Do millwrights make more in Florence or Charlotte?

Charlotte pays more: the median is $62,140 in Florence and $65,360 in Charlotte, a 5% difference.

Millwright salary in Florence, SC

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Millwrights in the Florence, SC area earn a median of $62,140 a year, or $29.87 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The highest-paid 10% make over $76,630 a year. That's 1% more than the South Carolina median of $61,700.

Median yearly pay$62,140

Bottom 10% under$44,890Top 10% over$76,630

Apprentice starting pay (estimate): $21.58/hr
Jobs in this area: 60
After cost of living: $71,610
Median hourly pay: $29.87/hr
vs U.S. median: −5%
vs South Carolina median: +1%
Mean (average) pay: $62,690 a year · $30.14 an hour

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 22500, Florence, SC). 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 Florence, SC 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	$21.58	$44,890
25th percentile	$24.42	$50,800
Median (50th)	$29.87	$62,140
75th percentile	$36.84	$76,630
90th percentile	$36.84	$76,630

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

How Florence, SC compares

Florence ranks 2nd of 5 South Carolina metro areas for millwright pay.
Millwrights are more concentrated in the Florence area than nationally: 0.7 of every 1,000 jobs, 2.7 times the U.S. share.

Other South Carolina metro areas

Other trades in Florence, SC

Electrician HVAC technician Welder Lineman Plumber Diesel mechanic Carpenter Heavy equipment operator Auto mechanic

Questions

Do millwrights make more in Florence or Charlotte?: Charlotte pays more: the median is $62,140 in Florence and $65,360 in Charlotte, a 5% 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 22500 (Florence, SC). 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 (86.8, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures