Stonemasons Career, Salary and Skills
Stonemasons have a BLS-reported national median annual wage of $57,390 based on the 2025 OEWS dataset, with reported national employment of 7,820. Wage data is published for 55 locations.
Occupation description
Build stone structures, such as piers, walls, and abutments. Lay walks, curbstones, or special types of masonry for vats, tanks, and floors.
O*NET code
47-2022.00
Job zone
2
Typical education
High School Diploma or the equivalent (such as a GED)
Experience
Over 4 years, up to and including 6 years
National salary and employment
Median annual
$57,390
Hourly median
$27.59
Employment
7,820
Data year
2025
National salary distribution
Top skills
| Skill | Importance | Level |
|---|---|---|
| Critical Thinking | 3.50 | 3.25 |
| Judgment and Decision Making | 3.25 | 2.75 |
| Complex Problem Solving | 3.25 | 2.88 |
| Time Management | 3.25 | 3.00 |
| Coordination | 3.12 | 3.75 |
| Operations Monitoring | 3.12 | 2.12 |
| Reading Comprehension | 3.00 | 2.38 |
| Monitoring | 3.00 | 3.00 |
| Mathematics | 3.00 | 3.00 |
| Active Listening | 3.00 | 3.00 |
Typical tasks
- Set vertical and horizontal alignment of structures, using plumb bob, gauge line, and level.
- Lay out wall patterns or foundations, using straight edge, rule, or staked lines.
- Set stone or marble in place, according to layout or pattern.
- 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.
- Clean excess mortar or grout from surface of marble, stone, or monument, using sponge, brush, water, or acid.
- Shape, trim, face and cut marble or stone preparatory to setting, using power saws, cutting equipment, and hand tools.
- Mix mortar or grout and pour or spread mortar or grout on marble slabs, stone, or foundation.
- Construct and install prefabricated masonry units.
Technology
- Citrix cloud computing software
- CPR Visual Estimator
- Gregg Software Gregg Rock-It
- Intuit QuickBooks
- Microsoft Active Server Pages ASP
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Office software
- Microsoft Word
- ProEst Software ProEst Estimating
- RISA Technologies RISA-3D
- SAP software
- Tradesman's Software Master Estimator
- Virtual private networking VPN software
Stonemasons salary by location
Areas with the highest reported employment for this occupation.
- Stonemasons Salary in CAMedian $60,930 · Employment 1,250
- Stonemasons Salary in New York, NYMedian $61,200 · Employment 820
- Stonemasons Salary in TXMedian $45,790 · Employment 420
- Stonemasons Salary in WAMedian $78,010 · Employment 350
- Stonemasons Salary in Los Angeles, CAMedian $61,690 · Employment 310
- Stonemasons Salary in AZMedian $42,130 · Employment 270
- Stonemasons Salary in MDMedian $44,280 · Employment 250
- Stonemasons Salary in COMedian $49,630 · Employment 240
- Stonemasons Salary in MEMedian $60,980 · Employment 230
- Stonemasons Salary in Seattle, WAMedian $81,730 · Employment 230
- Stonemasons Salary in NVMedian $79,600 · Employment 220
- Stonemasons Salary in MOMedian $43,880 · Employment 200
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- Reinforcing Iron and Rebar WorkersNational median $58,970
- RoofersNational median $55,440
- Refractory Materials Repairers, Except BrickmasonsNational median $61,290
- Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and PlasticNational median $46,170
- Construction LaborersNational median $47,120
- GlaziersNational median $57,080
Career and skills data: O*NET 31.0 (onetcenter.org). Salary and employment data: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS, 2025 (bls.gov/oes). Figures are published survey estimates, not real-time market data.