How much do millwrights make an hour in Oshkosh, WI?

The median hourly wage is $36.35. The middle half earn between $36.00 and $43.89 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)

What do apprentice millwrights make in Oshkosh, WI?

BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $30.24 an hour ($62,900 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $36.00.

How much does a journeyman millwright make in Oshkosh, WI?

BLS doesn't report pay by license level, but the median, $75,610 a year ($36.35 an hour), is a fair estimate of typical journeyman pay. Master-level and top earners are closer to the 75th to 90th percentiles, $91,290–$92,930.

Do millwrights make more in Oshkosh or Green Bay?

Green Bay pays more: the median is $75,610 in Oshkosh and $84,880 in Green Bay, a 11% difference.

How does Oshkosh pay compare with the rest of Wisconsin?

The Oshkosh median of $75,610 is 8% less than the Wisconsin median of $82,630.

Millwright salary in Oshkosh, WI

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Millwrights in the Oshkosh–Neenah, WI area earn a median of $75,610 a year, or $36.35 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The top 10% earn more than $92,930. Across all of Wisconsin, the median is $82,630, so Oshkosh pays 8% less than the state as a whole.

Median yearly pay$75,610

Bottom 10% under$62,900Top 10% over$92,930

Apprentice starting pay (estimate): $30.24/hr
Jobs in this area: 80
After cost of living: $81,360
Median hourly pay: $36.35/hr
vs U.S. median: +15%
vs Wisconsin median: −8%

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 36780, Oshkosh-Neenah, WI). 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	$62,900–$74,890$30.24–$36.00/hr
Journeyman	$75,610$36.35/hr
Top earners	$91,290–$92,930$43.89–$44.68/hr

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

How Oshkosh, WI compares

Oshkosh has the lowest millwright median of the 8 Wisconsin metro areas with published pay.
Millwrights are more concentrated in the Oshkosh area than nationally: 0.8 of every 1,000 jobs, 3.1 times the U.S. share.
The 90th-percentile wage, $92,930, is 1.5 times the 10th-percentile wage, $62,900: a measure of how much pay rises with experience and specialty.

Other Wisconsin metro areas

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Questions

How much do millwrights make in Oshkosh, WI?: Millwrights in the Oshkosh–Neenah, WI area earn a median of $75,610 a year, or $36.35 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The top 10% earn more than $92,930.
How much do millwrights make an hour in Oshkosh, WI?: The median hourly wage is $36.35. The middle half earn between $36.00 and $43.89 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)
What do apprentice millwrights make in Oshkosh, WI?: BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $30.24 an hour ($62,900 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $36.00.
How much does a journeyman millwright make in Oshkosh, WI?: BLS doesn't report pay by license level, but the median, $75,610 a year ($36.35 an hour), is a fair estimate of typical journeyman pay. Master-level and top earners are closer to the 75th to 90th percentiles, $91,290–$92,930.
Do millwrights make more in Oshkosh or Green Bay?: Green Bay pays more: the median is $75,610 in Oshkosh and $84,880 in Green Bay, a 11% difference.
How does Oshkosh pay compare with the rest of Wisconsin?: The Oshkosh median of $75,610 is 8% less than the Wisconsin median of $82,630.

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 36780 (Oshkosh-Neenah, WI). 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 (92.9, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures