How much do Brickmasons and Blockmasons make in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN?

Percentile spread

For Brickmasons and Blockmasons, the published 10th percentile is $46,960 and the 90th percentile is $109,870. The difference is $62,910, which is 69.9% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $61,950 to the 75th at $102,570, covers $40,620.

The mean annual wage is $84,010, which sits below the median of $89,980. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN median is 44.8% higher than the national median of $62,120 for Brickmasons and Blockmasons. In 2024 national prices the local median is $86,857, which is 39.8% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is about the same as the Illinois median of $89,980.

Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN covers more than one state. The state comparison uses Illinois, the primary state on the BLS area record.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN is 103.595, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $89,980 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Brickmasons and Blockmasons at $86,857 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

12 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Brickmasons and Blockmasons. Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN ranks 2nd of 13 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

• Rockford, IL is 73 miles away, with a median of $78,080 and employment of 40. That median is 13.2% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $84,728, against $86,857 here.
• Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI is 80 miles away, with a median of $96,010 and employment of 280. That median is 6.7% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $99,044, against $86,857 here.
• South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI is 89 miles away, with a median of $73,540 and employment of 130. That median is 18.3% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $79,196, against $86,857 here.

Employment share

Brickmasons and Blockmasons accounts for 0.05% of wage-and-salary employment in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN (2,140 of 4,513,280). Nationally the occupation is 0.03% of employment (52,550 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.40 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.