboro?

Pay is about the same: the median is $65,790 in Winston and $65,830 in Greensboro.

How does Winston pay compare with the rest of North Carolina?

The Winston median of $65,790 is 4% more than the North Carolina median of $62,990.

Millwright salary in Winston, NC

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Millwrights in the Winston–Salem, NC area earn a median of $65,790 a year, or $31.63 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The top 10% earn more than $76,690. Across all of North Carolina, the median is $62,990, so Winston pays 4% more than the state as a whole.

Median yearly pay$65,790

Bottom 10% under$47,590Top 10% over$76,690

Apprentice starting pay (estimate): $22.88/hr
Jobs in this area: 60
After cost of living: $71,480
Median hourly pay: $31.63/hr
vs U.S. median: 0%
vs North Carolina median: +4%

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 49180, Winston-Salem, NC). 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	$47,590–$59,290$22.88–$28.50/hr
Journeyman	$65,790$31.63/hr
Top earners	$76,690–$76,690$36.87–$36.87/hr

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

How Winston, NC compares

Winston ranks 2nd of 6 North Carolina metro areas for millwright pay.
Millwrights are less concentrated in the Winston area than nationally: 0.2 of every 1,000 jobs, 0.80 times the U.S. share.
The 90th-percentile wage, $76,690, is 1.6 times the 10th-percentile wage, $47,590: a measure of how much pay rises with experience and specialty.

Other North Carolina metro areas

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Questions

How much do millwrights make in Winston, NC?: Millwrights in the Winston–Salem, NC area earn a median of $65,790 a year, or $31.63 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The top 10% earn more than $76,690.
How much do millwrights make an hour in Winston, NC?: The median hourly wage is $31.63. The middle half earn between $28.50 and $36.87 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)
What do apprentice millwrights make in Winston, NC?: BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $22.88 an hour ($47,590 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $28.50.
How much does a journeyman millwright make in Winston, NC?: BLS doesn't report pay by license level, but the median, $65,790 a year ($31.63 an hour), is a fair estimate of typical journeyman pay. Master-level and top earners are closer to the 75th to 90th percentiles, $76,690–$76,690.
Do millwrights make more in Winston or Greensboro?: Pay is about the same: the median is $65,790 in Winston and $65,830 in Greensboro.
How does Winston pay compare with the rest of North Carolina?: The Winston median of $65,790 is 4% more than the North Carolina median of $62,990.

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 49180 (Winston-Salem, NC). 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 (92.0, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures