CAREER OVERVIEW
Builds stone structures such as piers, walls, and abutments. Lays walkways, curbstones, or special types of masonry for foundations for vats, tanks, and flooring.
Skills and Abilities
- Constructing with brick, stone, and mortar
- Making large fixed structures and objects
- Using construction hand and power tools
- Working as a member of a construction team
- Following construction blueprints and plans
- Following written construction work orders
AVERAGE SALARY
- $53,870 (annually)
- $25.17 (hourly)
Salary Ranges (entry level > experienced)
- $47,132 - $64,700 (annually)
- $20.74 - $31.11 (hourly)
*SOURCE: Occupational Employment Statistics Program, US Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, for Colorado, from May 2018. https://www.bls.gov/oes/
* Entry Level wage rates based on the average of the lower 1/3 of the wage distribution. Experienced wage rates based on the average of the top 10% of the wage distribution.
VIDEO SOURCE: Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration on careeronestop.org
