Millwrights
Install, dismantle, or move machinery and heavy equipment according to layout plans, blueprints, or other drawings.
$63,510
Median Annual Pay
Jobs growth:
+13% projected 2024–2034
High school diploma or equivalent
Typical Entry-Level Education
What They Do
Industrial machinery mechanics, machinery maintenance workers, and millwrights install, maintain, and repair factory equipment and other industrial machinery.
Programs That Prepare You
College programs linked to this occupation, ranked by graduate earnings
Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Technologies(certificate)Warren County Career Center, OH
$70,305Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Technologies(certificate)Ranken Technical College, MO
$70,010Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Technologies(certificate)Gateway Community and Technical College, KY
$69,378Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Technologies(associates)Oklahoma State University Institute of Technology, OK
$68,422Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Technologies(associates)Dakota County Technical College, MN
$67,618Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Technologies(associates)Gateway Community and Technical College, KY
$66,827Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Technologies(certificate)Montcalm Community College, MI
$66,358Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Technologies(certificate)Bluegrass Community and Technical College, KY
$65,743Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Technologies(associates)Elizabethtown Community and Technical College, KY
$65,535Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Technologies(bachelors)Ferris State University, MI
$65,331Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Technologies(associates)Bluegrass Community and Technical College, KY
$64,355Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Technologies(associates)Itawamba Community College, MS
$64,343Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Technologies(certificate)Laramie County Community College, WY
$64,226Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Technologies(associates)Georgia Northwestern Technical College, GA
$62,982Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Technologies(associates)Chippewa Valley Technical College, WI
$62,438Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Technologies(certificate)Rend Lake College, IL
$61,677Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Technologies(certificate)Southcentral Kentucky Community and Technical College, KY
$61,026Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Technologies(associates)Jefferson Community and Technical College, KY
$60,878Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Technologies(associates)Lincoln College of Technology-Indianapolis, IN
$60,052Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Technologies(associates)Lincoln College of Technology-Nashville, TN
$60,052Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Technologies(associates)Henderson Community College, KY
$59,798Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Technologies(associates)Ashland Community and Technical College, KY
$59,798Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Technologies(associates)Hopkinsville Community College, KY
$59,798Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Technologies(associates)Big Sandy Community and Technical College, KY
$59,798Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Technologies(associates)West Kentucky Community and Technical College, KY
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