Skilled Wages

Millwright salary in Pennsylvania

Median $30.96 an hour for 1,700 millwrights, May 2025, with the union scale by county, the job trend since 1999 and the state's own outlook.

$30.96/hrMedian hourly wagePennsylvania, May data
$64,410/yrMedian annual payfull-time equivalent
$23.43 – $48.9310th to 90th percentilehourly range
1,700Jobs countedemployer survey

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

Millwright pay in Pennsylvania: the full range

Wage percentiles, PennsylvaniaMarket wage, 10th-90th pctU.S. reference$20$30$40$50$60/hrPennsylvania: 10th $23.43 · 25th $28.26 · median $30.96 · 75th $37.85 · 90th $48.93Pennsylvania$30.96$23.43$48.93United States: 10th $22.25 · 25th $27.11 · median $31.59 · 75th $39.18 · 90th $45.00United States$31.59
Hourly wage percentiles for millwrights: Pennsylvania vs United States, May 2025.

Pennsylvania ranks 25th of 48 states for median millwright pay, and 33rd once adjusted for cost of living (the cost-of-living-adjusted median is $31.72). 1,700 millwrights work in the state. The top 10% earn 2.1× what the bottom 10% earn.

Career stage (approximate)HourlyAnnualWhere it sits in the distribution
Apprentice / entry level$23.43 – $28.26$48,740 – $58,780roughly the 10th to 25th percentile
Journeyman$28.26 – $37.85$58,780 – $78,720the middle half, around the median
Master, foreman or specialist$37.85 – $48.93$78,720 – $101,760the 75th to 90th percentile and above

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Millwright pay by metro in Pennsylvania

Ranked median wages$0$10$20$30$40/hrPhiladelphia: $37.08Philadelphia$37.08Lebanon: $35.67Lebanon$35.67Harrisburg: $31.16Harrisburg$31.16York: $31.03York$31.03Allentown: $30.74Allentown$30.74Reading: $30.09Reading$30.09Lancaster: $29.71Lancaster$29.71Pittsburgh: $29.54Pittsburgh$29.54Erie: $29.45Erie$29.45
Median hourly wage for millwrights by metro area in Pennsylvania, May 2025.
Metro10thMedian $/hrCost-of-living adjusted90thJobsvs state
Philadelphia$25.56$37.08$36.14$60.7351020% above
Lebanon$24.11$35.67$38.27$39.433015% above
Harrisburg$22.79$31.16$31.57$38.22401% above
York$25.58$31.03$32.32$43.3580about the same as
Allentown$24.60$30.74$30.74$39.441501% below
Reading$22.93$30.09$30.99$38.03703% below
Lancaster$23.77$29.71$30.22$37.291104% below
Pittsburgh$23.43$29.54$31.19$40.502005% below
Erie$18.60$29.45$32.36$32.16705% below

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

Millwright wages in Pennsylvania over time

Pennsylvania, 1999-2025PennsylvaniaUnited StatesSOC 2010SOC 2018 / Method changeExact wages$15$20$25$30$35200020052010201520202025$31.59United States$30.96Pennsylvania
Median hourly wage for millwrights, Pennsylvania vs United States, 1999–2025, nominal dollars.
Table
YearPennsylvania $/hrIn 2025 $US $/hrJobs
1999$16.76$32.39$18.763,780
2000$18.03$33.71$19.333,150
2001$18.39$33.43$20.182,950
2002$18.33$32.80$20.192,620
2003$17.79$31.13$20.382,510
2004$17.36$29.59$21.021,760
2005$18.79$30.97$21.532,120
2006$18.60$29.70$21.941,840
2007$19.13$29.70$22.161,850
2008$20.99$31.39$22.871,510
2009$21.44$32.17$23.141,730
2010$22.36$33.01$23.251,360
2011$23.26$33.29$23.691,330
2012$26.01$36.47$23.801,070
2013$25.23$34.87$24.051,020
2014$25.04$34.05$24.261,320
2015$24.39$33.13$24.711,570
2016$25.11$33.68$25.211,700
2017$25.00$32.84$25.951,850
2018$25.82$33.10$26.472,240
2019$26.59$33.48$26.712,390
2020$27.13$33.75$27.531,930
2021$28.83$34.25$29.001,460
2022$27.32$30.05$29.291,120
2023$30.15$31.86$30.281,300
2024$30.10$30.89$31.331,570
2025$30.96$30.96$31.591,700

In today's dollars, the median millwright wage in Pennsylvania changed by -6.5% over the last ten years of data and by -7.5% since 2019.

