Brickmasons and Blockmasons in Georgia
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$40,949
after federal, FICA and Georgia tax
Tax takes
$9,701
19.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$42,346
Georgia costs less than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Georgia — 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
$50,650
Kept after tax
$40,949
Worth in national money
$42,346
State rank
42
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Georgia is among the lower-paying states for brickmasons and blockmasons. The middle earner takes $50,650, ranking 42 of 50 states — about 18.46% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 492 occupations Georgia reports figures for, this is number 269.
- Georgia is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $50,650 the take-home is $40,949; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $42,346 would nationally. The average comes to $54,220, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Georgia ranks 42 of 50 for brickmasons and blockmasons, with a median of $50,650 — about 18.46% 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.
- In Georgia's occupational distribution, brickmasons and blockmasons sits at 269 of 492 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- Post-tax income for brickmasons and blockmasons in Georgia, on $50,650, is $40,949 — equivalent to $42,346 once regional price parity is applied. ⚠️ The adjustment uses a statewide index that describes no particular address; within-state price variation, concentrated in housing, routinely exceeds the difference between two states. At $54,220 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Brickmasons and Blockmasons
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $34,600 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $50,650 |
| Top tenth earn over | $74,450 |
| This salary | $50,650 |
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 Georgia | $40,949 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $42,877 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,777 |
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 | $48,250 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,149 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $50,650 as a midpoint for Georgia, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $34,600 and the ninetieth is $74,450 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $40,949 take-home in Georgia comes from $50,650. It is the no-frills case: single filer, standard deduction, nothing set aside before tax. Real circumstances almost always reduce the tax. City and school-district taxes are not counted at all. Locally the work ranks 269 of 492.
- Two cautions on $42,346, the adjusted value of that $50,650 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Georgia. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 269 of 492 locally.
- The Georgia median of $50,650 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $34,600 to $74,450. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $40,949, from $50,650, assumes a single Georgia filer with the standard deduction and no elective deferrals. Pre-tax retirement or HSA contributions, dependants and itemized deductions all reduce it further; local income taxes, excluded here, would increase it in the states that levy them. This occupation ranks 269 of 492 locally, and the state ranks 42 of 50 for it.
- This $42,346 adjusted figure, worked from $50,650, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 269 of 492 in the state. The occupation ranks 269 of 492 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $54,220 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $34,600, the highest tenth $74,450, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $42,346.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Into four separate taxes, not one. Federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare apply everywhere, and Georgia adds its own income tax on top — which is why $40,949 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 50 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
How does the published median differ from the mean for this occupation?
The median is the midpoint of the distribution; the mean for this occupation in Georgia is $54,220. Wage distributions are right-skewed, so the mean exceeds the median wherever a minority earn substantially more. BLS publishes both because substituting one for the other misstates a typical worker's pay.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($34,600) and the ninetieth ($74,450) exceeds the family median dispersion. SOC codes aggregate roles differing in seniority, industry and specialisation, and BLS does not disaggregate below the detailed occupation level, so within-title variance is not separable from the published series.
What is this occupation's price-adjusted compensation in this state?
Georgia'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 $42,346 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 $40,949 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and Georgia 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.