Do millwrights make more in York or Philadelphia?

Philadelphia pays more: the median is $64,530 in York and $77,120 in Philadelphia, a 16% difference.

Millwright salary in York, PA

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Millwrights in the York–Hanover, PA area earn a median of $64,530 a year, or $31.03 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The top 10% earn more than $90,170. That's about the same as the Pennsylvania median of $64,410.

Median yearly pay$64,530

Bottom 10% under$53,210Top 10% over$90,170

Apprentice starting pay (estimate): $25.58/hr
Jobs in this area: 80
After cost of living: $67,220
Median hourly pay: $31.03/hr
vs U.S. median: −2%
vs Pennsylvania median: 0%
Mean (average) pay: $69,770 a year · $33.54 an hour

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 49620, York-Hanover, PA). 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.

Pay by percentile

What millwrights in York, PA earn at each point of the pay range, May 2025: 10% earn less than the 10th percentile, half earn less than the median, and 10% earn more than the 90th.

Percentile	Hourly	Yearly
10th percentile	$25.58	$53,210
25th percentile	$28.14	$58,530
Median (50th)	$31.03	$64,530
75th percentile	$37.92	$78,870
90th percentile	$43.35	$90,170

BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. BLS yearly figures are the hourly wage times 2,080 hours.

How York, PA compares

York ranks 4th of 9 Pennsylvania metro areas for millwright pay.
Millwrights are more concentrated in the York area than nationally: 0.4 of every 1,000 jobs, 1.7 times the U.S. share.

Other Pennsylvania metro areas

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Questions

Do millwrights make more in York or Philadelphia?: Philadelphia pays more: the median is $64,530 in York and $77,120 in Philadelphia, a 16% difference.

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 49620 (York-Hanover, PA). 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 (96.0, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures