Millwright salary in Houston, TX
Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025
Millwrights in the Houston–Pasadena–The Woodlands, TX area earn a median of $67,750 a year, or $32.57 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The top 10% earn more than $103,510. Across all of Texas, the median is $62,630, so Houston pays 8% more than the state as a whole.
- Apprentice starting pay (estimate)
- $22.19/hr
- Jobs in this area
- 820
- After cost of living
- $68,690
- Median hourly pay
- $32.57/hr
- vs U.S. median
- +3%
- vs Texas median
- +8%
Apprentice, journeyman and top millwright pay
| Stage | Yearly pay | Hourly pay |
|---|---|---|
| Apprentice | $46,160–$58,540$22.19–$28.15/hr | |
| Journeyman | $67,750$32.57/hr | |
| Top earners | $86,610–$103,510$41.64–$49.77/hr |
Estimated from BLS percentiles (10th–25th, median, 75th–90th); BLS does not report pay by license level.
How Houston, TX compares
- Houston has the highest millwright median of the 8 Texas metro areas with published pay.
- Millwrights hold about the same share of jobs in the Houston area as nationally: 0.2 of every 1,000 jobs.
- The 90th-percentile wage, $103,510, is 2.2 times the 10th-percentile wage, $46,160: a measure of how much pay rises with experience and specialty.
Other Texas metro areas
Other trades in Houston, TX
Questions
- How much do millwrights make in Houston, TX?
- Millwrights in the Houston–Pasadena–The Woodlands, TX area earn a median of $67,750 a year, or $32.57 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The top 10% earn more than $103,510.
- How much do millwrights make an hour in Houston, TX?
- The median hourly wage is $32.57. The middle half earn between $28.15 and $41.64 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)
- What do apprentice millwrights make in Houston, TX?
- BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $22.19 an hour ($46,160 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $28.15.
- How much does a journeyman millwright make in Houston, TX?
- BLS doesn't report pay by license level, but the median, $67,750 a year ($32.57 an hour), is a fair estimate of typical journeyman pay. Master-level and top earners are closer to the 75th to 90th percentiles, $86,610–$103,510.
- Do millwrights make more in Houston or Dallas?
- Houston pays more: the median is $67,750 in Houston and $65,500 in Dallas, a 3% difference.
- How does Houston pay compare with the rest of Texas?
- The Houston median of $67,750 is 8% more 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 26420 (Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, 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 (98.6, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures