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Helpers--Brickmasons, Blockmasons, Stonemasons, and Tile and Marble Setters
Mostly untouched
AI barely touches this work so far. The BLS expects 11.7% fewer of these jobs by 2035.
- Rank
- #558 of 785 jobs, by how much of the work AI does
- US jobs, 2025 to 2035
- -11.7% All jobs: +3.5%
- Median US pay
- $47,550 a year, 2025
- People doing it
- 14,100 in the US, with about 1,100 openings a year
The work, 12 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: Perform general construction or extraction activities18%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Clean tools, equipment, facilities, or work areas10%
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: Prepare mixtures or solutions9%
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 materials to fill gaps or imperfections8%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Build structures8%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Cut materials8%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Move materials, equipment, or supplies7%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI does this: Determine operational methods or procedures7%
AI performed this in about 1 in 461 Copilot conversations and completed it 93% of the time.
Still yours: Maintain tools or equipment6%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Operate lifting or moving equipment5%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Apply protective solutions or coatings4%
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 88 in 2035. Across all US jobs, about 104.
Even shrinking, it should still see about 1,100 openings a year as people retire or move on.
Nearby
Where your skills travel.
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- Shares 47% of the workHighway Maintenance Workers0% AI does, against 7% here+3.4% by 2035 · $50,260 · High school diploma
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 0.07, higher than 19% 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, 47-3011 · BLS Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
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