Millwrights in West Virginia
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$53,963
after federal, FICA and West Virginia tax
Tax takes
$13,307
19.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$60,111
West Virginia costs less than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in West Virginia — roughly, since only five points along the band are published.
One filer, standard deduction, no dependants and nothing paid in before tax — the same household the rest of this page uses, so the comparison holds. City and school-district income taxes are not included.
Median here
$67,270
Kept after tax
$53,963
Worth in national money
$60,111
State rank
19
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. West Virginia is 19 of 48 states for millwrights, with a middle wage of $67,270. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Against other work in West Virginia, this sits in the middle: 126 of 473 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- West Virginia is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $67,270 the take-home is $53,963; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $60,111 would nationally. The average lands at $65,110, below the middle of the range.
- West Virginia ranks 19 of 48 for millwrights at $67,270. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Millwrights ranks 126 of 473 occupations in West Virginia by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- Post-tax income for millwrights in West Virginia, on $67,270, is $53,963 — equivalent to $60,111 once regional price parity is applied. ⚠️ The adjustment uses a statewide index that describes no particular address; within-state price variation, concentrated in housing, routinely exceeds the difference between two states. At $65,110 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Millwrights
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $49,120 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $67,270 |
| Top tenth earn over | $82,910 |
| This salary | $67,270 |
Positions between the published tenth, quarter, half, three-quarter and ninetieth points are estimated by straight line.
The same pay, somewhere else
The state median for this job
| Take-home in West Virginia | $53,963 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $56,154 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,324 |
The raise and the real gain point in opposite directions here.
State income tax and state price levels only. No city income tax, and no housing market.
What you would need there
The state median for this job
| To match take-home only | $64,446 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$3,210 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 90 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of millwrights in West Virginia earn under $67,270 and half over. The published range runs $49,120 at the tenth percentile to $82,910 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In West Virginia the take-home figure of $53,963, from $67,270, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 126 of 473 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $60,111, the adjusted value of that $67,270 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of West Virginia. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 126 of 473 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for millwrights in West Virginia, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $49,120 to $82,910; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- Take-home for West Virginia is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $53,963 from $67,270. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 126 of 473 locally.
- This $60,111 adjusted figure, worked from $67,270, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 126 of 473 in the state. The occupation ranks 126 of 473 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $65,110, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $49,120 at the tenth percentile, $82,910 at the ninetieth.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
More than the figure suggests. Prices in West Virginia sit below the national level, so take-home here stretches like $60,111 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Four deductions, stacked. The federal layer and the two payroll taxes apply wherever you work; West Virginia then takes its own share, leaving $53,963.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 48 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
How does the published median differ from the mean for this occupation?
The median is the midpoint of the distribution; the mean for this occupation in West Virginia is $65,110. Wage distributions are right-skewed, so the mean exceeds the median wherever a minority earn substantially more. BLS publishes both because substituting one for the other misstates a typical worker's pay.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($49,120 to $82,910) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to West Virginia rather than a national figure.
What is this occupation's price-adjusted compensation in this state?
West Virginia's regional price parity is at or below the national average, so nominal wages understate purchasing power. Take-home deflated by the state price level is $60,111 in national-average terms. The adjustment uses an all-items index and does not isolate housing.
What accounts for the gap between gross wage and take-home here?
Take-home of $53,963 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and West Virginia income tax for a single filer with no adjustments. The state layer is levied in addition to the federal one; only its rate and base differ between states.
Why does this occupation lack published estimates in every state?
BLS suppresses estimates failing disclosure or reliability criteria. This occupation has published state-level estimates in 48 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.