Brickmasons and Blockmasons in Alabama
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$39,991
after federal, FICA and Alabama tax
Tax takes
$9,719
19.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$44,449
Alabama costs less than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Alabama — roughly, since only five points along the band are published.
One filer, standard deduction, no dependants and nothing paid in before tax — the same household the rest of this page uses, so the comparison holds. City and school-district income taxes are not included.
Median here
$49,710
Kept after tax
$39,991
Worth in national money
$44,449
State rank
45
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Alabama is among the lower-paying states for brickmasons and blockmasons. The middle earner takes $49,710, ranking 45 of 50 states — about 19.98% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Against other work in Alabama, this sits in the middle: 253 of 482 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $49,710 you keep $39,991 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $44,449 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $50,630, since top earners drag the number up.
- Alabama ranks 45 of 50 for brickmasons and blockmasons, with a median of $49,710 — about 19.98% below the national figure. A nominal shortfall is not by itself a real one: lower-paying states frequently carry lower tax and lower price levels, and the adjusted figures below are where that is settled rather than assumed.
- Brickmasons and blockmasons ranks 253 of 482 occupations in Alabama by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- Retained pay in Alabama is $39,991 after the full tax stack, from $49,710. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $44,449 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $50,630 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Brickmasons and Blockmasons
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $37,870 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $49,710 |
| Top tenth earn over | $61,240 |
| This salary | $49,710 |
Positions between the published tenth, quarter, half, three-quarter and ninetieth points are estimated by straight line.
The same pay, somewhere else
The state median for this job
| Take-home in Alabama | $39,991 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $42,122 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,102 |
The raise and the real gain point in opposite directions here.
State income tax and state price levels only. No city income tax, and no housing market.
What you would need there
The state median for this job
| To match take-home only | $47,058 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,333 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 90 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of brickmasons and blockmasons in Alabama earn under $49,710 and half over. The published range runs $37,870 at the tenth percentile to $61,240 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Alabama's $39,991, worked from $49,710. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 253 of 482.
- One number stands for prices across all of Alabama, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $44,449, the adjusted value of that $49,710 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 253 of 482 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for brickmasons and blockmasons in Alabama, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $37,870 to $61,240; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- The Alabama take-home of $39,991, on $49,710 for work ranking 253 of 482 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 253 of 482 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Alabama, so $44,449 — the adjusted value of that $49,710 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 253 of 482 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $37,870 at the bottom tenth to $61,240 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
A smaller wage in a cheaper place is not automatically less. Adjusted for local prices, this is worth $44,449.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Four deductions, stacked. The federal layer and the two payroll taxes apply wherever you work; Alabama then takes its own share, leaving $39,991.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 50 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($37,870 to $61,240) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Alabama rather than a national figure.
What is this occupation's price-adjusted compensation in this state?
Alabama's regional price parity is at or below the national average, so nominal wages understate purchasing power. Take-home deflated by the state price level is $44,449 in national-average terms. The adjustment uses an all-items index and does not isolate housing.
What accounts for the gap between gross wage and take-home here?
Take-home of $39,991 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and Alabama income tax for a single filer with no adjustments. The state layer is levied in addition to the federal one; only its rate and base differ between states.
Why does this occupation lack published estimates in every state?
BLS suppresses estimates failing disclosure or reliability criteria. This occupation has published state-level estimates in 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.