How much do millwrights make an hour in Cleveland, OH?

The median hourly wage is $35.96. The middle half earn between $30.47 and $43.68 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)

What do apprentice millwrights make in Cleveland, OH?

BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $25.47 an hour ($52,980 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $30.47.

How much does a journeyman millwright make in Cleveland, OH?

BLS doesn't report pay by license level, but the median, $74,800 a year ($35.96 an hour), is a fair estimate of typical journeyman pay. Master-level and top earners are closer to the 75th to 90th percentiles, $90,850–$91,760.

Do millwrights make more in Cleveland or Toledo?

Toledo pays more: the median is $74,800 in Cleveland and $83,280 in Toledo, a 10% difference.

How does Cleveland pay compare with the rest of Ohio?

The Cleveland median of $74,800 is 2% more than the Ohio median of $73,220.

Millwright salary in Cleveland, OH

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Millwrights in the Cleveland, OH area earn a median of $74,800 a year, or $35.96 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. One in ten earns more than $91,760. Statewide, millwrights earn a median of $73,220; Cleveland is 2% above it.

Median yearly pay$74,800

Bottom 10% under$52,980Top 10% over$91,760

Apprentice starting pay (estimate): $25.47/hr
Jobs in this area: 290
After cost of living: $79,640
Median hourly pay: $35.96/hr
vs U.S. median: +14%
vs Ohio median: +2%

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 17410, Cleveland, OH). 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	$52,980–$63,370$25.47–$30.47/hr
Journeyman	$74,800$35.96/hr
Top earners	$90,850–$91,760$43.68–$44.12/hr

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

How Cleveland, OH compares

Cleveland ranks 5th of 11 Ohio metro areas for millwright pay.
Millwrights hold about the same share of jobs in the Cleveland area as nationally: 0.3 of every 1,000 jobs.
The 90th-percentile wage, $91,760, is 1.7 times the 10th-percentile wage, $52,980: a measure of how much pay rises with experience and specialty.

Other Ohio metro areas

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Questions

How much do millwrights make in Cleveland, OH?: Millwrights in the Cleveland, OH area earn a median of $74,800 a year, or $35.96 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. One in ten earns more than $91,760.
How much do millwrights make an hour in Cleveland, OH?: The median hourly wage is $35.96. The middle half earn between $30.47 and $43.68 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)
What do apprentice millwrights make in Cleveland, OH?: BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $25.47 an hour ($52,980 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $30.47.
How much does a journeyman millwright make in Cleveland, OH?: BLS doesn't report pay by license level, but the median, $74,800 a year ($35.96 an hour), is a fair estimate of typical journeyman pay. Master-level and top earners are closer to the 75th to 90th percentiles, $90,850–$91,760.
Do millwrights make more in Cleveland or Toledo?: Toledo pays more: the median is $74,800 in Cleveland and $83,280 in Toledo, a 10% difference.
How does Cleveland pay compare with the rest of Ohio?: The Cleveland median of $74,800 is 2% more than the Ohio median of $73,220.

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 17410 (Cleveland, OH). 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 (93.9, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures