How much do bricklayers make in 2026?
Bricklayers are counted in the BLS brickmasons and blockmasons series: OEWS May 2025 puts the SOC 47-2021 national median at $62,120 a year ($29.87 an hour), with the bottom 10% near $44,820 and the top 10% at $100,010. The series is a close match, covering brick and block work together. Masonry pay has features few other trades share. Output matters directly — many residential and production jobs are priced on units laid, so a fast, accurate mason earns more per day than a slow one in a way that hourly trades do not experience. Weather is a genuine income variable, since cold and wet conditions stop work in much of the country for part of the year. And restoration and historic masonry — tuckpointing, stone repair, matching historic mortar — commands a premium because the skill is scarce and the work is specified by conservation requirements rather than by price alone. Employment is projected to grow 3.2% through 2034 with roughly 5,600 openings a year. → Full bricklayer career guide, career path, credentials & placement →
Note: $62,120 blends every experience level and every setting in this occupation. For pay by level alone, see Pay by Level below.
- Bricklayers earn a national median $62,120/yr ($29.87/hr) (BLS OEWS May 2025, SOC 47-2021); the P10 to P90 range is $44,820 to $100,010.
- The brickmasons and blockmasons series gives a $44,820 to $100,010 range, and output-based pricing means individual productivity affects earnings more than in hourly trades.
- Weather is a real income variable: cold and wet seasons stop masonry work in much of the country, so annual pay depends on the working season as well as the rate.
- Restoration and historic masonry pays a premium because matching historic materials and techniques is a scarce, specification-driven skill.
US Bricklayer Pay Distribution · BLS OEWS May 2025
Pay by Level · BLS OEWS May 2025
How much do bricklayers earn at each level?
BLS OEWS publishes one blended wage for the whole occupation and does not break pay out by credential or practice level. The levels below distribute the published percentile range across the credential tiers this role actually hires at.
Level medians are aligned to the BLS OEWS May 2025 percentile distribution for SOC 47-2021; GlobalCybers does not yet publish a verified placement sample for this role, so no verified median is shown.
Methodology & Sources
How the numbers on this page are built
Published (BLS): BLS OEWS May 2025, SOC 47-2021, United States national estimate. Public, methodologically rigorous, but sampled on a rolling 3-year basis and published ~10 months after collection — so it reflects wages that are already 1–2 years old by the time you read them.
Level and certification medians: distributed across the published BLS percentile range for this SOC code (P10 through P90) according to the credential tiers this occupation actually hires at. They are modeled reference points, not separately surveyed wages.
State and metro figures: modeled — the BLS national median multiplied by the GlobalCybers state wage index, and for metros by the published metro index for that state. They are estimates of local pay, not BLS state or metropolitan-area observations, and are labelled as modeled in the tables below.
No verified placement sample:GlobalCybers does not yet publish a placement median for this role, so no "verified" figure appears anywhere on this page.
Pay by Career Level
How much does a bricklayer earn at each career stage?
Masonry pay follows speed with quality, specialism and crew responsibility. Each median is anchored to the BLS OEWS distribution for SOC 47-2021.
By State
Which states pay bricklayers the most in 2026?
These are modeled state estimates — the BLS national median scaled by the GlobalCybers state wage index — not BLS state observations. Masonry has an unusually strong climate effect: northern states lose working weeks to cold, which compresses annual earnings even where hourly rates are high, while southern markets work year round. Prevailing-wage rules on schools and public buildings lift rates on a significant share of institutional masonry, and older cities carry the restoration work.
6 of 51 state guides shown, ranked by median. Bar is relative to California ($71,440), the highest-paying state shown. See all role salary guides →
By Metro
Which cities pay bricklayers the most?
Modeled metro estimates: the national median scaled by the state wage index and then by that state's published metro index. They estimate local wage levels and are not BLS metropolitan-area observations.
BLS OEWS MSA estimates, May 2025. Nominal pay — weigh each metro against its cost of living before relocating.
Certification Impact
Which certifications raise a bricklayer’s pay the most?
Median annual pay before and after each credential, based on GlobalCybers placement data cross-referenced with BLS. License upgrades move the needle most; stackable certs add on top.
Impacts are not additive, the licensing rows share the same career ladder. Browse all 167 certifications →
Trade Comparison
How does bricklayer pay compare to related roles?
BLS OEWS national median across the closest trades. Bricklayers sit mid-pack on median but carry one of the widest P10–P90 spreads, licensing and specialization drive the upside.
BLS OEWS May 2025. Verify bricklayer wages on BLS.gov →
Take-Home Pay
What does a bricklayer actually take home after taxes?
The medians above are gross base wage.
Estimates use 2026 federal brackets, standard deduction, and 7.65% FICA. Actual take-home varies with filing status, deductions, and local tax.
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