Brickmasons and Blockmasons

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JOB SCORE
5.4/10
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Job Score (higher is better):

We rate jobs using four factors. These are:

- Chance of being automated
- Job growth
- Wages
- Volume of available positions

These are some key things to think about when job hunting.

Risk & user votes

Calculated automation risk

56% (Moderate Risk)

Moderate Risk (41-60%): This occupation may be meaningfully affected by automation. Some parts of the role may be suitable for AI, software, or robotics, while others still rely on human skill, judgement, trust, or real-world context. People in this range may benefit from building skills that complement automation and reduce replacement risk.

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Human strengths important in this job

These are human abilities and work contexts that are important in this occupation. They may help explain why parts of the role are harder to replace end-to-end, but they are not the only inputs into the automation score.

Thinking creatively

Quite important
Why this matters
Coming up with original ideas and designs—creating new concepts, products, systems, or artistic work. This kind of open-ended invention and taste-based judgment is harder to automate end-to-end than routine, rule-based tasks.
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Coordinating others’ work

Quite important
Why this matters
Bringing people together, assigning tasks, and keeping a group aligned so work gets done.
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Decision-making and problem solving

Quite important
Why this matters
Analyze information, weigh tradeoffs, and choose the best solution—especially when situations are ambiguous, high-stakes, or have real-world consequences.
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Coaching and developing others

Quite important
Why this matters
Helps people learn and improve through coaching, mentoring, and feedback. This relies on trust, motivation, and adapting guidance to each person—work that’s hard to replace end-to-end with automation.
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Developing objectives and strategies

Quite important
Why this matters
Sets long-term goals and chooses strategies and actions to reach them, weighing tradeoffs and adapting plans as conditions change.
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What users think

Based on 49 votes

45% chance of full automation within the next two decades

Our visitors have voted they are unsure if this occupation will be automated. This assessment is further supported by the calculated automation risk level, which estimates 56% chance of automation.

What do you think the risk of automation is?

What is the likelihood that Brickmasons and Blockmasons will be replaced by robots or artificial intelligence within the next 20 years?

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Pay & outlook

Wages

Moderately paid relative to other professions

In 2024, the median annual wage for Brickmasons and Blockmasons was $60,800 ($29 per hour).

The median annual wage for Brickmasons and Blockmasons was 22.8% higher than the national median annual wage, which stood at $49,500.

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Wages over time

* Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics

Growth

Moderate growth relative to other professions

The number of 'Brickmasons and Blockmasons' job openings is expected to rise 3.2% by 2034

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Total employment, and estimated job openings

* Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics for the period between 2023 and 2033
Updated projections are due 09-2025.

Volume

Moderate range of job opportunities compared to other professions

As of 2024 there were 53,520 people employed as 'Brickmasons and Blockmasons' within the United States.

This represents around < 0.001% of the employed workforce across the country

Put another way, around 1 in 2 thousand people are employed as 'Brickmasons and Blockmasons'.

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What people are saying (4)

Ben Buchka (No chance)
22 Jul 2025 23:51
No chance masons will ever be replaced by robots. Even with 3D home printing.
Brian the brickie (Low)
10 Jul 2024 16:19
I have seen machines that people have constructed to lay brick walls but regardless it needs to be loaded with brick and mortar in order to work all day and is only good for long walls that stretch far. In my opinion robots wouldn’t be able to be automated to build masonry buildings just because of like elevators that need to be constructed and awkward positions and just so many more technical points that a robot would not be able to accomplish
INEC (No chance)
16 Feb 2022 02:09
impossible, being a bricklayer requires awareness, logistics, training, mixing materials in the environment, going so far as to say that a robot will obtain these qualities is simply a deliberate mockery
dc (Highly likely)
16 May 2019 01:25
Because like its suitable for robot
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Job description

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.

O*NET-SOC code: 47-2021.00