Installation & Repair
Millwrights
SOC 49-9044
Install, align, and repair industrial machinery and mechanical equipment.
The job
Median pay
$66k
$56k to $82k typical range
Outlook, 2025 to 2035
Stable
+0.9% projected
Openings a year
3k
BLS projection
Typical education
Apprenticeship
Our model
AI displacement risk
Low
How much of this job AI may do instead of the person
Works with AI
6/100
AI alongside the person rather than instead of them
AI exposure
2nd pct
More exposed than 2% of occupations · modeled estimate · 17th pct in Microsoft's data
Future-proof
55/100
Key skills
- Critical Thinking
- Active Listening
- Monitoring
- Reading Comprehension
- Speaking
- Learning Strategies
Pay and jobs by state
BLS OEWS May 2025, 51 states. Sorted by jobs; per 1,000 is jobs per thousand workers in the state; vs national compares that rate with the country's. A tilde marks a figure estimated from the parent occupation group where BLS publishes none.
| State | Jobs | Per 1,000 | vs national | Median pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 3,540 | 0.3 | 1.0× | $63k |
| Michigan | 2,900 | 0.7 | 2.5× | $89k |
| California | 2,230 | 0.1 | 0.5× | $78k |
| Illinois | 2,160 | 0.4 | 1.4× | $67k |
| Ohio | 1,930 | 0.3 | 1.3× | $73k |
| Georgia | 1,780 | 0.4 | 1.4× | $63k |
| Indiana | 1,760 | 0.5 | 2.1× | $77k |
| Pennsylvania | 1,700 | 0.3 | 1.1× | $64k |
| Alabama | 1,400 | 0.7 | 2.5× | $61k |
| Mississippi | 1,280 | 1.1 | 4.2× | $58k |
All 51 states
| State | Jobs | Per 1,000 | vs national | Median pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kentucky | 1,220 | 0.6 | 2.4× | $71k |
| Wisconsin | 1,220 | 0.4 | 1.6× | $83k |
| Arkansas | 1,140 | 0.9 | 3.4× | $56k |
| Louisiana | 1,080 | 0.6 | 2.1× | $66k |
| Tennessee | 1,060 | 0.3 | 1.3× | $62k |
| Washington | 1,020 | 0.3 | 1.1× | $76k |
| New York | 1,000 | 0.1 | 0.4× | $80k |
| South Carolina | 950 | 0.4 | 1.6× | $62k |
| Kansas | 840 | 0.6 | 2.3× | $80k |
| Missouri | 830 | 0.3 | 1.1× | $66k |
| Massachusetts | 709 | 0.2 | 0.8× | $65k~ |
| North Carolina | 700 | 0.1 | 0.6× | $63k |
| Iowa | 690 | 0.4 | 1.7× | $62k |
| Virginia | 690 | 0.2 | 0.7× | $51k |
| Nebraska | 590 | 0.6 | 2.2× | $60k |
| Florida | 530 | 0.1 | 0.2× | $62k |
| Oklahoma | 510 | 0.3 | 1.1× | $51k |
| Minnesota | 480 | 0.2 | 0.6× | $79k |
| Oregon | 460 | 0.2 | 0.9× | $71k |
| Arizona | 450 | 0.1 | 0.5× | $57k |
| Idaho | 410 | 0.5 | 1.8× | $65k |
| Maine | 350 | 0.5 | 2.1× | $68k |
| New Jersey | 340 | 0.1 | 0.3× | $108k |
| West Virginia | 330 | 0.5 | 1.8× | $67k |
| Alaska | 300 | 0.9 | 3.5× | $77k |
| South Dakota | 240 | 0.5 | 2.0× | $62k |
| Utah | 220 | 0.1 | 0.5× | $63k |
| Colorado | 200 | 0.1 | 0.3× | $81k |
| Hawaii | 173 | 0.3 | 1.1× | $73k~ |
| North Dakota | 170 | 0.4 | 1.5× | $61k |
| Maryland | 160 | 0.1 | 0.2× | $59k |
| Nevada | 150 | 0.1 | 0.4× | $63k |
| Wyoming | 130 | 0.5 | 1.8× | $63k |
| Connecticut | 110 | 0.1 | 0.3× | $77k |
| Rhode Island | 107 | 0.2 | 0.8× | $67k~ |
| Delaware | 90 | 0.2 | 0.7× | $59k |
| New Hampshire | 80 | 0.1 | 0.5× | $76k |
| Washington DC | 71 | 0.1 | 0.4× | $79k~ |
| Montana | 70 | 0.1 | 0.5× | $60k |
| New Mexico | 60 | 0.1 | 0.3× | $90k |
| Vermont | 60 | 0.2 | 0.8× | $64k |
Top metro areas
- Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN1,490 jobs · $75k median
- Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI1,490 jobs · $92k median
- Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX820 jobs · $68k median
- Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA710 jobs · $99k median
- Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX640 jobs · $66k median
- Kansas City, MO-KS640 jobs · $91k median
- Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA510 jobs · $64k median
- Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD510 jobs · $77k median
Explore the rankings
Explore Millwrights interactively →Pay and outlook from BLS (OEWS 2025, Employment Projections 2025-2035). Skills and work activities from O*NET 30.3. AI exposure and future-proof scores are modeled estimates. How these numbers are made.