Brickmasons and Blockmasons in New York
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$64,251
after federal, FICA and New York tax
Tax takes
$20,159
23.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$59,699
New York costs more than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in New York — 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
$84,410
Kept after tax
$64,251
Worth in national money
$59,699
State rank
4
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for brickmasons and blockmasons is strong here. New York's middle earner gets $84,410, putting the state 4 of 50 — about 35.88% ahead of the national figure.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 493 occupations New York reports figures for, this is number 162.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $84,410, tax leaves $64,251 — and because New York is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $59,699 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $90,940, since top earners drag the number up.
- For brickmasons and blockmasons, New York sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $84,410, ranking 4 of 50 and running about 35.88% 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 York's occupational distribution, brickmasons and blockmasons sits at 162 of 493 — 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.
- After tax, $64,251 remains from the New York median of $84,410 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $59,699 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $90,940 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Brickmasons and Blockmasons
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $60,470 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $84,410 |
| Top tenth earn over | $127,980 |
| This salary | $84,410 |
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 York | $64,251 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $68,212 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$10,497 |
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 | $78,779 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$14,499 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 108 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $84,410 as a midpoint for New York, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $60,470 and the ninetieth is $127,980 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $64,251 take-home in New York comes from $84,410. 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 162 of 493.
- One number stands for prices across all of New York, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $59,699, the adjusted value of that $84,410 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 162 of 493 in the state.
- The New York median of $84,410 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $60,470 to $127,980. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $64,251, from $84,410, assumes a single New York 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 162 of 493 locally, and the state ranks 4 of 50 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for New York, so $59,699 — the adjusted value of that $84,410 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 162 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 $90,940 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?
The label is broader than the work. From $60,470 at the bottom tenth to $127,980 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 $59,699 of national purchasing power.
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; New York then takes its own share, leaving $64,251.
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 York is $90,940. 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 ($60,470) and the ninetieth ($127,980) 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 York's regional price parity sits above the national average, so nominal wages overstate purchasing power. Deflating take-home by the state price level gives $59,699 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 $64,251 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and New York 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.