How much do millwrights make an hour in Mount Vernon, WA?

The median hourly wage is $38.50. The middle half earn between $35.28 and $38.50 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)

What do apprentice millwrights make in Mount Vernon, WA?

BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $30.69 an hour ($63,840 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $35.28.

How much does a journeyman millwright make in Mount Vernon, WA?

BLS doesn't report pay by license level, but the median, $80,080 a year ($38.50 an hour), is a fair estimate of typical journeyman pay. Master-level and top earners are closer to the 75th to 90th percentiles, $80,080–$80,080.

Do millwrights make more in Mount Vernon or Kennewick?

Kennewick pays more: the median is $80,080 in Mount Vernon and $107,700 in Kennewick, a 26% difference.

How does Mount Vernon pay compare with the rest of Washington?

The Mount Vernon median of $80,080 is 5% more than the Washington median of $76,490.

Millwright salary in Mount Vernon, WA

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Millwrights in the Mount Vernon–Anacortes, WA area earn a median of $80,080 a year, or $38.50 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The highest-paid 10% make over $80,080 a year. Statewide, millwrights earn a median of $76,490; Mount Vernon is 5% above it.

Median yearly pay$80,080

Bottom 10% under$63,840Top 10% over$80,080

Apprentice starting pay (estimate): $30.69/hr
Jobs in this area: 70
After cost of living: $78,170
Median hourly pay: $38.50/hr
vs U.S. median: +22%
vs Washington median: +5%

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 34580, Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA). 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	$63,840–$73,380$30.69–$35.28/hr
Journeyman	$80,080$38.50/hr
Top earners	$80,080–$80,080$38.50–$38.50/hr

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

How Mount Vernon, WA compares

Mount Vernon ranks 3rd of 7 Washington metro areas for millwright pay.
Millwrights are more concentrated in the Mount Vernon area than nationally: 1.3 of every 1,000 jobs, 4.9 times the U.S. share.
The 90th-percentile wage, $80,080, is 1.3 times the 10th-percentile wage, $63,840: a measure of how much pay rises with experience and specialty.

Other Washington metro areas

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Questions

How much do millwrights make in Mount Vernon, WA?: Millwrights in the Mount Vernon–Anacortes, WA area earn a median of $80,080 a year, or $38.50 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The highest-paid 10% make over $80,080 a year.
How much do millwrights make an hour in Mount Vernon, WA?: The median hourly wage is $38.50. The middle half earn between $35.28 and $38.50 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)
What do apprentice millwrights make in Mount Vernon, WA?: BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $30.69 an hour ($63,840 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $35.28.
How much does a journeyman millwright make in Mount Vernon, WA?: BLS doesn't report pay by license level, but the median, $80,080 a year ($38.50 an hour), is a fair estimate of typical journeyman pay. Master-level and top earners are closer to the 75th to 90th percentiles, $80,080–$80,080.
Do millwrights make more in Mount Vernon or Kennewick?: Kennewick pays more: the median is $80,080 in Mount Vernon and $107,700 in Kennewick, a 26% difference.
How does Mount Vernon pay compare with the rest of Washington?: The Mount Vernon median of $80,080 is 5% more than the Washington median of $76,490.

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 34580 (Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA). 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 (102.4, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures