How much do millwrights make an hour in Kingsport, TN-VA?

The median hourly wage is $32.00. The middle half earn between $23.44 and $34.15 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)

What do apprentice millwrights make in Kingsport, TN-VA?

BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $23.01 an hour ($47,850 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $23.44.

How much does a journeyman millwright make in Kingsport, TN-VA?

BLS doesn't report pay by license level, but the median, $66,560 a year ($32.00 an hour), is a fair estimate of typical journeyman pay. Master-level and top earners are closer to the 75th to 90th percentiles, $71,030–$74,570.

Do millwrights make more in Kingsport or Chattanooga?

Kingsport pays more: the median is $66,560 in Kingsport and $62,850 in Chattanooga, a 6% difference.

How does Kingsport pay compare with the rest of Tennessee?

The Kingsport median of $66,560 is 8% more than the Tennessee median of $61,810.

Millwright salary in Kingsport, TN-VA

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Millwrights in the Kingsport–Bristol, TN-VA area earn a median of $66,560 a year, or $32.00 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. One in ten earns more than $74,570. Across all of Tennessee, the median is $61,810, so Kingsport pays 8% more than the state as a whole.

Median yearly pay$66,560

Bottom 10% under$47,850Top 10% over$74,570

Apprentice starting pay (estimate): $23.01/hr
Jobs in this area: 50
After cost of living: $77,000
Median hourly pay: $32.00/hr
vs U.S. median: +1%
vs Tennessee median: +8%

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 28700, Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA). 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	$47,850–$48,740$23.01–$23.44/hr
Journeyman	$66,560$32.00/hr
Top earners	$71,030–$74,570$34.15–$35.85/hr

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

How Kingsport, TN-VA compares

Kingsport has the highest millwright median of the 6 Tennessee metro areas with published pay.
Millwrights are more concentrated in the Kingsport area than nationally: 0.4 of every 1,000 jobs, 1.7 times the U.S. share.
The 90th-percentile wage, $74,570, is 1.6 times the 10th-percentile wage, $47,850: a measure of how much pay rises with experience and specialty.

Other Tennessee metro areas

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Questions

How much do millwrights make in Kingsport, TN-VA?: Millwrights in the Kingsport–Bristol, TN-VA area earn a median of $66,560 a year, or $32.00 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. One in ten earns more than $74,570.
How much do millwrights make an hour in Kingsport, TN-VA?: The median hourly wage is $32.00. The middle half earn between $23.44 and $34.15 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)
What do apprentice millwrights make in Kingsport, TN-VA?: BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $23.01 an hour ($47,850 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $23.44.
How much does a journeyman millwright make in Kingsport, TN-VA?: BLS doesn't report pay by license level, but the median, $66,560 a year ($32.00 an hour), is a fair estimate of typical journeyman pay. Master-level and top earners are closer to the 75th to 90th percentiles, $71,030–$74,570.
Do millwrights make more in Kingsport or Chattanooga?: Kingsport pays more: the median is $66,560 in Kingsport and $62,850 in Chattanooga, a 6% difference.
How does Kingsport pay compare with the rest of Tennessee?: The Kingsport median of $66,560 is 8% more than the Tennessee median of $61,810.

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 28700 (Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA). 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 (86.4, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures