Brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, & reinforcing iron & rebar workers

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2020 Workforce

127k

Average Age

40.9

Average Salary

$41,606

Average Male Salary

$41,632

Average Female Salary

$38,621

About

Brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, & reinforcing iron & rebar workers are most often employed by the Construction industry. The average yearly wage for Brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, & reinforcing iron & rebar workers was $41,606 in 2016. The top 3 most similar occupations to Brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, & reinforcing iron & rebar workers by wage are Directors, religious activities & education, Miscellaneous life, physical, & social science technicians, including social science research assistants, and Opticians, dispensing.

Brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, & reinforcing iron & rebar workers are part of the Construction & Extraction Occupations, along with Firstline supervisors of construction trades & extraction workers, Boilermakers, Carpenters, Carpet, floor, & tile installers & finishers, Cement masons, concrete finishers, & terrazzo workers, and 28 more.

The top 3 locations that employ the most Brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, & reinforcing iron & rebar workers are College Park City & Langley Park PUMA, MD, Oakland County (Central) PUMA, MI, and New Carrollton & Hyattsville (Southeast) Cities PUMA, MD. The top 3 locations with a relatively high concentration of Brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, & reinforcing iron & rebar workers are College Park City & Langley Park PUMA, MD, San Antonio City (Central) PUMA, TX, and Carr 53 PUMA, PR.

Employment

Information on the businesses and industries that employ Brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, & reinforcing iron & rebar workers and on wages and locations for those in the field. Construction is the industry that employs the most Brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, & reinforcing iron & rebar workers, both by share and by number, though the highest paid industry for Brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, & reinforcing iron & rebar workers, by average wage, is Justice, public order, & safety activities . Brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, & reinforcing iron & rebar workers are paid most in Franklin Park Borough & Allison Park PUMA, PA but are relatively concentrated in College Park City & Langley Park PUMA, MD.

Yearly Wage

$41,606

AVERAGE SALARY

± $2,251

In 2020, Brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, & reinforcing iron & rebar workers earned an average of $41,606, $14,348 less than than the average national salary of $55,954.

Miscellaneous life, physical, & social science technicians, including social science research assistants make somewhat more than Brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, & reinforcing iron & rebar workers while Directors, religious activities & education make somewhat less. This chart shows the various occupations closest to Brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, & reinforcing iron & rebar workers as measured by average annual salary in the US.

Wage Distribution

0.347

WAGE GINI

In 2015, Brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, & reinforcing iron & rebar workers had a wage GINI coefficient of 0.347, which is lower than than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly for Brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, & reinforcing iron & rebar workers (shown in red) than for the overall labor force (shown in gray).

Wage by Location

HIGHEST PAYING PUMAS

This map shows the Public Use Microdata Areas (PUMAs) in the United States shaded by average annual wage for Brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, & reinforcing iron & rebar workers.

Spatial Concentration

PUMAs with a Relatively High Concentration of Brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, & reinforcing iron & rebar workers

This map displays which Public Use Microdata Areas (PUMAs) in the United States have a relatively high population of Brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, & reinforcing iron & rebar workers.

Most Common

The most common industries employing Brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, & reinforcing iron & rebar workers, by number of employees, are Construction, Miscellaneous nonmetallic mineral product manufacturing, Iron & steel mills & steel product manufacturing, Landscaping services, Building material & supplies dealers, Lumber & other construction materials merchant wholesalers, Structural metals, & boiler, tank, & shipping container manufacturing , Cement, concrete, lime, & gypsum product manufacturing , Elementary & secondary schools, Miscellaneous retail stores, and Not specified manufacturing industries.

Highest Paying

The highest paying industries for Brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, & reinforcing iron & rebar workers, by average wage, are Justice, public order, & safety activities , General medical and surgical hospitals, and specialty (except psychiatric and substance abuse) hospitals, and Elementary & secondary schools.

Industries by Share

127k

2020 Workforce

± 8,737

−0.318%

1 YEAR GROWTH

± 9.77%

The number of people employed as Brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, & reinforcing iron & rebar workers has been declining at a rate of −0.318%, from 127,163 people in 2019 to 126,758 people in 2020.

This graphic shows the share of Brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, & reinforcing iron & rebar workers employed by various industries. Construction employs the largest share of Brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, & reinforcing iron & rebar workers at 92.5%, followed by Miscellaneous nonmetallic mineral product manufacturing with 1.29% and Iron & steel mills & steel product manufacturing with 0.91%.

Diversity

Demographic information on Brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, & reinforcing iron & rebar workers in the US. The average age of male Brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, & reinforcing iron & rebar workers in the workforce is 40.9 and of female Brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, & reinforcing iron & rebar workers is 41, and the most common race/ethnicity for Brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, & reinforcing iron & rebar workers is White (Non-Hispanic).

Composition by Sex

126k

MALE WORKFORCE

± 8,700

1.09k

FEMALE WORKFORCE

± 812

99.1% of Brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, & reinforcing iron & rebar workers are Male, making them the more common sex in the occupation. This chart shows the sex breakdown of Brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, & reinforcing iron & rebar workers.

Race & Ethnicity

Most Common Race or Ethnicity of Brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, & reinforcing iron & rebar workers

White (Non-Hispanic)
White (Hispanic)
Other (Hispanic)

49.1% of Brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, & reinforcing iron & rebar workers are White (Non-Hispanic), making that the most common race or ethnicity in the occupation. Representing 23.2% of Brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, & reinforcing iron & rebar workers, White (Hispanic) is the second most common race or ethnicity in this occupation. This chart shows the racial and ethnic breakdown of Brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, & reinforcing iron & rebar workers.

Age by Sex

40.9

AVERAGE MALE AGE

± 0.862

AVERAGE FEMALE AGE

± 9.88

The median age of Brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, & reinforcing iron & rebar workers is 40.9, and Male employees are generally 0.0945 years younger than than their Female counterparts.

Education

Data on higher education choices for Brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, & reinforcing iron & rebar workers from The Department of Education and Census Bureau. The most common major for Brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, & reinforcing iron & rebar workers is Business but a relatively high number of Brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, & reinforcing iron & rebar workers hold a major in Natural Resources & Conservation.

Majors

ACS PUMS data only shows the major for bachelor's degrees. However, we can filter the data based on highest degree obtained.

MOST COMMON MAJORS

MOST SPECIALIZED MAJORS

Skills

Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for Brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, & reinforcing iron & rebar workers from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, & reinforcing iron & rebar workers need many skills, but most especially Critical Thinking. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, & reinforcing iron & rebar workers need more than the average amount of Installation, Repairing, and Equipment Maintenance.