Brickmasons and Blockmasons in New Jersey
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$60,291
after federal, FICA and New Jersey tax
Tax takes
$16,719
21.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$55,372
New Jersey costs more than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in New Jersey — 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
$77,010
Kept after tax
$60,291
Worth in national money
$55,372
State rank
11
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for brickmasons and blockmasons is strong here. New Jersey's middle earner gets $77,010, putting the state 11 of 50 — about 23.97% ahead of the national figure.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 490 occupations New Jersey reports figures for, this is number 207.
- The wage here flatters the reality. From $77,010 the take-home is $60,291. But New Jersey costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $55,372 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is higher, $83,470, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For brickmasons and blockmasons, New Jersey sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $77,010, ranking 11 of 50 and running about 23.97% 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.
- In New Jersey's occupational distribution, brickmasons and blockmasons sits at 207 of 490 — 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.
- Retained pay after federal, FICA and New Jersey income tax is $60,291 for brickmasons and blockmasons, from $77,010. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $55,372. ⚠️ This is purchasing power and not a wage; cross-state offer comparisons that stop at the nominal figure systematically overvalue high-cost states. The mean of $83,470 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Brickmasons and Blockmasons
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $49,680 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $77,010 |
| Top tenth earn over | $111,640 |
| This salary | $77,010 |
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 New Jersey | $60,291 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $63,007 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$9,466 |
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 | $73,150 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$12,756 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 109 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $77,010 as a midpoint for New Jersey, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $49,680 and the ninetieth is $111,640 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In New Jersey the take-home figure of $60,291, from $77,010, 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 207 of 490 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $55,372 uses one figure for the whole of New Jersey. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 490 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 207.
- The New Jersey median of $77,010 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $49,680 to $111,640. 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 New Jersey is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $60,291 from $77,010. 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 207 of 490 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $55,372, worked from $77,010, 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 New Jersey address, on work sitting at 207 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 $83,470, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $49,680 at the bottom tenth to $111,640 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $55,372 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 New Jersey's own levy, $60,291 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 New Jersey is $83,470. 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 ($49,680) and the ninetieth ($111,640) 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.
How does the state price level affect real compensation?
New Jersey's regional price parity sits above the national average, so nominal wages overstate purchasing power. Deflating take-home by the state price level gives $55,372 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 $60,291 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and New Jersey 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.