Brickmasons and Blockmasons in Minnesota
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$70,866
after federal, FICA and Minnesota tax
Tax takes
$24,354
25.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$72,006
Minnesota costs less than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Minnesota — 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
$95,220
Kept after tax
$70,866
Worth in national money
$72,006
State rank
1
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for brickmasons and blockmasons is strong here. Minnesota's middle earner gets $95,220, putting the state 1 of 50 — about 53.28% ahead of the national figure.
- Within Minnesota this is well-paid work. Of 490 occupations with published figures in the state, brickmasons and blockmasons ranks 96 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $95,220, tax leaves $70,866, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $72,006 in comparable terms. Here the average runs under the middle, at $91,330.
- For brickmasons and blockmasons, Minnesota sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $95,220, ranking 1 of 50 and running about 53.28% above the national midpoint. Nominal advantage of this size is usually, though not always, large enough to survive the state's own tax and price levels.
- Ranked against every occupation Minnesota publishes a median for, brickmasons and blockmasons sits 96 of 490 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- Because Minnesota sits close to the national price level, the real-terms figure for brickmasons and blockmasons — median $95,220 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $70,866 retained, $72,006 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $91,330 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 | $65,420 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $95,220 |
| Top tenth earn over | $100,980 |
| This salary | $95,220 |
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 Minnesota | $70,866 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $75,817 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$6,016 |
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 | $88,182 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$8,310 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 98 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $95,220 as a midpoint for Minnesota, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $65,420 and the ninetieth is $100,980 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Minnesota the take-home figure of $70,866, from $95,220, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 96 of 490 occupations here.
- One number stands for prices across all of Minnesota, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $72,006, the adjusted value of that $95,220 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 96 of 490 in the state.
- The Minnesota median of $95,220 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $65,420 to $100,980. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Take-home for Minnesota is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $70,866 from $95,220. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 96 of 490 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Minnesota, so $72,006 — the adjusted value of that $95,220 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 96 of 490 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $91,330, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $65,420 at the bottom tenth to $100,980 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
Further than the number implies. Minnesota is cheaper than the national average, so this take-home behaves like $72,006 in national terms.
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 Minnesota adds its own income tax on top — which is why $70,866 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 50 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
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 Minnesota is $91,330. 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 ($65,420 to $100,980) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Minnesota rather than a national figure.
What is this occupation's price-adjusted compensation in this state?
Minnesota'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 $72,006 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 $70,866 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and Minnesota 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.