Are there more millwright jobs in Pennsylvania?

0.3Jobs per 1,000 in the stateconcentration 1.1× the US share, 27th of 47 states

BLS counted 1,700 millwrights in Pennsylvania in May 2025, an estimate with a relative standard error of 11%. 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 Pennsylvania

+3.6%Projected growth in Pennsylvania2024–2034, state agency
150Openings per yeargrowth plus replacements
1,560Jobs in 20241,620 projected for 2034
+0.9%US projected growth2025-35, BLS, for comparison

Pennsylvania's labor market agency projects the number of millwrights in the state to change by +3.6% between 2024 and 2034, from 1,560 to 1,620, with about 150 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 1,700 counted by the BLS employer survey.

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

Union scale and prevailing wage for millwrights in Pennsylvania

On federally funded construction in Pennsylvania, contractors must pay millwrights at least the Davis-Bacon rate for the county. 53 of the 55 counties with a Building rate use a union contract rate (typical package $75.29 an hour including fringe); the rest use a survey rate (typical $58.49). 1 of the 55 counties still use a survey rate dated 2014 or earlier (for example Lancaster County at $41.13). The market median for the state is $30.96.

Union contract rateSurvey rate
Union / prevailing package, $/hr, PAAdams: $70.50 (union)Allegheny: n/aArmstrong: $75.29 (union)Beaver: $75.29 (union)Bedford: $75.29 (union)Berks: n/aBlair: $75.29 (union)Bradford: n/aBucks: $96.01 (union)Butler: $75.29 (union)Cambria: $75.29 (union)Cameron: $75.29 (union)Carbon: $87.94 (union)Centre: $75.29 (union)Chester: $96.01 (union)Clarion: $75.29 (union)Clearfield: $75.29 (union)Clinton: $75.29 (union)Columbia: $70.50 (union)Crawford: $75.29 (union)Cumberland: $70.50 (union)Dauphin: $70.50 (union)Delaware: $96.01 (union)Elk: $75.29 (union)Erie: $75.29 (union)Fayette: $75.29 (union)Forest: $75.29 (union)Franklin: $70.50 (union)Fulton: $75.29 (union)Greene: $75.29 (union)Huntingdon: $75.29 (union)Indiana: $75.29 (union)Jefferson: $75.29 (union)Juniata: $70.50 (union)Lackawanna: n/aLancaster: $41.13 (survey)Lawrence: $75.29 (union)Lebanon: $70.50 (union)Lehigh: $87.94 (union)Luzerne: n/aLycoming: $70.50 (union)McKean: $75.29 (union)Mercer: $75.29 (union)Mifflin: $75.29 (union)Monroe: n/aMontgomery: $96.01 (union)Montour: $70.50 (union)Northampton: $87.94 (union)Northumberland: $70.50 (union)Perry: $70.50 (union)Philadelphia: $96.01 (union)Pike: n/aPotter: $75.29 (union)Schuylkill: $75.85 (survey)Snyder: $70.50 (union)Somerset: $75.29 (union)Sullivan: n/aSusquehanna: n/aTioga: n/aUnion: $70.50 (union)Venango: $75.29 (union)Warren: $75.29 (union)Washington: $75.29 (union)Wayne: n/aWestmoreland: $75.29 (union)Wyoming: n/aYork: $70.50 (union)Union / prevailing package, $/hr$70.50$75.29n/asurvey 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 (union)Prevailing (survey)$20$40$60$80$100$120/hrBucks (Philadelphia): market median $37.08, prevailing (union) $96.01, gap +$58.93Bucks (Philadelphia)+$58.93Carbon (Allentown): market median $30.74, prevailing (union) $87.94, gap +$57.20Carbon (Allentown)+$57.20Erie (Erie): market median $29.45, prevailing (union) $75.29, gap +$45.84Erie (Erie)+$45.84Armstrong (Pittsburgh): market median $29.54, prevailing (union) $75.29, gap +$45.75Armstrong (Pittsburgh)+$45.75Blair (Pennsylvania): market median $30.96, prevailing (union) $75.29, gap +$44.33Blair (Pennsylvania)+$44.33York (York): market median $31.03, prevailing (union) $70.50, gap +$39.47York (York)+$39.47Cumberland (Harrisburg): market median $31.16, prevailing (union) $70.50, gap +$39.34Cumberland (Harrisburg)+$39.34Lebanon (Lebanon): market median $35.67, prevailing (union) $70.50, gap +$34.83Lebanon (Lebanon)+$34.83Lancaster (Lancaster): market median $29.71, prevailing (survey) $41.13, gap +$11.42Lancaster (Lancaster)+$11.42
Market median (BLS metro wage) vs the Davis-Bacon package (base + fringe) for millwrights, metro counties in Pennsylvania.
CountyRate sourceBaseFringeTotalDetermination
BucksUnion CARP0219-005 2026-05-01$55.54$40.47$96.01PA20260078
ChesterUnion CARP0219-005 2026-05-01$55.54$40.47$96.01PA20260083
DelawareUnion CARP0219-005 2026-05-01$55.54$40.47$96.01PA20260087
MontgomeryUnion CARP0219-005 2026-05-01$55.54$40.47$96.01PA20260099
PhiladelphiaUnion CARP0219-005 2026-05-01$55.54$40.47$96.01PA20260003
CarbonUnion CARP0219-006 2025-05-01$51.22$36.72$87.94PA20260081
LehighUnion CARP0219-006 2025-05-01$51.22$36.72$87.94PA20260094
NorthamptonUnion CARP0219-006 2025-05-01$51.22$36.72$87.94PA20260101
Schuylkilluavg UAVGPA0015 2025-01-01$46.61$29.24$75.85PA20260063
ArmstrongUnion CARP0443-004 2026-06-01$49.00$26.29$75.29PA20260074
BeaverUnion CARP0443-004 2026-06-01$49.00$26.29$75.29PA20260075
BedfordUnion CARP0443-004 2026-06-01$49.00$26.29$75.29PA20260043
BlairUnion CARP0443-004 2026-06-01$49.00$26.29$75.29PA20260077
ButlerUnion CARP0443-004 2026-06-01$49.00$26.29$75.29PA20260079
CambriaUnion CARP0443-004 2026-06-01$49.00$26.29$75.29PA20260080

