Millwrights

Detailed Occupation

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2023 Workforce
48.7k
Average Age
44.9
Estimated Job Growth
4.73%
10-year projection
Average Salary
$80,405
Average Male Salary
$80,717
Average Female Salary
$62,247

About

Millwrights are most often employed by the Construction industry. The average yearly wage for Millwrights was $80,405 in 2023.

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 Jefferson & Lewis Counties PUMA, NY.

Employment

Employment and salary information for the Millwrights workforce. Millwrights workforce in 2023 was 48,736 people, of which 1.69% were women and 98.3% were men. Millwrights are paid most in Yamhill County PUMA, OR but are relatively concentrated in Cook, Lake & St. Louis (North) Counties PUMA, MN.

Employment Over Time

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Grouping
47,913
Male Workforce
± 5.37k
823
Female Workforce
± 704

The Millwrights workforce in 2023 was 48,736 people (1.69% women and 98.3% men). This implies an average annual growth of 6.99% between 2014 (45,551) and 2023 (48,736).

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Employment by Location

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During 2023, the states that concentrated the best average annual wage were Connecticut ($114,189), Maryland ($110,384), and Utah ($103,494).

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Yearly Wage Ranking

$80,405
AVERAGE WAGE
#144 in the ranking (2023)
$67,727
NATIONAL AVERAGE WAGE
For all occupations across the US

In 2023, Millwrights earned an average of $80,405, $12,678 more than the average national salary of $67,727

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Wage Distribution

Gender
0.282
WAGE GINI

In 2023, Millwrights had a wage GINI coefficient of 0.282, which is lower than the national average of 0.476. 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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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 Paperboard container manufacturing ($132,062).

Occupations by Industries

Metric
Value
48.7k
2023 Workforce
± 5,419
−1.43%
1 YEAR GROWTH
± 15.9%

This graphic shows the share of Millwrights employed by various industries. Construction employs the largest share of Millwrights at 56.3%, followed by Iron & steel mills & steel product manufacturing with 15.1% and Pulp, paper, & paperboard mills with 14.4%.

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Diversity

Demographic information on Millwrights in the US. The workforce of Millwrights in 2023 was 48,736 people, with 1.69% woman, and 98.3% men. The average age of male Millwrights in the workforce is 44.9 and of female Millwrights is 43.2, and the most common race/ethnicity for Millwrights is White.

Gender and Age

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The workforce of Millwrights in 2023 was 48,736 people, with 1.69% woman, and 98.3% men.

The age ranges that concentrated the largest workforce were 50 to 54 years (6,865 people), 55 to 59 years (6,185  people), and 60 to 64 years (5,727 people). Among them they concentrated 38.7% of the total workforce.

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Ethnicity

Gender

In 2023, 8.26% of Millwrights workers were Hispanic and 91.7% non-Hispanic.

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Races

In 2023, 86.6% of the Millwrights workforce were White, of which 1.65% were women and 98.4% men. Other races that concentrated a significant number of workers were Two or More Races (5.82%) and Other (3.22%).

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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 2023 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.

Majors

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Type of Majors
Degree

The most common majors achieved by Millwrights in 2023 (counting all academic degrees) were Business (521 people), Engineering (436 people), and Visual & Performing Arts (132 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 (22,430 people), Some college (14,738 people), and Associates Degree (6,365 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 Equipment Maintenance, Operations Monitoring, Troubleshooting.

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Projections

Projections on job growth for Millwrights from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The 10-year national workforce is projected to grow 4.02%, but Millwrights are expected to see a growth of 4.73% over the same period. This occupation is expected to grow more than the national average.

Job Growth

4.73%
Estimated Job Growth
10-year Projection
4.02%
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 4.02%, the average rate of national job growth.

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