Definitive Guide to Masonry & Concrete
A focused guide on hiring, vetting, and retaining masons and concrete finishers in a small, referral-driven labor pool. Role-specific recruiting playbooks and a candid look at what works.
What's inside
- What BLS data does - and does not - tell you about mason and concrete finisher pay, with every gap disclosed
- Why this is a referral-driven hiring market, not a search-driven one, and what that means for sourcing
- The 10 most-recruited masonry and concrete roles, with real BLS classifications noted
- A practical hiring playbook built around verified experience, not resume keywords
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Download Definitive Guide to Masonry & ConcreteThe masonry & concrete market this paper is about, in federal numbers.
Every claim the paper makes sits on top of these. They are published, they are free, and we would rather you saw them first.
There were 4,840 nonresidential masonry contractors in the United States in 2023, employing 70,190 people at an average of $68,219 a year. Against 2018 that is -6% employers, -8% employment, +23% average pay - five years, before inflation is taken out of any of it.
There were 6,491 nonresidential concrete contractors in the United States in 2023, employing 132,426 people at an average of $74,865 a year. Against 2018 that is +11% employers, +14% employment, +25% average pay - five years, before inflation is taken out of any of 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.
Where the work is most concentrated.
- Provo, UT — 3.00× the national rate of cement masons and concrete finishers, 1,210 employed
- Wichita, KS — 2.42× the national rate of cement masons and concrete finishers, 990 employed
- Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — 2.39× the national rate of cement masons and concrete finishers, 960 employed
- Ogden, UT — 2.32× the national rate of cement masons and concrete finishers, 840 employed
- Reno, NV — 2.21× the national rate of cement masons and concrete finishers, 810 employed
- Boise, ID — 2.13× the national rate of cement masons and concrete finishers, 1,110 employed
Concentration is not the same as volume. A metro can be the densest market in the country for a trade and still be a small one - which is exactly the condition that makes a search hard, and is why the paper treats the two separately.
Sources: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2018 and 2023 annual averages, private-sector employers. Concentration from Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025.
