Millwright salary in El Paso, TX
Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025
Millwrights in the El Paso, TX area earn a median of $53,020 a year, or $25.49 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The highest-paid 10% make over $106,820 a year. Across all of Texas, the median is $62,630, so El Paso pays 15% less than the state as a whole.
- Apprentice starting pay (estimate)
- $20.08/hr
- Jobs in this area
- 120
- After cost of living
- $58,970
- Median hourly pay
- $25.49/hr
- vs U.S. median
- −19%
- vs Texas median
- −15%
Apprentice, journeyman and top millwright pay
| Stage | Yearly pay | Hourly pay |
|---|---|---|
| Apprentice | $41,770–$49,200$20.08–$23.66/hr | |
| Journeyman | $53,020$25.49/hr | |
| Top earners | $99,490–$106,820$47.83–$51.36/hr |
Estimated from BLS percentiles (10th–25th, median, 75th–90th); BLS does not report pay by license level.
How El Paso, TX compares
- El Paso has the lowest millwright median of the 8 Texas metro areas with published pay.
- Millwrights are more concentrated in the El Paso area than nationally: 0.3 of every 1,000 jobs, 1.3 times the U.S. share.
- The 90th-percentile wage, $106,820, is 2.6 times the 10th-percentile wage, $41,770: a measure of how much pay rises with experience and specialty.
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Questions
- How much do millwrights make in El Paso, TX?
- Millwrights in the El Paso, TX area earn a median of $53,020 a year, or $25.49 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The highest-paid 10% make over $106,820 a year.
- How much do millwrights make an hour in El Paso, TX?
- The median hourly wage is $25.49. The middle half earn between $23.66 and $47.83 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)
- What do apprentice millwrights make in El Paso, TX?
- BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $20.08 an hour ($41,770 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $23.66.
- How much does a journeyman millwright make in El Paso, TX?
- BLS doesn't report pay by license level, but the median, $53,020 a year ($25.49 an hour), is a fair estimate of typical journeyman pay. Master-level and top earners are closer to the 75th to 90th percentiles, $99,490–$106,820.
- Do millwrights make more in El Paso or Houston?
- Houston pays more: the median is $53,020 in El Paso and $67,750 in Houston, a 22% difference.
- How does El Paso pay compare with the rest of Texas?
- The El Paso median of $53,020 is 15% less than the Texas median of $62,630.
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 21340 (El Paso, TX). 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 (89.9, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures