Skilled Wages

Millwright salary in Minnesota

Median $37.77 an hour for 480 millwrights, May 2025, with the union scale by county, the job trend since 1999 and the state's own outlook.

$37.77/hrMedian hourly wageMinnesota, May data
$78,570/yrMedian annual payfull-time equivalent
$28.12 – $44.5410th to 90th percentilehourly range
480Jobs countedemployer survey

Data compiled by Skilled WagesBLS OEWS May 2025; prevailing wage as of 2026-11-13

Millwright pay in Minnesota: the full range

Wage percentiles, MinnesotaMarket wage, 10th-90th pctU.S. reference$20$30$40$50/hrMinnesota: 10th $28.12 · 25th $31.46 · median $37.77 · 75th $41.36 · 90th $44.54Minnesota$37.77$28.12$44.54United States: 10th $22.25 · 25th $27.11 · median $31.59 · 75th $39.18 · 90th $45.00United States$31.59
Hourly wage percentiles for millwrights: Minnesota vs United States, May 2025.

Minnesota ranks 8th of 48 states for median millwright pay, and 7th once adjusted for cost of living (the cost-of-living-adjusted median is $38.31). 480 millwrights work in the state. The top 10% earn 1.6× what the bottom 10% earn.

Career stage (approximate)HourlyAnnualWhere it sits in the distribution
Apprentice / entry level$28.12 – $31.46$58,500 – $65,430roughly the 10th to 25th percentile
Journeyman$31.46 – $41.36$65,430 – $86,020the middle half, around the median
Master, foreman or specialist$41.36 – $44.54$86,020 – $92,640the 75th to 90th percentile and above

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Millwright pay by metro in Minnesota

Ranked median wages$0$10$20$30$40/hrMinneapolis: $38.14Minneapolis$38.14Duluth: $37.45Duluth$37.45Fargo: $31.02Fargo$31.02Sioux Falls: $30.81Sioux Falls$30.81
Median hourly wage for millwrights by metro area in Minnesota, May 2025.
Metro10thMedian $/hrCost-of-living adjusted90thJobsvs state
Minneapolis$30.82$38.14$36.39$44.542801% above
Duluth$28.17$37.45$42.17$44.31401% below
Fargo$24.22$31.02$34.13$35.864018% below
Sioux Falls$25.32$30.81$34.01$36.576018% below

Cost-of-living adjusted: median divided by the BEA regional price parity for the metro (2024, US = 100).

Millwright wages in Minnesota over time

Minnesota, 1999-2025MinnesotaUnited StatesSOC 2010SOC 2018 / Method changeExact wages$10$20$30$40200020052010201520202025$37.77Minnesota$31.59United States
Median hourly wage for millwrights, Minnesota vs United States, 1999–2025, nominal dollars.
Table
YearMinnesota $/hrIn 2025 $US $/hrJobs
1999$21.67$41.88$18.761,960
2000$22.76$42.55$19.332,000
2001$21.84$39.70$20.181,630
2002$22.69$40.61$20.191,360
2003$21.47$37.57$20.381,160
2004$23.32$39.74$21.02670
2005$24.04$39.63$21.53880
2006$25.03$39.97$21.941,060
2007$26.77$41.57$22.161,200
2008$26.47$39.58$22.871,370
2009$26.66$40.01$23.141,070
2010$26.23$38.73$23.251,110
2011$27.74$39.70$23.691,070
2012$29.07$40.76$23.801,010
2013$28.81$39.81$24.05680
2014$26.88$36.55$24.26660
2015$24.18$32.84$24.71890
2016$22.19$29.77$25.21930
2017$22.60$29.68$25.95910
2018$23.51$30.14$26.47880
2019$26.74$33.67$26.711,090
2020$29.58$36.80$27.531,120
2021$29.02$34.48$29.00680
2022$30.78$33.86$29.29810
2023$30.70$32.44$30.28600
2024$33.42$34.30$31.33470
2025$37.77$37.77$31.59480

In today's dollars, the median millwright wage in Minnesota changed by +15.0% over the last ten years of data and by +12.2% since 2019.

Are there more millwright jobs in Minnesota?

0.2Jobs per 1,000 in the stateconcentration 0.6× the US share, 33rd of 47 states

BLS counted 480 millwrights in Minnesota in May 2025, an estimate with a relative standard error of 40%. With fewer than 3,000 jobs or a wide margin of error, year-to-year changes are within the survey's noise and are not shown as a trend.

Outlook for millwrights in Minnesota

+3.5%Projected growth in Minnesota2024–2034, state agency
40Openings per yeargrowth plus replacements
460Jobs in 2024480 projected for 2034
+0.9%US projected growth2025-35, BLS, for comparison

Minnesota's labor market agency projects the number of millwrights in the state to change by +3.5% between 2024 and 2034, from 460 to 480, with about 40 openings a year. Nationally, BLS projects +0.9% over 2025-35. State counts include the self-employed and use a different base year, so they do not match the 480 counted by the BLS employer survey.

Source: Minnesota labor market information agency via Projections Central, 2024–2034 long-term projections (state projections page).

Union scale and prevailing wage for millwrights in Minnesota

On federally funded construction in Minnesota, contractors must pay millwrights at least the Davis-Bacon rate for the county. 0 of the 87 counties with a Building rate use a union contract rate (typical package — an hour including fringe); the rest use a survey rate (typical $83.96). The market median for the state is $37.77.

Union contract rateSurvey rate
Union / prevailing package, $/hr, MNAitkin: $75.98 (survey)Anoka: $83.96 (survey)Becker: $64.51 (survey)Beltrami: $64.51 (survey)Benton: $83.96 (survey)Big Stone: $83.96 (survey)Blue Earth: $83.96 (survey)Brown: $83.96 (survey)Carlton: $64.51 (survey)Carver: $83.96 (survey)Cass: $64.51 (survey)Chippewa: $83.96 (survey)Chisago: $83.96 (survey)Clay: $75.98 (survey)Clearwater: $64.51 (survey)Cook: $64.51 (survey)Cottonwood: $83.96 (survey)Crow Wing: $75.98 (survey)Dakota: $83.96 (survey)Dodge: $83.96 (survey)Douglas: $83.96 (survey)Faribault: $83.96 (survey)Fillmore: $83.96 (survey)Freeborn: $83.96 (survey)Goodhue: $83.96 (survey)Grant: $64.41 (survey)Hennepin: $83.96 (survey)Houston: $29.16 (survey)Hubbard: $64.51 (survey)Isanti: $83.96 (survey)Itasca: $64.51 (survey)Jackson: $77.06 (survey)Kanabec: $83.96 (survey)Kandiyohi: $83.96 (survey)Kittson: $55.05 (survey)Koochiching: $64.51 (survey)Lac qui Parle: $83.96 (survey)Lake: $64.51 (survey)Lake of the Woods: $64.51 (survey)Le Sueur: $83.96 (survey)Lincoln: $73.51 (survey)Lyon: $73.51 (survey)McLeod: $83.96 (survey)Mahnomen: $64.51 (survey)Marshall: $64.51 (survey)Martin: $83.96 (survey)Meeker: $83.96 (survey)Mille Lacs: $83.96 (survey)Morrison: $83.96 (survey)Mower: $83.96 (survey)Murray: $77.06 (survey)Nicollet: $83.96 (survey)Nobles: $77.06 (survey)Norman: $64.51 (survey)Olmsted: $83.96 (survey)Otter Tail: $62.46 (survey)Pennington: $64.51 (survey)Pine: $77.06 (survey)Pipestone: $77.06 (survey)Polk: $64.51 (survey)Pope: $83.96 (survey)Ramsey: $83.96 (survey)Red Lake: $64.51 (survey)Redwood: $83.96 (survey)Renville: $83.96 (survey)Rice: $83.96 (survey)Rock: $77.06 (survey)Roseau: $64.51 (survey)St. Louis: $64.51 (survey)Scott: $83.96 (survey)Sherburne: $83.96 (survey)Sibley: $83.96 (survey)Stearns: $83.96 (survey)Steele: $83.96 (survey)Stevens: $83.96 (survey)Swift: $83.96 (survey)Todd: $83.96 (survey)Traverse: $11.41 (survey)Wabasha: $83.96 (survey)Wadena: $64.51 (survey)Waseca: $83.96 (survey)Washington: $83.96 (survey)Watonwan: $83.96 (survey)Wilkin: $57.05 (survey)Winona: $83.96 (survey)Wright: $83.96 (survey)Yellow Medicine: $83.96 (survey)Union / prevailing package, $/hr$64.51$77.06survey rate
Davis-Bacon base + fringe for millwrights by county, Building construction. Hatched counties use a survey rate rather than a union contract.
Market median vs prevailing wage by countyMarket medianPrevailing (survey)$20$40$60$80$100/hrRock (Sioux Falls): market median $30.81, prevailing (survey) $77.06, gap +$46.25Rock (Sioux Falls)+$46.25Benton (Minnesota): market median $37.77, prevailing (survey) $83.96, gap +$46.19Benton (Minnesota)+$46.19Anoka (Minneapolis): market median $38.14, prevailing (survey) $83.96, gap +$45.82Anoka (Minneapolis)+$45.82Clay (Fargo): market median $31.02, prevailing (survey) $75.98, gap +$44.96Clay (Fargo)+$44.96Carlton (Duluth): market median $37.45, prevailing (survey) $64.51, gap +$27.06Carlton (Duluth)+$27.06
Market median (BLS metro wage) vs the Davis-Bacon package (base + fringe) for millwrights, metro counties in Minnesota.
CountyRate sourceBaseFringeTotalDetermination
Anokastate SAMN2025-001 2025-12-22$46.15$37.81$83.96MN20260028
Bentonstate SAMN2025-001 2025-12-22$46.15$37.81$83.96MN20260031
Big Stonestate SAMN2025-001 2025-12-22$46.15$37.81$83.96MN20260032
Blue Earthstate SAMN2025-001 2025-12-22$46.15$37.81$83.96MN20260033
Brownstate SAMN2025-001 2025-12-22$46.15$37.81$83.96MN20260034
Carverstate SAMN2025-001 2025-12-22$46.15$37.81$83.96MN20260036
Chippewastate SAMN2025-001 2025-12-22$46.15$37.81$83.96MN20260038
Chisagostate SAMN2025-001 2025-12-22$46.15$37.81$83.96MN20260039
Cottonwoodstate SAMN2025-001 2025-12-22$46.15$37.81$83.96MN20260043
Dakotastate SAMN2025-001 2025-12-22$46.15$37.81$83.96MN20260045
Dodgestate SAMN2025-001 2025-12-22$46.15$37.81$83.96MN20260046
Douglasstate SAMN2025-001 2025-12-22$46.15$37.81$83.96MN20260047
Faribaultstate SAMN2025-001 2025-12-22$46.15$37.81$83.96MN20260048
Fillmorestate SAMN2025-001 2025-12-22$46.15$37.81$83.96MN20260049
Freebornstate SAMN2025-001 2025-12-22$46.15$37.81$83.96MN20260050

