2026 Masonry & Concrete Salary Guide
National wage benchmarks for the 10 most-recruited masonry and concrete roles, sourced from BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics via O*NET - with every proxy classification and data gap labeled, never hidden.
What's inside
- National wage benchmarks for Brickmasons/Blockmasons, Cement Masons/Concrete Finishers, and Stonemasons, straight from BLS
- Every proxy classification for roles without a dedicated BLS code, labeled - never a guessed number
- Related trades context for benchmarking adjacent roles like form carpenters and concrete pump operators
- What "total compensation" means in this trade beyond the base wage
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Download 2026 Masonry & Concrete Salary GuideWhat the public wage data already says about masonry & concrete pay.
The guide is built from our own placement records. This is the other half - what the federal government published for Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers in May 2025, free, before any of our data is added to it.
There is no federal occupation code for masonry & concrete on its own. Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers is the closest published occupation, and it is what every figure in this section describes.
The eight metros that pay it best.
| Metro | Median | vs national | Employed | Concentration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago, IL | $81,020 | +42% | 3,890 | 0.65× |
| Seattle, WA | $80,860 | +42% | 2,140 | 0.78× |
| Modesto, CA | $76,500 | +34% | 350 | 1.33× |
| San Francisco, CA | $75,970 | +33% | 2,420 | 0.77× |
| San Jose, CA | $75,520 | +32% | 1,500 | 1.00× |
| Spokane, WA | $75,210 | +32% | 400 | 1.19× |
| Portland, OR | $75,090 | +32% | 1,410 | 0.88× |
| Milwaukee, WI | $74,730 | +31% | 930 | 0.86× |
Concentration is the location quotient: 1.00× is the national rate, 1.40× means the metro has 40% more of these workers per job than the country as a whole.
The same job title pays $81,020 in Chicago and $38,620 in McAllen - $42,400 a year apart. That is across the 99 of our 100 metros where BLS publishes a median for it; in the other 1 the local sample is too small to publish, which is its own signal about how many of these people are around.
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. Figures are annual, for all employers, not only commercial contractors.
