Millwrights

Detailed Occupation

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2022 Workforce

49.4k

Average Age

44.6

Estimated Job Growth

3.09%

10-year projection

Average Salary

$77,004

Average Male Salary

$77,382

Average Female Salary

$58,218

About

Millwrights are most often employed by the Construction industry. The average yearly wage for Millwrights was $77,004 in 2022.

The locations that employ the most Millwrights are Porter County PUMA, IN, Cook, Lake & St. Louis (North) Counties PUMA, MN, and Outagamie County PUMA, WI. The locations with a relatively high concentration of Millwrights are Cook, Lake & St. Louis (North) Counties PUMA, MN, Porter County PUMA, IN, and Benton County & Linn County (South)--Corvallis & Harrisburg Cities PUMA, OR.

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Employment and salary information for the Millwrights workforce. Millwrights workforce in 2022 was 49,429 people, of which 1.97% were women and 98% were men. Millwrights are paid most in Wood County PUMA, OH but are relatively concentrated in Cook, Lake & St. Louis (North) Counties PUMA, MN.

Employment Over Time

Metric

Grouping

48,454

Male Workforce

± 5.4k

975

Female Workforce

± 767

The Millwrights workforce in 2022 was 49,429 people (1.97% women and 98% men). This implies an average annual growth of 8.51% between 2014 (45,551) and 2022 (49,429).

Employment by Location

Level

Metric

This map shows the states in the United States shaded by average wage for Millwrights.

During 2022, the states that concentrated the best average annual wage were Alaska ($109,917), Indiana ($99,070), and Michigan ($91,908).

Yearly Wage Ranking

$77,004

AVERAGE WAGE

#145 in the ranking (2022)

$64,683

NATIONAL AVERAGE WAGE

For all occupations across the US

In 2022, Millwrights earned an average of $77,004, $12,321 more than the average national salary of $64,683

The graph shows the ranking of Millwrights in relation to all Detailed Occupation in 2022.

Wage Distribution

Gender

0.28

WAGE GINI

In 2022, Millwrights had a wage GINI coefficient of 0.28, which is lower than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly for Millwrights (shown in red) than for the overall labor force (shown in gray).

The graphic shows the distribution of average salaries by buckets for Millwrights compared to the entire workforce in the country.

Industry

Information on the industries that employ Millwrights and on wages for those in the field. Construction is the industry that employs the most Millwrights, both by share and by number, though the highest paid industry for Millwrights, by average wage, is Logging ($127,014).

Occupations by Industries

Metric

Value

49.4k

2022 Workforce

± 5,458

4.71%

1 YEAR GROWTH

± 15.1%

This graphic shows the share of Millwrights employed by various industries. Construction employs the largest share of Millwrights at 64.4%, followed by Iron & steel mills & steel product manufacturing with 17.9% and Pulp, paper, & paperboard mills with 17.7%.

Diversity

Demographic information on Millwrights in the US. The workforce of Millwrights in 2022 was 49,429 people, with 1.97% woman, and 98% men. The average age of male Millwrights in the workforce is 44.7 and of female Millwrights is 41.8, and the most common race/ethnicity for Millwrights is White.

Gender and Age

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The workforce of Millwrights in 2022 was 49,429 people, with 1.97% woman, and 98% men.

The age ranges that concentrated the largest workforce were 50 to 54 years (7,187 people), 55 to 59 years (6,647 people), and 25 to 29 years (5,486 people). Among them they concentrated 39.3% of the total workforce.

Ethnicity

Gender

In 2022, 7.78% of Millwrights workers were Hispanic and 92.2% non-Hispanic.

The treemap shows the distribution of Hispanic workers according to their origin, highlighting Mexican (78.5%), All Other Spanish/Hispanic/Latino (12)%, and Spaniard (9.59)%

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Races

In 2022, 86.5% of the Millwrights workforce were White, of which 2.06% were women and 97.9% men. Other races that concentrated a significant number of workers were Two or More Races (5.3%) and Black (4.17%).

Education & Skills

Data on higher education choices for Millwrights from The Department of Education and Census Bureau. The most common major for Millwrights is Business but the most specialized major according to RCA in 2022 were Mechanical Technologies.

Among the necessary skills for Millwrights, Operations Monitoring stands, but the revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Millwrights need more than the average amount of Installation.

Majors

ACS PUMS data only shows the major for bachelor's degrees. However, we can filter the data based on highest degree obtained.

Type of Majors

Degree

The most common majors achieved by Millwrights in 2022 (counting all academic degrees) were Business (586 people), Engineering (548 people), and Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services (157 people).

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Education Levels

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The main educational levels achieved by the Millwrights workers were High School or Equivalent (21,864 people), Some college (15,043 people), and Associates Degree (6,576 people).

The graphic shows the Millwrights workforce by gender and educational level.

Skills

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Value

Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for Millwrights from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Millwrights need many skills, but most especially Operations Monitoring, Equipment Maintenance, Troubleshooting.

Projections

Projections on job growth for Millwrights from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The 10-year national workforce is projected to grow 2.84%, but Millwrights are expected to see a growth of 3.09% over the same period. This occupation is expected to grow more than the national average.

Job Growth

3.09%

Estimated Job Growth

10-year Projection

2.84%

National Growth

10-year Projection

This line chart shows the projected 10-year growth in the number of jobs for Millwrights. This profession is expected to grow more than than 2.84%, the average rate of national job growth.