SOC 47-3011 · Construction and Extraction Occupations · May 2025
How much do Helpers--Brickmasons, Blockmasons, Stonemasons, and Tile and Marble Setters make in Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC?
In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Helpers--Brickmasons, Blockmasons, Stonemasons, and Tile and Marble Setters in Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC is $39,550. The 10th percentile is $36,230 and the 90th percentile is $48,020. Employment is 230.
Median annual wage
$39,550
- 10th percentile
- $36,230
- 25th percentile
- $37,280
- Median
- $39,550
- 75th percentile
- $46,430
- 90th percentile
- $48,020
- Mean
- $41,860
Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

Percentile spread
For Helpers--Brickmasons, Blockmasons, Stonemasons, and Tile and Marble Setters, the published 10th percentile is $36,230 and the 90th percentile is $48,020. The difference is $11,790, which is 29.8% 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 $37,280 to the 75th at $46,430, covers $9,150.
The mean annual wage is $41,860, which sits above the median of $39,550. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.
National and state comparison
The Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC median is 16.8% lower than the national median of $47,550 for Helpers--Brickmasons, Blockmasons, Stonemasons, and Tile and Marble Setters. In 2024 national prices the local median is $40,627, which is 14.6% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.
It is 0.8% higher than the North Carolina median of $39,230.
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC covers more than one state. The state comparison uses North Carolina, the primary state on the BLS area record.
Price-adjusted pay
The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC is 97.348, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $39,550 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Helpers--Brickmasons, Blockmasons, Stonemasons, and Tile and Marble Setters at $40,627 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.
Nearby metros
No other metropolitan area within 200 miles has a published annual median for Helpers--Brickmasons, Blockmasons, Stonemasons, and Tile and Marble Setters in the May 2025 tables. A wage from farther away is not filled in. When a wage is not published.
Employment share
Helpers--Brickmasons, Blockmasons, Stonemasons, and Tile and Marble Setters accounts for 0.02% of wage-and-salary employment in Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC (230 of 1,358,370). Nationally the occupation is 0.01% of employment (14,170 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.86 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.
Highest-paying jobs in Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC · Helpers--Brickmasons, Blockmasons, Stonemasons, and Tile and Marble Setters by metro · How to read these percentiles · Median and mean · When a wage is not published · How the figures are made · Compare this wage after prices
Questions this page answers
How much do Helpers--Brickmasons, Blockmasons, Stonemasons, and Tile and Marble Setters make in Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC?
In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Helpers--Brickmasons, Blockmasons, Stonemasons, and Tile and Marble Setters in Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC is $39,550. The 10th percentile is $36,230 and the 90th percentile is $48,020. Employment is 230.
How does that compare with the national median for Helpers--Brickmasons, Blockmasons, Stonemasons, and Tile and Marble Setters?
The local median is 16.8% lower than the national median of $47,550.
What is Helpers--Brickmasons, Blockmasons, Stonemasons, and Tile and Marble Setters pay in Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC after local prices?
The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC is 97.348, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $39,550 is $40,627. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.