Masonry
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Add ComparisonIn 2021, the locations with the highest concentration of Masonry degree recipients are Indianapolis city (balance), IN, Fond du Lac, WI, and Selma, AL. The most common degree awarded to students studying Masonry is a 1 to 2 year postsecondary certificate.
Information about the types of higher education institutions that grant degrees in Masonry and the types of students that study this field. Ivy Tech Community College awards the most degrees in Masonry in the US, but Williamson College of the Trades and George C Wallace State Community College-Selma have the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Masonry.
The most common sector, by number of institutions, that offers Masonry programs are Public, 2-year institutions (43 total). The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded, is Public, 2-year (243 completions).
The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded in Masonry, is Public, 2-year (243 completions in 2021).
The following chart shows the share of universities that offer Masonry programs, by the total number of completions, colored and grouped by their sector.
Ivy Tech Community College has the most Masonry degree recipients, with 87 degrees awarded in 2021.
The following bar chart shows the state tuition for the top 5 institutions with the most degrees awarded in Masonry.
Out of all institutions that offer Masonry programs and have at least 5 graduates in those programs, Williamson College of the Trades has the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Masonry, with 14.5%.
This map shows the counties in the United States colored by the highest number of degrees awarded in Masonry by year.
This map shows the counties in the United States colored by the highest growth in degrees awarded for Masonry.
Information on the businesses and industries that employ Construction graduates and on wages and locations for those in the field.
The average salary for Construction majors is $103,551 and the most common occupations are Construction managers, Other managers, and Cost estimators.
The industry that employs the most Construction majors is Construction, though the highest paying industry, by average wage, is Lumber & other construction materials merchant wholesalers.
The average salary for Construction majors is $103,551 and the most common occupations are Construction managers, Other managers, and Cost estimators.
This chart shows the average annual salaries of the most common occupations for Construction majors.
This map shows the public use micro areas (PUMAs) in the United States colored by the average salary of Construction majors.
Note that the census collects information tied to where people live, not where they work. It is possible that Construction majors live and work in the same place, but it is also possible that they live and work in two different places.
The most common occupations Construction majors, by number of employees, are Construction managers, Other managers, and Cost estimators.
Compared to other majors, there are an unusually high number of Construction majors working as Construction managers, Cost estimators, and Civil engineers.
The highest paid occupations by median income for Construction majors are Chief executives & legislators, Personal financial advisors, and Medical & health services managers.
The number of Construction graduates in the workforce has been growing at a rate of 4.81%, from 114,634 in 2020 to 120,146 in 2021.
The largest single share of Construction graduates go on to work as Construction managers (28.8%). This chart shows the various jobs filled by those with a major in Construction by share of the total number of graduates.
The most common industries that employ Construction majors, by number of employees, are Construction, Architectural, engineering & related services, and Lessors of real estate, and offices of real estate agents and brokers.
The highest paying industries of Construction majors, by average wage, are Lumber & other construction materials merchant wholesalers, Software publishing, and Offices of physicians.
The number of Construction graduates in the workforce has been growing at a rate of 4.81%, from 114,634 in 2020 to 120,146 in 2021.
The industry which employs the most Construction graduates by share is Construction, followed by Architectural, engineering & related services. This visualization shows the industries that hire those who major in Construction.
This map shows the public use micro areas (PUMAs) in the United States where there are a relatively high population of Construction majors.
Note that the census collects information tied to where people live, not where they work. It is possible that Construction majors live and work in the same place, but it is also possible that they live and work in two different places.
Demographic information for those who earn a degree in Construction in the United States.
The average age of a person in the workforce with a degree in Construction is 40.3.
The most common degree type these workers hold is a 1 to 2 Year Postsecondary Certificate. Male employees are more likely to hold Construction degrees, and White students are the most common race/ethnicty group awarded degrees in Construction (133 students).
This chart shows distribution of ages for employees with a degree in Construction. The most common ages of employees with this major are 34 and 31 years old, which represent 3.68% and 3.67% of the population, respectively.
The most common degree types awarded to students graduating in Masonry are 1 to 2 Year Postsecondary Certificate, Associates Degree, and 2 to 4 Year Postsecondary Certificate.
The most common degree types held by the working population in Construction are Bachelors Degree, Masters Degree, and Professional degree.
This chart shows the granted degrees by sex at the 5 institutions that graduate the most students in Masonry.
This chart shows the number of degrees awarded in Masonry for each race & ethnicity. White students earned the largest share of the degrees with this major.
This chart illustrates the differences by sex for each race & ethnicity of 1 to 2 Year Postsecondary Certificate recipients in Masonry.
There are a relatively high number of people that were born in Ireland that hold Construction degrees (13.5 times more than expected), and the most common country of origin by total numbers for non-US students earning a degree in this field is Mexico (1,015 degree recipients).
Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for those working in the Masonry field from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Masonry majors need many skills, but most especially Coordination. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Masonry majors need more than the average amount of Equipment Selection, Repairing, Equipment Maintenance, Operation and Control, Quality Control Analysis, Troubleshooting, Management of Personnel Resources, Operation Monitoring, Coordination, Operations Analysis, Management of Material Resources, Negotiation, Time Management, Learning Strategies, Management of Financial Resources, Persuasion, Speaking, Systems Evaluation, Social Perceptiveness, Mathematics, Monitoring, Instructing, Service Orientation, Active Listening, Systems Analysis, Critical Thinking, Complex Problem Solving, Reading Comprehension, Judgment and Decision Making, Active Learning, Writing, Technology Design, Science, Programming, and Installation.
These two visualizations, one a radial chart and one a bar chart, show the same information, a rating of how necessary the following skills are for Masonry majors. Toggle between "value" and "RCA" to see the absolute rating of that skill (value) and the revealed comparative advantage (RCA), or how much greater or lesser that skill's rating is than the average. The longer the bar or the closer the line comes to the circumference of the circle, the more important that skill is. The importance of Equipment Selection is very distinctive for majors, but the Coordination, Speaking, Management of Personnel Resources, Active Listening, Reading Comprehension, Critical Thinking, Time Management, Monitoring, Social Perceptiveness, Complex Problem Solving, Judgment and Decision Making, Writing, Active Learning, Learning Strategies, Persuasion, Quality Control Analysis, Negotiation, Instructing, Systems Evaluation, Service Orientation, Operation and Control, Systems Analysis, Operation Monitoring, Mathematics, Equipment Selection, Operations Analysis, Management of Material Resources, Troubleshooting, Equipment Maintenance, Repairing, Management of Financial Resources, Science, Technology Design, Programming, and Installation are the three most important skills for people in the field.
