DETAILED OCCUPATION DATA

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. Excludes “Stonemasons" (47-2022). Installers of mortarless segmental concrete masonry wall units are classified in "Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers" (37-3011).

Occupational Employment Statistics(OES) Wage Data
Wages Updated to First Quarter, 2013

					Percentiles
Geography	Employment	Emp SE*	Mean	Mean SE*	10th	25th	Median	75th	90th
Minnesota	1,100	173	$30.69/hr	$1.04/hr	$19.61/hr	$28.38/hr	$32.10/hr	$35.21/hr	$39.50/hr
U S	57,090	1,370	$24.45/hr	$0.24/hr	$14.06/hr	$17.49/hr	$22.54/hr	$30.04/hr	$37.83/hr
*SE = Standard error, a measure of the statistical reliability of the estimate.

Other Regional Data For Brickmasons and Blockmasons Geography (click title for details) OES Projections Employment Median Wage % Change  -  Minneapolis-Saint Paul MN-WI MSA 630 $32.60/hr N/A Duluth-Superior MN-WI MSA 90 $33.78/hr N/A Northwest Balance of State 90 N/A N/A Southwest Balance of State 70 $26.81/hr N/A Saint Cloud MN MSA 60 $26.87/hr N/A Fargo-Moorhead ND-MN MSA 50 $27.49/hr N/A Rochester MN MSA 30 $28.28/hr N/A La Crosse WI-MN MSA N/A $30.45/hr N/A Southeast Balance of State N/A $31.18/hr N/A

Related Occupations

Occupation (click title for details)	OES		Projections
	Employment	Median Wage	% Change  -
Carpenters	250	$19.58/hr	N/A

• Lays and aligns bricks, blocks, or tiles to build or repair structures or high temperature equipment, such as cupola, kilns, ovens, or furnaces.
• Applies and smoothes mortar or other mixture over work surface and removes excess, using trowel and hand tools.
• Measures distance from reference points and marks guidelines to lay out work, using plumb bobs and levels.
• Examines brickwork or structure to determine need for repair.
• Fastens or fuses brick or other building material to structure with wire clamps, anchor holes, torch, or cement.
• Cleans working surface to remove scale, dust, soot, or chips of brick and mortar, using broom, wire brush, or scrapper.
• Sprays or spreads refractory material over brickwork to protect against deterioration.
• Removes burned or damaged brick or mortar, using sledgehammer, crowbar, chipping gun, or chisel.
• Breaks or cuts bricks, tiles, or blocks to size, using edge of trowel, hammer, or power saw.
• Mixes specified amount of sand, clay, dirt, or mortar powder with water to form refractory mixture.
• Calculates angles and courses and determines vertical and horizontal alignment of courses.