Millwrights
Detailed Occupation
Add ComparisonMillwrights are most often employed by the Construction industry. The average yearly wage for Millwrights was $83,472 in 2024.
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 Kisatchie Delta Regional Planning & Development District 1 PUMA, LA.
Employment and salary information for the Millwrights workforce. Millwrights workforce in 2024 was 47,514 people, of which 1.76% were women and 98.2% were men. Millwrights are paid most in Capital Region Planning Commission 5--Ascension Parish PUMA, LA but are relatively concentrated in Cook, Lake & St. Louis (North) Counties PUMA, MN.
The Millwrights workforce in 2024 was 47,514 people (1.76% women and 98.2% men). This implies an average annual growth of 4.31% between 2014 (45,551) and 2024 (47,514).
In 2024, Millwrights earned an average of $83,472, $13,595 more than the average national salary of $69,878
The graph shows the ranking of Millwrights in relation to all Detailed Occupation in 2014.
In 2024, Millwrights had a wage GINI coefficient of 0.275, which is lower than the national average of 0.474. 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.
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 Paperboard container manufacturing ($164,247).
This graphic shows the share of Millwrights employed by various industries. Construction employs the largest share of Millwrights at 56.6%, followed by Iron & steel mills & steel product manufacturing with 14.7% and Pulp, paper, & paperboard mills with 14.6%.
Demographic information on Millwrights in the US. The workforce of Millwrights in 2024 was 47,514 people, with 1.76% woman, and 98.2% men. The average age of male Millwrights in the workforce is 44.8 and of female Millwrights is 42.1, and the most common race/ethnicity for Millwrights is White.
The workforce of Millwrights in 2024 was 47,514 people, with 1.76% woman, and 98.2% men.
The age ranges that concentrated the largest workforce were 50 to 54 years (6,076 people), 55 to 59 years (5,752 people), and 45 to 49 years (5,391 people). Among them they concentrated 36.4% of the total workforce.
In 2024, 8.65% of Millwrights workers were Hispanic and 91.3% non-Hispanic.
The treemap shows the distribution of Hispanic workers according to their origin, highlighting Mexican (78.6%), Spaniard (9.22)%, and All Other Spanish/Hispanic/Latino (5.16)%
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In 2024, 86.2% of the Millwrights workforce were White, of which 1.64% were women and 98.4% men. Other races that concentrated a significant number of workers were Two or More Races (6.32%) and Other (3.34%).
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 2024 were Mechanical Technologies.
Among the necessary skills for Millwrights, Equipment Maintenance stands, but the revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Millwrights need more than the average amount of Installation.
The most common majors achieved by Millwrights in 2024 (counting all academic degrees) were Business (501 people), Engineering (233 people), and Visual & Performing Arts (117 people).
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The main educational levels achieved by the Millwrights workers were High School or Equivalent (21,770 people), Some college (14,270 people), and Associates Degree (6,749 people).
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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 Equipment Maintenance, Operations Monitoring, Troubleshooting.
Projections on job growth for Millwrights from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The 10-year national workforce is projected to grow 3.07%, but Millwrights are expected to see a growth of 0% over the same period. This occupation is expected to grow less than the national average.
This line chart shows the projected 10-year growth in the number of jobs for Millwrights. This profession is expected to grow less than than 3.07%, the average rate of national job growth.
