Millwrights Salary — San Francisco, California

The average Millwrights in San Francisco, California earns $104,030 a year.

$104,030 / year, mean
↑ 41.9% above national average 100th percentile in California

San Francisco sits at the very top of the range for this role in California — among the highest-paying cities in the state for this occupation. That's a substantial premium — this metro pays far more for millwrights than the U.S. average. Cost of living here runs meaningfully above the national average. This is a reasonably reliable estimate, though the underlying sample is moderate in size.

Percentile within California

0th 50th 100th
Employment (this metro)
320
Estimate confidence
RSE 10.6%
Cost of living 116 #1 most expensive of 188 cities in this dataset 100 = U.S. average · Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024
Crime index 2124 #140 safest of 188 cities in this dataset Per 100k residents · Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer
Median home value $1,149,215 #3 priciest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: zillow_real
Median household income $133,780 #2 highest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: Census Bureau ACS 5-year

Combining these four figures gives a fuller picture than salary alone: San Francisco ranks #1 for cost of living and #3 for home prices among the 188 cities in this pilot dataset, which matters as much as the headline salary number when comparing where to live.

San Francisco $104,030 Kennewick $102,810 New York $95,250 Los Angeles $92,470 Seattle $89,800 Detroit $88,400 Saginaw $86,890 Sacramento $85,980 Philadelphia $85,070 Lansing $83,670 Portland $83,460 Ann Arbor $82,080 Buffalo $81,240 Fort Wayne $79,620 Monroe $79,080 Trenton $78,390 Riverside $78,310 Mount Vernon $78,130 Bellingham $77,070 Indianapolis $76,880 Chicago $76,530 Bakersfield $75,550 Albany $74,790 Grand Rapids $73,970 Bowling Green $72,560 Louisville $72,350 Houston $72,140 Glens Falls $71,800 Jacksonville $71,690 Longview $71,210 Baltimore $70,970 Lebanon $70,690 York $69,770 Beaumont $69,530 Santa Rosa $69,310 South Bend $69,240 Spokane $69,210 Decatur $68,560 Huntington $67,810 Sherman $67,740 Lafayette $67,130 Allentown $66,300 Dallas $66,080 Pittsburgh $65,890 El Paso $65,870 Corpus Christi $65,720 Lexington $65,380 Harrisburg $65,150 Peoria $65,020 Reading $64,960 Redding $64,940 Rockford $63,980 Lancaster $63,110 Miami $62,480 Albany $62,440 Rochester $62,350 Erie $60,560 Waco $58,450 Virginia Beach $58,200 San Antonio $58,120 Richmond $54,400 Modesto $53,590 Lynchburg $47,720
CityMean salaryvs. San Francisco
Albany, Oregon$62,440-40.0%
Albany, New York$74,790-28.1%
Allentown, Pennsylvania$66,300-36.3%
Ann Arbor, Michigan$82,080-21.1%
Bakersfield, California$75,550-27.4%
Baltimore, Maryland$70,970-31.8%
Beaumont, Texas$69,530-33.2%
Bellingham, Washington$77,070-25.9%
Bowling Green, Kentucky$72,560-30.3%
Buffalo, New York$81,240-21.9%
Chicago, Illinois$76,530-26.4%
Corpus Christi, Texas$65,720-36.8%
Dallas, Texas$66,080-36.5%
Decatur, Illinois$68,560-34.1%
Detroit, Michigan$88,400-15.0%
El Paso, Texas$65,870-36.7%
Erie, Pennsylvania$60,560-41.8%
Fort Wayne, Indiana$79,620-23.5%
Glens Falls, New York$71,800-31.0%
Grand Rapids, Michigan$73,970-28.9%
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania$65,150-37.4%
Houston, Texas$72,140-30.7%
Huntington, West Virginia$67,810-34.8%
Indianapolis, Indiana$76,880-26.1%
Jacksonville, Florida$71,690-31.1%
Kennewick, Washington$102,810-1.2%
Lafayette, Indiana$67,130-35.5%
Lancaster, Pennsylvania$63,110-39.3%
Lansing, Michigan$83,670-19.6%
Lebanon, Pennsylvania$70,690-32.0%
Lexington, Kentucky$65,380-37.2%
Longview, Washington$71,210-31.5%
Los Angeles, California$92,470-11.1%
Louisville, Kentucky$72,350-30.5%
Lynchburg, Virginia$47,720-54.1%
Miami, Florida$62,480-39.9%
Modesto, California$53,590-48.5%
Monroe, Michigan$79,080-24.0%
Mount Vernon, Washington$78,130-24.9%
New York, New York$95,250-8.4%
Peoria, Illinois$65,020-37.5%
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania$85,070-18.2%
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania$65,890-36.7%
Portland, Oregon$83,460-19.8%
Reading, Pennsylvania$64,960-37.6%
Redding, California$64,940-37.6%
Richmond, Virginia$54,400-47.7%
Riverside, California$78,310-24.7%
Rochester, New York$62,350-40.1%
Rockford, Illinois$63,980-38.5%
Sacramento, California$85,980-17.4%
Saginaw, Michigan$86,890-16.5%
San Antonio, Texas$58,120-44.1%
Santa Rosa, California$69,310-33.4%
Seattle, Washington$89,800-13.7%
Sherman, Texas$67,740-34.9%
South Bend, Indiana$69,240-33.4%
Spokane, Washington$69,210-33.5%
Trenton, New Jersey$78,390-24.6%
Virginia Beach, Virginia$58,200-44.1%
Waco, Texas$58,450-43.8%
York, Pennsylvania$69,770-32.9%
Gross salary
104,030/yr
Estimated take-home
76,432/yr
Est. total withheld
26.5%

Single filer, federal + California state tax + FICA, 2025 rates. Does not include state-specific payroll withholdings beyond income tax (see Data transparency). Not tax advice — verify with a professional for your specific situation.

View cost of living in this state All Millwrights salaries in California → All Millwrights salaries →
Community reality check

Community reality check for San Francisco

These notes add local color around San Francisco, California: comfort ranges, budget constraints and location trade-offs reported in public discussions.

Relocation gap2.0× calculator gap
City comparison anecdotal

Discussion highlights that calculators may imply roughly 2x gross income for comparable standard of living, while some employers offer only about 10% location premiums. Tech total compensation can be an exception, so the page should distinguish salary from total compensation.

2.0×calculator multiplier10%HCOL premium cited$200KAtlanta TC example$450KBay Area TC example

Anecdotal public-discussion signals, not official salary data, rent data or financial advice. Read this alongside the official figures on the page.

Data transparency

Sources used for this page

Official occupation and area metadata behind the visible salary, cost, housing and safety signals.

Occupation 49-9044 SOC code
Official area San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA BLS metro/geographic area
Area code 41860 Stable geographic key
Reference year 2025 BLS OEWS
Cost: bea_realHousing: zillow_realCrime: latest availableNet-pay source: ca_ftb_verificado 2025
Metro also includes
OaklandFremont
No additional caveats are attached to this row.
Methodology

How this page is built

The salary figure is the mean annual wage reported by the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) program for this occupation and metro area. Percentile and national-average comparisons are calculated directly from the 188 cities currently in this dataset, not from a fixed external benchmark. Cost of living, crime and housing figures come from BEA, FBI and Zillow respectively — see "Data transparency" above for the exact sources and reference years used on this specific page.

Confidence: the RSE (relative standard error) shown under Overview indicates how reliable the salary estimate is for this metro — a lower RSE means a larger underlying sample.

On this page

Where this is

AK HI

Highlighted: California

Population (metro area)
4,653,593