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Brickmasons and Blockmasons
Also filed here: Mason, Bricklayer, Mistri
Mostly untouched
AI barely touches this work so far. The BLS expects 1.1% more of these jobs by 2035, slower than the 3.5% average.
- Rank
- Joint #573 of 785 jobs, by how much of the work AI does
- US jobs, 2025 to 2035
- +1.1% All jobs: +3.5%
- Median US pay
- $62,120 a year, 2025
- People doing it
- 62,400 in the US, with about 4,100 openings a year
The work, 13 activities
The job description, marked up.
Every activity in this job, the biggest first. Tap a line for the evidence.
- deleAI does this
- +AIAI helps
- stetStill yours
Still yours: Build structures15%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Apply materials to fill gaps or imperfections14%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Position materials or components for assembly12%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Dispose of waste or debris9%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI helps with this: Measure physical characteristics of materials, products, or equipment9%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 1,656 conversations, and it got them there 84% of the time.
AI helps with this: Plan work activities7%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 482 conversations, and it got them there 94% of the time. In this job the work is hands-on, so AI can only assist.
Still yours: Cut materials7%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI does this: Read documents or materials to inform work processes7%
AI performed this in about 1 in 214 Copilot conversations and completed it 87% of the time.
AI helps with this: Determine resource needs of projects or operations7%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 1,590 conversations, and it got them there 92% of the time.
Still yours: Clean tools, equipment, facilities, or work areas5%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Inspect facilities or equipment4%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI helps with this: Prepare mixtures or solutions3%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 714 conversations, and it got them there 93% of the time.
Still yours: Apply protective solutions or coatings2%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
2025 to 2035
Ten years from now.
For every 100 of these jobs in 2025, the BLS projects 101 in 2035. Across all US jobs, about 104.
About 4,100 openings a year, from growth and from people who retire or move on.
Nearby
Where your skills travel.
Jobs that share the most work with this one, where AI does less of it.
- Shares 45% of the workFloor Layers0% AI does, against 7% here+9% by 2035 · $56,460 · No formal credential
- Shares 42% of the workPaperhangers0% AI does, against 7% here+4.3% by 2035 · $52,140 · No formal credential
- Shares 34% of the workRoofers0% AI does, against 7% here+5.3% by 2035 · $55,440 · No formal credential
The wire
On the wire.
Nothing filed about this job yet. The latest from the Work front:
How to read this file.
deleAI does this. In US Bing Copilot conversations from January to September 2024, AI itself performed the activity, completed it and made a real difference often enough to count.
+AIAI helps. People brought the activity to AI as their own goal, and it usually got them there.
stetStill yours. It barely shows up in AI use, AI rarely finishes it, or in this job it needs hands.
Shares are weighted by how much each activity matters in the job, using O*NET. Microsoft’s own AI applicability score for this job is 0.10, higher than 33% of jobs.
Doing an activity is not doing a job. The researchers behind this data warn against reading it as job loss, and so do we. It is US data; the shape of the work travels.
Sources: Microsoft Research, Working with AI (2025) · O*NET OnLine, 47-2021 · BLS Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
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