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Millwrights · SOC 49-9044

Millwrights Salary in the Milwaukee Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI metro area

Figures describe the Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not Milwaukee city limits.

Median annual wage$84,850
Median hourly wage$40.79

Millwrights in the Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI metro area earned a median of $84,850 per year ($40.79 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $60,930 at the 10th percentile to $96,550 at the 90th. BLS estimates 210 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Millwrights in the Milwaukee metro area earn more than $84,850 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $73,850 and $89,560.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$60,930$73,850$84,850$89,560$96,550
Hourly$29.29$35.51$40.79$43.06$46.42

A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.

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How this area compares

  • Milwaukee metro areathis metro area
    $84,850
  • Wisconsinstate (WI)
    $82,630
  • United Statesnational
    $65,700

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

The median here is +3% vs Wisconsin overall and +29% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Where this metro sits nationally

$45,760$68,337$90,913$113,490Lynchburg, VA — $45,760Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $48,360Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $48,410Jackson, MS — $48,470Richmond, VA — $48,890Modesto, CA — $49,810Fort Smith, AR-OK — $50,040Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $50,590Dothan, AL — $50,630El Paso, TX — $53,020Monroe, LA — $53,290Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $53,330Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $55,430Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $56,920Waco, TX — $57,070Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $57,380Greenville, NC — $57,590Youngstown-Warren, OH — $58,800Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $58,930Mobile, AL — $59,130San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $59,400Redding, CA — $59,580Jackson, TN — $59,670Columbus, GA-AL — $59,680Cape Girardeau, MO-IL — $60,260Rochester, NY — $60,720Birmingham, AL — $60,830Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $60,880Savannah, GA — $60,890Cedar Rapids, IA — $60,900Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $61,260Erie, PA — $61,260Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $61,320Spartanburg, SC — $61,340Tuscaloosa, AL — $61,380Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $61,410Pittsburgh, PA — $61,440Decatur, AL — $61,670Lancaster, PA — $61,790Knoxville, TN — $61,820Peoria, IL — $61,870Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $62,080Florence, SC — $62,140Sioux City, IA-NE-SD — $62,450Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $62,520Reading, PA — $62,580Chattanooga, TN-GA — $62,850Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $62,860Omaha, NE-IA — $62,960Albany, OR — $63,060Decatur, IL — $63,190New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $63,730Corpus Christi, TX — $63,890Canton-Massillon, OH — $63,920Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $63,950Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $63,950Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $64,070Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $64,090Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $64,160Sherman-Denison, TX — $64,240Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $64,420Fargo, ND-MN — $64,530York-Hanover, PA — $64,530Boise City, ID — $64,710Reno, NV — $64,750Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $64,810Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $65,200Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $65,220Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $65,350Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $65,360Jacksonville, FL — $65,420Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $65,500Winston-Salem, NC — $65,790Greensboro-High Point, NC — $65,830Lexington-Fayette, KY — $66,240Coeur d'Alene, ID — $66,460St. Louis, MO-IL — $66,480Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $66,510Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $66,560Rockford, IL — $66,560Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $67,750South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $67,750Sandusky, OH — $67,920Huntsville, AL — $69,510Shreveport-Bossier City, LA — $69,720Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $69,880Columbus, OH — $69,920Bellingham, WA — $70,350Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $70,540Glens Falls, NY — $71,520Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN — $72,450Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $72,740Worcester, MA — $72,840Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $73,540Lebanon, PA — $74,190Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $74,730Cleveland, OH — $74,800Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $74,940Longview-Kelso, WA — $74,940Oshkosh-Neenah, WI — $75,610Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $75,650Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $76,200Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $76,300Baton Rouge, LA — $76,610Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $77,120Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $77,160Bowling Green, KY — $77,480Akron, OH — $77,570Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $77,810Duluth, MN-WI — $77,890Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $79,340Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $79,420Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $79,840Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA — $80,080Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $80,840Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $82,310Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $82,470Lima, OH — $82,640Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $82,840Wichita, KS — $82,890Toledo, OH — $83,280Wausau, WI — $83,480Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $83,600Monroe, MI — $83,970Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $84,590Appleton, WI — $84,740Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $84,850Green Bay, WI — $84,880Ann Arbor, MI — $90,320Madison, WI — $90,750Saginaw, MI — $91,010Topeka, KS — $91,170Kansas City, MO-KS — $91,380Fort Wayne, IN — $91,410Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $91,850New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $93,070Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $99,250Kennewick-Richland, WA — $107,700San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $113,490

Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.

The Milwaukee metro area has the 13th-highest published median for this occupation among the 139 metro areas where BLS publishes it. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Other metro areas in Wisconsin

Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for millwrights, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.

  • Milwaukee metro areathis page
    $84,850
  • Madison metro area
    $90,750
  • Green Bay metro area
    $84,880
  • Appleton metro area
    $84,740
  • Wausau metro area
    $83,480
  • Oshkosh metro area
    $75,610

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

Keep exploring

Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:

Maintenance and Repair Workers, General$56,320Industrial Machinery Mechanics$72,680Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics$62,530First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers$85,200Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers$62,930Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists$62,920

Highest-paying metro areas for millwrightss · Highest-paying occupations in Milwaukee Metro

About this estimate

These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.

Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.