Skilled Trades
Brickmasons and Blockmasons
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.
Median salary
$60,800
Typical range
$41k – $96k
Job outlook
+3% (about average)
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Education
Typical entry: No degree required
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Junior Brickmasons and Blockmasons
Entry / Junior
$41,330
~2 yrs to advance
Brickmasons and Blockmasons
Established
$60,800
~3 yrs to advance
Senior Brickmasons and Blockmasons
Senior
$78,180
Key skills
A typical day
- •Measure distance from reference points and mark guidelines to lay out work, using plumb bobs and levels.
- •Construct corners by fastening in plumb position a corner pole or building a corner pyramid of bricks, and filling in between the corners using a line from corner to corner to guide each course, or layer, of brick.
- •Apply and smooth mortar or other mixture over work surface.
- •Calculate angles and courses and determine vertical and horizontal alignment of courses.
- •Break or cut bricks, tiles, or blocks to size, using trowel edge, hammer, or power saw.
Fields of study
Any field
Top colleges for Skilled Trades
Explore all- Purdue University50% admit · $78,000 grad pay
- Ohio State University53% admit · $68,000 grad pay
- Pennsylvania State University55% admit · $70,000 grad pay
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