Brickmasons and Blockmasons Salary

Yes — at the median salary of $90K, rent takes 25.1% of take-home pay. A 2-bedroom at the HUD Fair Market Rent runs $1,407/month. That stays under the 30% guideline most financial planners use.

The 10th-percentile wage — what new brickmasons and blockmasons typically earn — is $47K/year. Take-home on that works out to about $2,832/month. At HUD’s $1,407/month FMR, rent would take 50% of that take-home — above the 30% guideline, so a 1-bedroom or shared housing is likely necessary starting out.

Local pay is 45% above the national median — $90K here vs. $62K nationally.

Illinois pays $90K median vs. the U.S. average of $62K — that’s +45%. After adjusting for local cost of living (RPP 93.85), the purchasing-power equivalent is $96K — still ahead of the national median.

The median is $89,980 a year, that works out to about $43 an hour. But the range is wide: entry-level workers start around $47,200, and experienced brickmasons and blockmasons can clear $109,670. These are BLS numbers, based on employer-reported data, not self-reported surveys.

On that salary, you'd take home roughly $5,603/month after taxes. A 2-bedroom here rents for about $1,407/month, which eats 25.1% of your paycheck. That's under the 30% guideline most financial planners use, so the numbers work.

Illinois has a Regional Price Parity of 93.85 (100 is the national average). That's below average, your money stretches further here than the raw salary number suggests. After cost-of-living adjustment, the median brickmasons and blockmasons salary is worth about $95,876 in national-average purchasing power.

The table above ranks every state by median pay for this role. Keep in mind that the highest-paying states tend to have the highest costs of living, so the top salary doesn't always mean the most money in your pocket.