Mason Tender / Hod Carrier Salary: United States

What do these published wages mean for an offer?

Skilled Trades Headhunters reads the May 2025 figures for Helpers--Brickmasons, Blockmasons, Stonemasons, and Tile and Marble Setters (SOC 47-3011) in National (reference for Mason Tender / Hod Carrier) as an offer reference, not a quote for a particular candidate. For Helpers--Brickmasons, Blockmasons, Stonemasons, and Tile and Marble Setters (SOC 47-3011) in National (reference for Mason Tender / Hod Carrier), the published median for SOC 47-3011, Helpers--Brickmasons, Blockmasons, Stonemasons, and Tile and Marble Setters, is $47,550 per year. The middle half of the Helpers--Brickmasons, Blockmasons, Stonemasons, and Tile and Marble Setters (SOC 47-3011) in National (reference for Mason Tender / Hod Carrier) wage distribution runs from $40,100 to $57,980, a width of $17,880 per year; that spread shows how much published pay varies within the occupation and area, without assigning experience levels.

For the national Helpers--Brickmasons, Blockmasons, Stonemasons, and Tile and Marble Setters (SOC 47-3011) comparison used for Mason Tender / Hod Carrier, Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA reports $48,220 per year while New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ reports $70,080 per year; these are the largest-employment metros with published medians for the occupation, rather than neighboring places to a national estimate. The United States Helpers--Brickmasons, Blockmasons, Stonemasons, and Tile and Marble Setters (SOC 47-3011) reference for Mason Tender / Hod Carrier pools markets with different work scopes and schedules, so use the area table before setting a local offer.

The highest published medians among the selected national industry rows for Helpers--Brickmasons, Blockmasons, Stonemasons, and Tile and Marble Setters, read alongside Helpers--Brickmasons, Blockmasons, Stonemasons, and Tile and Marble Setters (SOC 47-3011) in National (reference for Mason Tender / Hod Carrier), are Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction at $86,940 per year (NAICS 237000); Highway, Street, and Bridge Construction at $86,940 per year (NAICS 237300); Nonresidential Building Construction at $61,380 per year (NAICS 236200). Those Helpers--Brickmasons, Blockmasons, Stonemasons, and Tile and Marble Setters (SOC 47-3011) in National (reference for Mason Tender / Hod Carrier) industry comparisons are national cross-sections, not local industry estimates; BLS does not give us a metro-by-industry wage cut here, and overlapping industry groups should not be added together.

The Helpers--Brickmasons, Blockmasons, Stonemasons, and Tile and Marble Setters (SOC 47-3011) in National (reference for Mason Tender / Hod Carrier) median was $46,480 per year in May 2024, compared with $47,550 in May 2025, a published difference of $1,070. That Helpers--Brickmasons, Blockmasons, Stonemasons, and Tile and Marble Setters (SOC 47-3011) in National (reference for Mason Tender / Hod Carrier) comparison is between separate BLS releases, not the raise paid to the same workers or a projection of next year's offer. Read the $46,480 and $47,550 Helpers--Brickmasons, Blockmasons, Stonemasons, and Tile and Marble Setters (SOC 47-3011) in National (reference for Mason Tender / Hod Carrier) estimates with both dates visible, because the employers and workers represented by the survey can change.

Before using $47,550 per year from Helpers--Brickmasons, Blockmasons, Stonemasons, and Tile and Marble Setters (SOC 47-3011) in National (reference for Mason Tender / Hod Carrier) to calibrate an offer, separate on-call duties, overtime, travel reimbursement, tool replacement and any truck allowance separately; prevailing wage and union requirements must be checked against the actual assignment. The Helpers--Brickmasons, Blockmasons, Stonemasons, and Tile and Marble Setters (SOC 47-3011) in National (reference for Mason Tender / Hod Carrier) BLS comparison measures straight-time gross wages, including commissions and production bonuses, but excludes overtime, shift differentials, nonproduction bonuses and benefits. A candidate's take-home pay and the employer's total cost for Helpers--Brickmasons, Blockmasons, Stonemasons, and Tile and Marble Setters (SOC 47-3011) in National (reference for Mason Tender / Hod Carrier) can therefore differ from the median without either number being an error.

The mapping for Helpers--Brickmasons, Blockmasons, Stonemasons, and Tile and Marble Setters (SOC 47-3011) in National (reference for Mason Tender / Hod Carrier) is broader: BLS groups Mason Tender / Hod Carrier within Helpers--Brickmasons, Blockmasons, Stonemasons, and Tile and Marble Setters; it does not publish this niche title or credential level separately. When calibrating a Helpers--Brickmasons, Blockmasons, Stonemasons, and Tile and Marble Setters (SOC 47-3011) in National (reference for Mason Tender / Hod Carrier) opening, the work checks include Registered apprenticeship enrollment or logged hours; OSHA 10; ask for evidence of that scope instead of using a percentile as a substitute for qualification. A broader occupation can combine jobs that a Helpers--Brickmasons, Blockmasons, Stonemasons, and Tile and Marble Setters (SOC 47-3011) in National (reference for Mason Tender / Hod Carrier) buyer would screen separately, which is why the badge and SOC remain beside the figures.

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