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Stonemasons Salary in VA

In the 2025 U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS dataset, Stonemasons in VA have a median annual salary of $48,550. Recorded earnings range from $39,820 at the 10th percentile to $56,980 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

$48,550

Data year: 2025

Hourly median

$23.34

Employment

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Source

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS

Salary distribution

$39,820
10th
$45,720
25th
$48,550
Median
$50,260
75th
$56,980
90th

Local compared with national

VA

$48,550

Median annual · 2025

United States

$57,390

Median annual · 2025

The VA median is 15.4% below the national median in the available dataset (a difference of $8,840).

Top skills

  1. 1.Critical ThinkingImportance 3.5
  2. 2.Complex Problem SolvingImportance 3.3
  3. 3.Judgment and Decision MakingImportance 3.3
  4. 4.Time ManagementImportance 3.3
  5. 5.CoordinationImportance 3.1
  6. 6.Operations MonitoringImportance 3.1
  7. 7.Reading ComprehensionImportance 3.0
  8. 8.Active ListeningImportance 3.0
  9. 9.SpeakingImportance 3.0
  10. 10.MathematicsImportance 3.0
  11. 11.MonitoringImportance 3.0
  12. 12.Operation and ControlImportance 2.9

Career information

Education and experience

Typical education
High School Diploma or the equivalent (such as a GED)
Experience
Over 4 years, up to and including 6 years
Job zone
2

Technology used

  • 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

Common 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.
  • Smooth, polish, and bevel surfaces, using hand tools and power tools.
  • Lay brick to build shells of chimneys and smokestacks or to line or reline industrial furnaces, kilns, boilers and similar installations.

Related careers

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

Stonemasons salary in other locations

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