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Millwright Workplace Records
Millwright work may involve dismantling, positioning and aligning machinery before another team accepts it. A workplace concern should distinguish those stages and who authorized the next step. Describe the machine category and assignment generally, avoiding conclusions about a later failure from your involvement alone.
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A record map for your role
What to organize first
Alignment history
List the specified position or clearance instruction and approved changes without sensitive measurements.
Coordination chain
Identify the lifting, positioning and acceptance roles and the handoffs between them.
Work-period record
Match your own time with preparation, adjustments and waiting for authorized next steps.
Start with the work you actually do
Install, dismantle, or move machinery and heavy equipment according to layout plans, blueprints, or other drawings.
O*NET classifies this occupation as Millwrights (49-9044.00). Its description covers a typical occupation, not every workplace or individual job. It does not establish employee status, overtime eligibility or employer misconduct.
- Replace defective parts of machine, or adjust clearances and alignment of moving parts.Source task 3041 · updated 08/2024
- Align machines or equipment, using hoists, jacks, hand tools, squares, rules, micrometers, lasers, or plumb bobs.Source task 21083 · updated 08/2024
- Insert shims, adjust tension on nuts and bolts, or position parts, using hand tools and measuring instruments, to set specified clearances between moving and stationary parts.Source task 3048 · updated 08/2024
- Signal crane operator to lower basic assembly units to bedplate, and align unit to centerline.Source task 3047 · updated 08/2024
A reference point for your pay records
May 2025 wage estimates by state
Compare your pay records with published BLS estimates for Millwrights (SOC 49-9044). These describe an occupation across employers. They are not a required pay rate, an overtime calculation, or evidence of discrimination or unpaid wages.
Select your work state to see its published pay range. No personal pay information is requested or sent.
The 25th and 75th percentiles mark the middle half of the estimated wage distribution; the median is its midpoint. Actual pay can differ with experience, employer, location and duties. Hourly and annual figures are shown as published, without converting one into the other.
All published state estimates for this occupation
| State | Hourly 25th | Hourly median | Hourly 75th | Annual median |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | $25.02 | $29.52 | $33.68 | $61,410 |
| Alaska | $29.91 | $36.99 | $41.33 | $76,940 |
| Arizona | $23.62 | $27.59 | $37.55 | $57,380 |
| Arkansas | $21.03 | $27.07 | $30.02 | $56,310 |
| Connecticut | $24.02 | $36.93 | $37.98 | $76,810 |
| Delaware | $24.32 | $28.25 | $37.08 | $58,770 |
| Florida | $25.11 | $29.81 | $32.82 | $62,000 |
| Georgia | $27.04 | $30.17 | $35.87 | $62,760 |
| Idaho | $29.48 | $31.11 | $35.85 | $64,710 |
| Indiana | $29.09 | $37.09 | $43.95 | $77,140 |
| Iowa | $26.91 | $29.91 | $36.20 | $62,220 |
| Kansas | $24.03 | $38.31 | $43.93 | $79,690 |
| Kentucky | $28.07 | $33.95 | $39.02 | $70,610 |
| Louisiana | $27.98 | $31.77 | $36.91 | $66,080 |
| Maine | $29.63 | $32.80 | $37.33 | $68,220 |
| Michigan | $35.87 | $42.88 | $44.38 | $89,190 |
| Minnesota | $31.46 | $37.77 | $41.36 | $78,570 |
| Mississippi | $22.04 | $28.02 | $30.18 | $58,280 |
| Missouri | $25.48 | $31.96 | $44.13 | $66,480 |
| Montana | $25.06 | $28.87 | $29.87 | $60,050 |
| Nebraska | $23.81 | $29.00 | $32.37 | $60,320 |
| New Hampshire | $32.61 | $36.63 | $42.03 | $76,190 |
| New Mexico | $42.00 | $43.38 | $48.87 | $90,230 |
| New York | $31.43 | $38.25 | $43.67 | $79,560 |
| North Carolina | $27.00 | $30.29 | $34.94 | $62,990 |
| North Dakota | $28.75 | $29.21 | $33.03 | $60,750 |
| Ohio | $28.78 | $35.20 | $40.04 | $73,220 |
| Oklahoma | $24.42 | $24.50 | $29.21 | $50,950 |
| Pennsylvania | $28.26 | $30.96 | $37.85 | $64,410 |
| South Dakota | $25.12 | $29.72 | $30.81 | $61,820 |
| Tennessee | $24.02 | $29.72 | $33.41 | $61,810 |
| Texas | $23.35 | $30.11 | $36.38 | $62,630 |
| Utah | $29.02 | $30.31 | $33.80 | $63,040 |
| Vermont | $30.19 | $30.86 | $36.01 | $64,180 |
| Virginia | $22.00 | $24.73 | $29.84 | $51,430 |
| West Virginia | $28.27 | $32.34 | $32.97 | $67,270 |
| Wisconsin | $30.10 | $39.73 | $43.62 | $82,630 |
| Wyoming | $24.77 | $30.18 | $40.52 | $62,780 |
“Not published” preserves unavailable or suppressed source cells. “Above reporting limit” preserves a top-coded source value without inventing a number. A missing state estimate does not establish service eligibility. The data describe wage and salary employment; they do not measure self-employment income.
Source: BLS May 2025 state workbook · OEWS tables · BLS technical notes. Use your own schedule, pay statement and compensation terms to identify the question you want reviewed.
Trace positioning and approval
Record the layout or instruction version, your assigned alignment task and the role approving completion. Note changed clearances or placement directions and when you requested clarification. Distinguish a measurement you made from a later operating condition observed after the equipment was handed over.
Explain coordination and waiting
List preparation, signaling, adjustment and cleanup relevant to your schedule or target. Record dependencies on lifting equipment, another trade or an authorization you requested. Compare your personal time entry with these duties rather than using installation completion as a measure of all work.
Keep site and machinery information controlled
Do not remove layout drawings, equipment settings or restricted maintenance records for a personal file. Identify relevant record types for review. Never move or adjust equipment to recreate an employment event; keep your own training, permitted instructions and response to feedback instead.
Choose your next step
Review the workplace retaliation guide, unpaid wages guide, or discrimination guide if those concerns fit your experience. A job title alone does not establish a claim.
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