Millwrights

Detailed Occupation

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2021 Workforce
47.2k
Average Age
45
Estimated Job Growth
6.98%
10-year projection
Average Salary
$70,780
Average Male Salary
$70,901
Average Female Salary
$64,441

About

Millwrights are most often employed by the Construction industry. The average yearly wage for Millwrights was $70,780 in 2021.

The locations that employ the most Millwrights are Hibbing & Cloquet Cities PUMA, MN, Porter County PUMA, IN, and Linn & Benton Counties PUMA, OR. The locations with a relatively high concentration of Millwrights are Hibbing & Cloquet Cities PUMA, MN, Porter County PUMA, IN, and Decatur City PUMA, IL.

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Employment and salary information for the Millwrights workforce. Millwrights workforce in 2021 was 47,183 people, of which 1.87% were women and 98.1% were men. Millwrights are paid most in Gary City & Griffith Town PUMA, IN but are relatively concentrated in Hibbing & Cloquet Cities PUMA, MN.

Employment Over Time

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Grouping
46,300
Male Workforce
± 5.28k
883
Female Workforce
± 730

The Millwrights workforce in 2021 was 47,183 people (1.87% women and 98.1% men). This implies an average annual growth of 3.6% between 2014 (45,543) and 2021 (47,183).

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Employment by Location

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During 2021, the states that concentrated the best average annual wage were Alaska ($119,663), Indiana ($89,609), and Michigan ($85,193).

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Yearly Wage Ranking

$70,780
AVERAGE WAGE
#149 in the ranking (2021)
$59,596
NATIONAL AVERAGE WAGE
For all occupations across the US

In 2021, Millwrights earned an average of $70,780, $11,185 more than the average national salary of $59,596

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Wage Distribution

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0.275
WAGE GINI

In 2021, Millwrights had a wage GINI coefficient of 0.275, 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).

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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 ($197,226).

Occupations by Industries

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Value
47.2k
2021 Workforce
± 5,332
8.25%
1 YEAR GROWTH
± 15.1%

This graphic shows the share of Millwrights employed by various industries. Construction employs the largest share of Millwrights at 64.7%, followed by Iron & steel mills & steel product manufacturing with 17.8% and Pulp, paper, & paperboard mills with 17.5%.

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Demographic information on Millwrights in the US. The workforce of Millwrights in 2021 was 47,183 people, with 1.87% woman, and 98.1% men. The average age of male Millwrights in the workforce is 45 and of female Millwrights is 44.6, and the most common race/ethnicity for Millwrights is White.

Gender and Age

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The workforce of Millwrights in 2021 was 47,183 people, with 1.87% woman, and 98.1% men.

The age ranges that concentrated the largest workforce were 50 to 54 years (6,972 people), 55 to 59 years (6,782  people), and 45 to 49 years (5,636 people). Among them they concentrated 41.4% of the total workforce.

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Ethnicity

Gender

In 2021, 7.73% of Millwrights workers were Hispanic and 92.3% non-Hispanic.

The treemap shows the distribution of Hispanic workers according to their origin, highlighting Mexican (75%), All Other Spanish/Hispanic/Latino (15.1)%, and Spaniard (9.91)%

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Races

In 2021, 88.3% of the Millwrights workforce were White, of which 1.95% were women and 98.1% men. Other races that concentrated a significant number of workers were Two or More Races (4.24%) and Black (3.66%).

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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 2021 were Mechanical Technologies.

Among the necessary skills for Millwrights, Operation 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 2021 (counting all academic degrees) were Business (690 people), Engineering (548 people), and Protective Services (148 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 (20,905 people), Some college (14,156 people), and Associates Degree (6,169 people).

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Skills

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

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Projections on job growth for Millwrights from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The 10-year national workforce is projected to grow 3.71%, but Millwrights are expected to see a growth of 6.98% over the same period. This occupation is expected to grow more than the national average.

Job Growth

6.98%
Estimated Job Growth
10-year Projection
3.71%
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 3.71%, the average rate of national job growth.

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