SOC 49-9044 · Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations · May 2025

How much do Millwrights make in Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Millwrights in Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN is $76,300. The 10th percentile is $48,690 and the 90th percentile is $88,650. Employment is 490.

Median annual wage

$76,300

10th percentile
$48,690
25th percentile
$62,600
Median
$76,300
75th percentile
$82,750
90th percentile
$88,650
Mean
$72,350

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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Cooks in a Washington state kitchen, 1930. Seattle Municipal Archives. Photograph by Seattle Municipal Archives. Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0

Percentile spread

For Millwrights, the published 10th percentile is $48,690 and the 90th percentile is $88,650. The difference is $39,960, which is 52.4% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $62,600 to the 75th at $82,750, covers $20,150.

The mean annual wage is $72,350, which sits below the median of $76,300. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN median is 16.1% higher than the national median of $65,700 for Millwrights. In 2024 national prices the local median is $81,978, which is 24.8% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 8.1% higher than the Kentucky median of $70,610.

Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN covers more than one state. The state comparison uses Kentucky, the primary state on the BLS area record.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN is 93.074, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $76,300 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Millwrights at $81,978 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

12 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Millwrights. Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN ranks 5th of 13 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

  • Lexington-Fayette, KY is 69 miles away, with a median of $66,240 and employment of 140. That median is 13.2% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $71,311, against $81,978 here.
  • Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN is 89 miles away, with a median of $75,650 and employment of 250. That median is 0.9% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $79,323, against $81,978 here.
  • Bowling Green, KY is 90 miles away, with a median of $77,480 and employment of 50. That median is 1.5% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $85,918, against $81,978 here.

Employment share

Millwrights accounts for 0.07% of wage-and-salary employment in Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN (490 of 685,190). Nationally the occupation is 0.03% of employment (40,330 of 155,495,730). The local share is 2.76 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.

Highest-paying jobs in Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN · Millwrights by metro · How to read these percentiles · Median and mean · When a wage is not published · How the figures are made · Compare this wage after prices

Questions this page answers

How much do Millwrights make in Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Millwrights in Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN is $76,300. The 10th percentile is $48,690 and the 90th percentile is $88,650. Employment is 490.

How does that compare with the national median for Millwrights?

The local median is 16.1% higher than the national median of $65,700.

What is Millwrights pay in Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN is 93.074, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $76,300 is $81,978. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.

How does Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN compare with nearby metros for Millwrights?

Lexington-Fayette, KY is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 69 miles away, at $66,240. Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN ranks 5th of 13 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.