Millwrights Salary — Huntington, West Virginia

The average Millwrights in Huntington, West Virginia earns $67,810 a year.

$67,810 / year, mean
↓ 7.5% below national average 100th percentile in West Virginia

Huntington sits at the very top of the range for this role in West Virginia — among the highest-paying cities in the state for this occupation. That's close to the national average for millwrights — a fairly typical rate for this role. Cost of living here runs below the national average, which can offset a lower headline salary. This is a high-confidence estimate, based on a large sample of reported wages.

Percentile within West Virginia

0th 50th 100th
Employment (this metro)
130
Estimate confidence
RSE 2.9%
Cost of living 88 #173 most expensive of 188 cities in this dataset 100 = U.S. average · Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024
Crime index 1318 #1 safest of 188 cities in this dataset Per 100k residents · Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer
Median home value $166,506 #181 priciest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: zillow_real
Median household income $58,483 #173 highest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: Census Bureau ACS 5-year

Combining these four figures gives a fuller picture than salary alone: Huntington ranks #173 for cost of living and #181 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. Huntington
Albany, Oregon$62,440-7.9%
Albany, New York$74,790+10.3%
Allentown, Pennsylvania$66,300-2.2%
Ann Arbor, Michigan$82,080+21.0%
Bakersfield, California$75,550+11.4%
Baltimore, Maryland$70,970+4.7%
Beaumont, Texas$69,530+2.5%
Bellingham, Washington$77,070+13.7%
Bowling Green, Kentucky$72,560+7.0%
Buffalo, New York$81,240+19.8%
Chicago, Illinois$76,530+12.9%
Corpus Christi, Texas$65,720-3.1%
Dallas, Texas$66,080-2.6%
Decatur, Illinois$68,560+1.1%
Detroit, Michigan$88,400+30.4%
El Paso, Texas$65,870-2.9%
Erie, Pennsylvania$60,560-10.7%
Fort Wayne, Indiana$79,620+17.4%
Glens Falls, New York$71,800+5.9%
Grand Rapids, Michigan$73,970+9.1%
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania$65,150-3.9%
Houston, Texas$72,140+6.4%
Indianapolis, Indiana$76,880+13.4%
Jacksonville, Florida$71,690+5.7%
Kennewick, Washington$102,810+51.6%
Lafayette, Indiana$67,130-1.0%
Lancaster, Pennsylvania$63,110-6.9%
Lansing, Michigan$83,670+23.4%
Lebanon, Pennsylvania$70,690+4.2%
Lexington, Kentucky$65,380-3.6%
Longview, Washington$71,210+5.0%
Los Angeles, California$92,470+36.4%
Louisville, Kentucky$72,350+6.7%
Lynchburg, Virginia$47,720-29.6%
Miami, Florida$62,480-7.9%
Modesto, California$53,590-21.0%
Monroe, Michigan$79,080+16.6%
Mount Vernon, Washington$78,130+15.2%
New York, New York$95,250+40.5%
Peoria, Illinois$65,020-4.1%
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania$85,070+25.5%
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania$65,890-2.8%
Portland, Oregon$83,460+23.1%
Reading, Pennsylvania$64,960-4.2%
Redding, California$64,940-4.2%
Richmond, Virginia$54,400-19.8%
Riverside, California$78,310+15.5%
Rochester, New York$62,350-8.1%
Rockford, Illinois$63,980-5.6%
Sacramento, California$85,980+26.8%
Saginaw, Michigan$86,890+28.1%
San Antonio, Texas$58,120-14.3%
San Francisco, California$104,030+53.4%
Santa Rosa, California$69,310+2.2%
Seattle, Washington$89,800+32.4%
Sherman, Texas$67,740-0.1%
South Bend, Indiana$69,240+2.1%
Spokane, Washington$69,210+2.1%
Trenton, New Jersey$78,390+15.6%
Virginia Beach, Virginia$58,200-14.2%
Waco, Texas$58,450-13.8%
York, Pennsylvania$69,770+2.9%

This metro area spans more than one state — where you actually pay income tax depends on where you work, not just where BLS assigns the area. Choose your work state:

Gross salary
67,810/yr
Estimated take-home
54,318/yr
Est. total withheld
19.9%

Single filer, federal + state tax (where the selected state levies one) + FICA, 2026 rates, for whichever state you select above. Does not include state-specific payroll withholdings beyond income tax (see Data transparency). Not tax advice — verify with a professional.

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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 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH BLS metro/geographic area
Area code 26580 Stable geographic key
Reference year 2025 BLS OEWS
Cost: bea_realHousing: zillow_realCrime: latest availableNet-pay source: wv_tax_division_verificado 2026
Metro also includes
Ashland
Multi-state area: WV;KY;OH
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.

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Highlighted: West Virginia

Population (metro area)
372,801