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

Is construction work growing in Pennsylvania?

272.0kConstruction jobsPennsylvania, 2026-09
-0.1%Change over 12 monthsseasonally unadjusted
Construction employment, 1990-2026150k200k250k300k19901995200020052010201520202025272kSep 2026
Construction employment in Pennsylvania (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 Pennsylvania?

The median millwright in Pennsylvania earned $30.96 an hour ($64,410 a year) in May 2025, 2% below the national median of $31.59. The middle half earn $28.26–$37.85; the top 10% earn more than $48.93.

Where does Pennsylvania rank for millwright pay?

Pennsylvania ranks 25th of 48 states for millwright pay, with a median of $30.96 an hour, and 33rd after adjusting for Pennsylvania's cost of living (BEA price parity 97.6, US = 100).

What is the union millwright rate in Pennsylvania?

Davis-Bacon determinations list a union contract rate for millwrights in 53 counties, with a typical package of $75.29 an hour including fringe benefits; see the county table above.

How many millwrights work in Pennsylvania?

BLS counted 1,700 millwrights in Pennsylvania in May 2025, 0.3 per 1,000 jobs (location quotient 1.08; 1.0 is the national average concentration).

Is millwright work growing in Pennsylvania?

Pennsylvania's labor market agency projects +3.6% growth for millwrights between 2024 and 2034, from 1,560 to 1,620 jobs.

How many millwright openings a year are there in Pennsylvania?

Pennsylvania projects about 150 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, Pennsylvania 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: Pennsylvania labor market information agency via Projections Central, 2024–2034, fetched 2026-10-05.