Headline risk
3%
Very Low RiskStonemasons
United States AI Work Index tracks this occupation on the shared structural baseline and then layers on local demand resilience, wages, and confidence.
Why This Score
Share of job tasks that overlap with current AI capabilities
Median annual wage
Projected employment change over 10 years
Typical preparation needed for this occupation
Occupation profile
Build stone structures, such as piers, walls, and abutments. Lay walks, curbstones, or special types of masonry for vats, tanks, and floors.
Task evidence
100% weighted task match · 0% effective coverage
Scores combine AI task overlap, human advantages, and local demand. How it works
United States Now
Median Wage
USD 51,990
Employment 2024
12.1K
Projected Change (2024–34)
-3.0%
Openings (2024–34)
0.8K
Wage distribution
Demand outlook
Overall employment of masonry workers is projected to show little or no change from 2024 to 2034.
Role Profile
Tasks
- 1. Set stone or marble in place, according to layout or pattern. AI use: 0%
- 2. Lay out wall patterns or foundations, using straight edge, rule, or staked lines. AI use: 0%
- 3. Set vertical and horizontal alignment of structures, using plumb bob, gauge line, and level. AI use: 0%
- 4. Clean excess mortar or grout from surface of marble, stone, or monument, using sponge, brush, water, or acid. AI use: 0%
- 5. Remove wedges, fill joints between stones, finish joints between stones, using a trowel, and smooth the mortar to an attractive finish, using a tuck pointer. AI use: 0%
- 6. Mix mortar or grout and pour or spread mortar or grout on marble slabs, stone, or foundation. AI use: 0%
Technologies
Requirements
Work context
Worker profile
Median age 42.5 · 121K employed
Under 25: 10% · 25–54: 71% · 55+: 20%
Related
Source coverage
11/11 source families · O*NET 30.2 / OEWS 2024 / ORS 2025 / OOH 2025-08-28 / Projections 2024-34 / CPS 2025 / Anthropic task penetration
Mapping quality
major_group_fallback · employment series present
Narrative & sources
Masonry workers use bricks, concrete and concrete blocks, and natural and manmade stones to build structures.
Masonry work is physically demanding, requiring heavy lifting and long periods of standing, kneeling, and bending. Most masons work full time.
Masons typically need a high school diploma or equivalent and learn the trade either through an apprenticeship or on the job.
The median annual wage for masonry workers was $56,600 in May 2024.
Overall employment of masonry workers is projected to show little or no change from 2024 to 2034.
Published limitations
This page shows the local country layer, not realised individual job outcomes. The global structural baseline is shared across countries; only the local demand and wage layer changes here.
Built from O*NET occupation descriptions, task statements, technology skills, work context, Job Zones, Anthropic task penetration, BLS OEWS wages, BLS projection tables, BLS ORS requirements, BLS OOH narrative content, BLS skills data, and BLS CPS occupation age tables.