Brickmasons and Blockmasons in Maryland
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$47,170
after federal, FICA and Maryland tax
Tax takes
$11,860
20.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$45,371
Maryland costs more than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Maryland — 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
$59,030
Kept after tax
$47,170
Worth in national money
$45,371
State rank
35
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for brickmasons and blockmasons is on the low side in Maryland. The middle earner gets $59,030. That is 35 of 50 states, and about 4.97% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Brickmasons and blockmasons ranks 281 among 489 occupations Maryland publishes pay for.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $59,030, tax leaves $47,170 — and because Maryland is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $45,371 would nationally. Here the average runs under the middle, at $56,620.
- For brickmasons and blockmasons, Maryland sits in the lower band at $59,030, ranking 35 of 50 and trailing the national median by about 4.97%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Position 281 of 489 in Maryland places brickmasons and blockmasons in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- After tax, $47,170 remains from the Maryland median of $59,030 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $45,371 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $56,620 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Brickmasons and Blockmasons
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $37,980 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $59,030 |
| Top tenth earn over | $70,640 |
| This salary | $59,030 |
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 Maryland | $47,170 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $49,611 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$5,682 |
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 | $55,993 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$6,871 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 104 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Maryland earn less than $59,030. The published range is $37,980 up to $70,640, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $47,170 take-home in Maryland comes from $59,030. 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 281 of 489.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $45,371 uses one figure for the whole of Maryland. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 489 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 281.
- Reported values are medians; for brickmasons and blockmasons in Maryland the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $37,980 to $70,640. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $47,170, from $59,030, assumes a single Maryland 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 281 of 489 locally, and the state ranks 35 of 50 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $45,371, worked from $59,030, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular Maryland address, on work sitting at 281 of 489 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 $56,620 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $37,980 at the bottom tenth to $70,640 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
A larger wage in a dearer place is not automatically more. Adjusted for local prices, this pay behaves like $45,371 of national purchasing power.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Three of them are federal and one is not. After income tax, Social Security, Medicare and Maryland's own levy, $47,170 remains.
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 Maryland is $56,620. 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 is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($37,980 to $70,640) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Maryland rather than a national figure.
How does the state price level affect real compensation?
Maryland's regional price parity sits above the national average, so nominal wages overstate purchasing power. Deflating take-home by the state price level gives $45,371 in national-average terms. ⚠️ RPPs are an all-items index; housing parities vary far more widely than the headline figure.
What accounts for the gap between gross wage and take-home here?
Take-home of $47,170 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and Maryland 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.