Brickmasons and Blockmasons in Michigan
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$50,754
after federal, FICA and Michigan tax
Tax takes
$12,746
20.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$53,888
Michigan costs less than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Michigan — 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
$63,500
Kept after tax
$50,754
Worth in national money
$53,888
State rank
24
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Michigan pays brickmasons and blockmasons around $63,500 at the midpoint, 24 of 50 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Brickmasons and blockmasons ranks 202 among 493 occupations Michigan publishes pay for.
- Michigan is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $63,500 the take-home is $50,754; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $53,888 would nationally. The average comes to $67,860, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For brickmasons and blockmasons the Michigan median is $63,500, ranking 24 of 50 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- Position 202 of 493 in Michigan 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.
- Post-tax income for brickmasons and blockmasons in Michigan, on $63,500, is $50,754 — equivalent to $53,888 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 $67,860 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 | $48,400 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $63,500 |
| Top tenth earn over | $90,930 |
| This salary | $63,500 |
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 Michigan | $50,754 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $53,202 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$861 |
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 | $60,453 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$1,041 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 94 |
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 Michigan earn under $63,500 and half over. The published range runs $48,400 at the tenth percentile to $90,930 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $50,754 take-home in Michigan comes from $63,500. 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 202 of 493.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $53,888 uses one figure for the whole of Michigan. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 493 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 202.
- Figures are distribution medians for brickmasons and blockmasons in Michigan, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $48,400 to $90,930; 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.
- Retained pay of $50,754, from $63,500, assumes a single Michigan 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 202 of 493 locally, and the state ranks 24 of 50 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $53,888, worked from $63,500, 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 Michigan address, on work sitting at 202 of 493 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 $67,860 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $48,400 and the top tenth $90,930, so most people doing this work in Michigan sit within a fairly tight band.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
More than the figure suggests. Prices in Michigan sit below the national level, so take-home here stretches like $53,888 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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; Michigan then takes its own share, leaving $50,754.
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.
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 Michigan is $67,860. 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 ($48,400 to $90,930) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Michigan rather than a national figure.
What is this occupation's price-adjusted compensation in this state?
Michigan'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 $53,888 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 $50,754 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and Michigan 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.