Building construction type, current revisions as of 2026-11-13. Residential, Heavy and Highway rates differ; look them up on the Minnesota prevailing wage page. This is not the official wage determination.

Is construction work growing in Minnesota?

161.1kConstruction jobsMinnesota, 2026-09
+5.2%Change over 12 monthsseasonally unadjusted
Construction employment, 1990-20260k50k100k150k200k19901995200020052010201520202025161kSep 2026
Construction employment in Minnesota (thousands), construction supersector, BLS CES, not seasonally adjusted. Grey bands are recessions.

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Questions this page answers

How much do millwrights make in Minnesota?

The median millwright in Minnesota earned $37.77 an hour ($78,570 a year) in May 2025, 20% above the national median of $31.59. The middle half earn $31.46–$41.36; the top 10% earn more than $44.54.

Where does Minnesota rank for millwright pay?

Minnesota ranks 8th of 48 states for millwright pay, with a median of $37.77 an hour, and 7th after adjusting for Minnesota's cost of living (BEA price parity 98.6, US = 100).

What is the union millwright rate in Minnesota?

Davis-Bacon determinations do not list a millwright classification for most Minnesota counties, or the trade is not covered; the BLS wage figures above are the best available measure.

How many millwrights work in Minnesota?

BLS counted 480 millwrights in Minnesota in May 2025, 0.2 per 1,000 jobs (location quotient 0.63; 1.0 is the national average concentration).

Is millwright work growing in Minnesota?

Minnesota's labor market agency projects +3.5% growth for millwrights between 2024 and 2034, from 460 to 480 jobs.

How many millwright openings a year are there in Minnesota?

Minnesota projects about 40 openings a year for millwrights over 2024–2034, counting both new positions and replacements for people who retire or change occupation. Nationally BLS projects about 3,200 a year.

Sources and notes

  • BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025, Minnesota and metro areas, SOC 49-9044. Job counts are survey estimates and exclude the self-employed.
  • BLS Current Employment Statistics, state construction employment through 2026-09.
  • BLS Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2025 annual averages.
  • BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024 (cost-of-living adjustment).
  • SAM.gov Davis-Bacon wage determinations, current revisions as of 2026-11-13. Not the official determination.
  • BLS Employment Projections, national, 2025-35.
  • State projection: Minnesota labor market information agency via Projections Central, 2024–2034, fetched 2026-10-05.