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Millwrights pay in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA and Shreveport-Bossier City, LA
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Millwrights is $113,490 per year in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA. It is $69,720 per year in Shreveport-Bossier City, LA. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA is 62.8% above Shreveport-Bossier City, LA on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 49-9044 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 320 wage and salary jobs in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA and 90 in Shreveport-Bossier City, LA. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.