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

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2019 Workforce

129k

Average Age

40.6

Average Salary

$40,651

Average Male Salary

$40,665

Average Female Salary

$39,922

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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 $40,651 in 2016. The top 3 most similar occupations to Brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, & reinforcing iron & rebar workers by wage are Miscellaneous life, physical, & social science technicians, including social science research assistants, Extruding, forming, pressing, & compacting machine setters, operators, & tenders, and Other teachers and instructors.

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 East of US-75 PUMA, TX, East of Loop TX-12 & West of I-35E PUMA, TX, and Wayne County PUMA, OH. The top 3 locations with a relatively high concentration of Brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, & reinforcing iron & rebar workers are East of US-75 PUMA, TX, East of Loop TX-12 & West of I-35E PUMA, TX, and Wayne County PUMA, OH.

Natural resources, construction, & maintenance occupations Construction & Extraction Occupations

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 Iron & steel mills & steel product manufacturing. Brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, & reinforcing iron & rebar workers are paid most in Faulkner & Lonoke Counties PUMA, AR but are relatively concentrated in East of US-75 PUMA, TX.

Wages

Yearly Wage

$40,651

AVERAGE SALARY

± $1,897

In 2019, Brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, & reinforcing iron & rebar workers earned an average of $40,651, $14,873 less than than the average national salary of $55,524.

Miscellaneous life, physical, & social science technicians, including social science research assistants make somewhat more than Brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, & reinforcing iron & rebar workers while Extruding, forming, pressing, & compacting machine setters, operators, & tenders 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

0.317

WAGE GINI

In 2015, Brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, & reinforcing iron & rebar workers had a wage GINI coefficient of 0.317, 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.

Industries

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, Landscaping services, Building material & supplies dealers, Miscellaneous retail stores, Iron & steel mills & steel product manufacturing, Structural metals, & boiler, tank, & shipping container manufacturing , and Cement, concrete, lime, & gypsum product manufacturing .

Highest Paying

The highest paying industries for Brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, & reinforcing iron & rebar workers, by average wage, are Iron & steel mills & steel product manufacturing, Construction, and Structural metals, & boiler, tank, & shipping container manufacturing .

Industries by Share

129k

2019 Workforce

± 8,803

−4.17%

1 YEAR GROWTH

± 9.99%

The number of people employed as Brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, & reinforcing iron & rebar workers has been declining at a rate of −4.17%, from 134,261 people in 2018 to 128,658 people in 2019.

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 89.3%, followed by Miscellaneous nonmetallic mineral product manufacturing with 2.66% and Landscaping services with 1.45%.

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 40.6 and of female Brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, & reinforcing iron & rebar workers is 40.5, and the most common race/ethnicity for Brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, & reinforcing iron & rebar workers is White (Non-Hispanic).

Gender Composition

126k

MALE WORKFORCE

± 8,721

2.37k

FEMALE WORKFORCE

± 1,194

98.2% of Brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, & reinforcing iron & rebar workers are Male, making them the more common gender in the occupation. This chart shows the gender 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)

52.6% of Brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, & reinforcing iron & rebar workers are White (Non-Hispanic), making that the most common race or ethnicity in the occupation. Representing 23.3% 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 Gender

40.6

AVERAGE MALE AGE

± 0.896

40.5

AVERAGE FEMALE AGE

± 6.7

The median age of Brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, & reinforcing iron & rebar workers is 40.6, and Male employees are generally 0.143 years older 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 Education but a relatively high number of Brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, & reinforcing iron & rebar workers hold a major in Education.

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.