How much do millwrights make an hour in Pennsylvania?

The median hourly wage is $30.96. The middle half earn between $28.26 and $37.85 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)

What do apprentice millwrights make in Pennsylvania?

BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $23.43 an hour ($48,740 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $28.26.

How much does a journeyman millwright make in Pennsylvania?

BLS doesn't report pay by license level, but the median, $64,410 a year ($30.96 an hour), is a fair estimate of typical journeyman pay. Master-level and top earners are closer to the 75th to 90th percentiles, $78,720–$101,760.

Where in Pennsylvania do millwrights earn the most?

Among Pennsylvania metro areas, Philadelphia–Camden–Wilmington has the highest median at $77,120 a year, and Erie the lowest at $61,260.

Millwright salary in Pennsylvania

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Millwrights in Pennsylvania earn a median of $64,410 a year, or $30.96 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. One in ten earns more than $101,760. That's 2% less than the national median of $65,700, 25th of 48 states and DC.

Median yearly pay$64,410

Bottom 10% under$48,740Top 10% over$101,760

Apprentice starting pay (estimate): $23.43/hr
Jobs in Pennsylvania: 1,700
After cost of living: $66,010
Median hourly pay: $30.96/hr
vs U.S. median: −2%
Rank among states: 25th of 48

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 42). 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	$48,740–$58,780$23.43–$28.26/hr
Journeyman	$64,410$30.96/hr
Top earners	$78,720–$101,760$37.85–$48.93/hr

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

Pay over time

The median millwright wage in Pennsylvania rose 7.4%, from $59,970 in May 2021 to $64,410 in May 2025. Prices rose 19.4% over the same period, so after inflation it fell 10.1%.

Year	Median a year	Median an hour
May 2021	$59,970	$28.83/hr
May 2022	$56,830	$27.32/hr
May 2023	$62,700	$30.15/hr
May 2024	$62,610	$30.10/hr
May 2025	$64,410	$30.96/hr

BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, each May release; inflation from the BLS Consumer Price Index (CPI-U, May of each year). BLS cautions against reading much into year-to-year changes, so we compare the first and last years. How we compare years

How Pennsylvania compares

Millwrights hold about the same share of jobs in Pennsylvania as nationally: 0.3 of every 1,000 jobs.
The 90th-percentile wage, $101,760, is 2.1 times the 10th-percentile wage, $48,740: a measure of how much pay rises with experience and specialty.

Pay by metro area

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Erie$61,260

Rural Pennsylvania

Southwestern Pennsylvania$89,820
Northwestern Pennsylvania$70,530
Central Pennsylvania$61,200
Northeastern Pennsylvania$60,970

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Questions

How much do millwrights make in Pennsylvania?: Millwrights in Pennsylvania earn a median of $64,410 a year, or $30.96 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. One in ten earns more than $101,760.
How much do millwrights make an hour in Pennsylvania?: The median hourly wage is $30.96. The middle half earn between $28.26 and $37.85 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)
What do apprentice millwrights make in Pennsylvania?: BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $23.43 an hour ($48,740 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $28.26.
Has millwright pay gone up in Pennsylvania?: The median millwright wage in Pennsylvania rose 7.4%, from $59,970 in May 2021 to $64,410 in May 2025. Prices rose 19.4% over the same period, so after inflation it fell 10.1%. (BLS wage data and Consumer Price Index.)
How much does a journeyman millwright make in Pennsylvania?: BLS doesn't report pay by license level, but the median, $64,410 a year ($30.96 an hour), is a fair estimate of typical journeyman pay. Master-level and top earners are closer to the 75th to 90th percentiles, $78,720–$101,760.
Where in Pennsylvania do millwrights earn the most?: Among Pennsylvania metro areas, Philadelphia–Camden–Wilmington has the highest median at $77,120 a year, and Erie the lowest at $61,260.

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 42. 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 (97.6, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures