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Estimated employment130
Mean wage$21.75
Entry wage$16.33
10th percentile wage$11.93
50th percentile wage$21.68
90th percentile wage$32.14
Top Employing Industries
 IndustryEmployment / Percent
Construction
Top Paying Industries
 IndustryEmployment / Median Wage
Construction$21.30
Brickmasons and Blockmasons (47-2021)
Lay and bind building materials, such as brick, structural tile, concrete block, cinder block, glass block, and terra-cotta block, with mortar and other substances to construct or repair walls, partitions, arches, sewers, and other structures. Exclude "Stonemasons" (47-2022). Classify installers of mortarless segmental concrete masonry wall units in "Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers" (37-3011).
Median Wage History
YearThis
Occupation		Compared to
Occupational Group		Difference
Current$21.68 $27.16 -$5.48
2017$21.56+.5%$27.01+.5%-$5.45
2016$20.99+2.8%$26.29+2.8%-$5.30
2015$20.36+3.1%$25.50+3.1%-$5.14
2014$20.03+1.7%$25.09+1.7%-$5.06
2013$19.60+2.2%$24.55+2.2%-$4.95
2012$19.30+1.5%$24.18+1.5%-$4.87
2011$19.13+.9%$23.97+.9%-$4.83
2010$18.85+1.5%$23.62+1.5%-$4.76
2009$18.64+1.2%$23.35+1.2%-$4.71
YearThis
Occupation		Compared to
All Occupations		Difference
Current$21.68 $24.57 -$2.89
2017$21.56+.5%$24.31+1.1%-$2.74
2016$20.99+2.8%$23.66+2.8%-$2.67
2015$20.36+3.1%$23.12+2.3%-$2.76
2014$20.03+1.7%$22.63+2.1%-$2.60
2013$19.60+2.2%$22.15+2.2%-$2.55
2012$19.30+1.5%$21.70+2.1%-$2.40
2011$19.13+.9%$21.33+1.7%-$2.19
2010$18.85+1.5%$21.00+1.6%-$2.14
2009$18.64+1.2%$20.64+1.7%-$2.00
Note: The mid-wage is the median wage. The average wage is the mean wage. The entry-level wage is equal to the average of the lower third of reported wages for the occupation. The wage range consists of the 10th and 90th percentiles; 80% of workers earn between this wage range, 10% earn less while 10% earn more.
Reference Date: 1st Quarter 2018
Top Areas For This Occupation
Best Pay
Median Wage / Employment
South Central$29.17240
North Central$28.34180
Northwest$22.4590
Southwest$21.68130
Highest Employment
Median Wage / Employment
South Central$29.17240
North Central$28.34180
Southwest$21.68130
Northwest$22.4590
Wages in other areas
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