Brickmason Salary
Brickmasons, also known as stonemasons and blockmasons (depending on the type of rock they work with), build, maintain, and restore brick and stone parts of structures. These can include intricate walkways and arches, fences, roads, and even the buildings themselves. Using a variety of tools, they learn how to craft these structures using a variety of skills, including how to prepare the area for construction, how to secure the bricks in the area, how to design and construct the structures, and how to preserve these structures for an extended period of time.
Becoming employed as a brickmason can lead to several interesting career arches depending primarily on the level of skill of the brick mason. The majority will either go on to work for well established companies or start companies of their own.
Like many similar trades, becoming a brickmason usually requires that you go through an internship or apprenticeship rather than formal education. While vocational programs do exist, the best was to become a brickmason is to start at a lower level laborer in an established company, where you can later learn the rest of the trade, and hopefully become an apprentice. Since the brickmason field is filled with highly skilled individuals, getting business, or even an apprenticeship, can be very competitive, that is why working at an established company as a common laborer can greatly increase your chances of finding employment.
The salary for a brick mason really depends on the type of company you work for and the level you are at. Ultimately, a self-employed brickmason can make as much as they possibly can depending on the amount of business they can build up. As a general laborer or someone starting in the industry, you can expect an hourly rate of around $15.00. The lowest salary your can expect is $12.00 an hour, with many experience people earning more than $28 an hour.
