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Millwright salary in Spartanburg, SC

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Millwrights in the Spartanburg, SC area earn a median of $61,340 a year, or $29.49 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The top 10% earn more than $84,970. Statewide, millwrights earn a median of $61,700; Spartanburg is 1% below it.

Median yearly pay$61,340
Bottom 10% under$40,220Top 10% over$84,970
Apprentice starting pay (estimate)
$19.34/hr
Jobs in this area
80
After cost of living
$67,370
Median hourly pay
$29.49/hr
vs U.S. median
−7%
vs South Carolina median
−1%
Mean (average) pay
$62,490 a year · $30.04 an hour
Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 43900, Spartanburg, 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 Spartanburg, 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.

PercentileHourlyYearly
10th percentile$19.34$40,220
25th percentile$24.52$51,010
Median (50th)$29.49$61,340
75th percentile$34.17$71,070
90th percentile$40.85$84,970

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

How Spartanburg, SC compares

  • Spartanburg ranks 4th of 5 South Carolina metro areas for millwright pay.
  • Millwrights are more concentrated in the Spartanburg area than nationally: 0.5 of every 1,000 jobs, 1.9 times the U.S. share.

Other South Carolina metro areas

Other trades in Spartanburg, SC

Questions

Do millwrights make more in Spartanburg or Charlotte?
Charlotte pays more: the median is $61,340 in Spartanburg and $65,360 in Charlotte, a 6% 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 43900 (Spartanburg, 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 (91.1, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures