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Plasterers and Stucco Masons Salary in Tucson, AZ

In the 2025 U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS dataset, Plasterers and Stucco Masons in Tucson, AZ have a median annual salary of $46,820, with 340 recorded jobs in this area. Recorded earnings range from $34,470 at the 10th percentile to $65,660 at the 90th percentile.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS · Data year: 2025 · Last updated: 2026-09-22

Salary overview

Median annual salary

$46,820

Data year: 2025

Hourly median

$22.51

Employment

340

Source

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS

Salary distribution

$34,470
10th
$46,090
25th
$46,820
Median
$59,600
75th
$65,660
90th

Local compared with national

Tucson, AZ

$46,820

Median annual · 2025

United States

$57,660

Median annual · 2025

The Tucson, AZ median is 18.8% below the national median in the available dataset (a difference of $10,840).

Top skills

  1. 1.Active ListeningImportance 3.0
  2. 2.Quality Control AnalysisImportance 3.0
  3. 3.Time ManagementImportance 3.0
  4. 4.SpeakingImportance 2.9
  5. 5.MonitoringImportance 2.9
  6. 6.CoordinationImportance 2.9
  7. 7.Service OrientationImportance 2.9
  8. 8.Operations MonitoringImportance 2.9
  9. 9.Reading ComprehensionImportance 2.8
  10. 10.Critical ThinkingImportance 2.8
  11. 11.Active LearningImportance 2.8
  12. 12.Social PerceptivenessImportance 2.8

Career information

Education and experience

Typical education
Less than a High School Diploma
Experience
None
Job zone
2

Technology used

  • A-Systems JobView
  • Autodesk 3ds Max Design
  • Autodesk Maya
  • Construction Software Center EasyEst
  • Corel Paint Shop Pro
  • Corel Painter
  • Cost estimating software
  • Dassault Systemes CATIA
  • Embedded systems development software
  • IBM Maximo Asset Management
  • Linux
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Microsoft Office software
  • Microsoft Word
  • Oracle Database

Common tasks

  • Cover surfaces such as windows, doors, or sidewalks to protect from splashing.
  • Apply coats of plaster or stucco to walls, ceilings, or partitions of buildings, using trowels, brushes, or spray guns.
  • Clean and prepare surfaces for applications of plaster, cement, stucco, or similar materials, such as by drywall taping.
  • Create decorative textures in finish coat, using brushes or trowels, sand, pebbles, or stones.
  • Mix mortar and plaster to desired consistency or direct workers who perform mixing.
  • Clean job sites.
  • Rough the undercoat surface with a scratcher so the finish coat will adhere.
  • Set up scaffolds.
  • Cure freshly plastered surfaces.
  • Apply weatherproof, decorative coverings to exterior surfaces of buildings, such as by troweling or spraying on coats of stucco.

Related careers

Occupations recorded as related in the dataset. A relationship does not imply a guaranteed transition.

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