Brickmasons and Blockmasons in Oregon
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$58,321
after federal, FICA and Oregon tax
Tax takes
$21,129
26.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$55,692
Oregon costs more than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Oregon — 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
$79,450
Kept after tax
$58,321
Worth in national money
$55,692
State rank
8
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Oregon pays brickmasons and blockmasons a middle wage of $79,450, ranking 8 of 50 states and sitting about 27.9% above the national middle.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Brickmasons and blockmasons ranks 160 among 489 occupations Oregon publishes pay for.
- Oregon is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $79,450 the take-home is $58,321; in national-average money that behaves like $55,692. The average comes to $82,130, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Oregon's median for brickmasons and blockmasons is $79,450, about 27.9% above the national figure and 8 of 50 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Position 160 of 489 in Oregon 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.
- Take-home for brickmasons and blockmasons in Oregon, on $79,450, is $58,321; deflated by the state's price level, $55,692. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $82,130 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 | $52,550 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $79,450 |
| Top tenth earn over | $102,400 |
| This salary | $79,450 |
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 Oregon | $58,321 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $64,723 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$10,913 |
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 | $70,350 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$14,809 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 105 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $79,450 as a midpoint for Oregon, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $52,550 and the ninetieth is $102,400 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Oregon the take-home figure of $58,321, from $79,450, 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 160 of 489 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $55,692, the adjusted value of that $79,450 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Oregon. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 160 of 489 locally.
- The Oregon median of $79,450 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $52,550 to $102,400. 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 Oregon is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $58,321 from $79,450. 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 160 of 489 locally.
- This $55,692 adjusted figure, worked from $79,450, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 160 of 489 in the state. The occupation ranks 160 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $82,130, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $52,550 at the tenth percentile, $102,400 at the ninetieth.
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 $55,692 of national purchasing power.
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 Oregon adds its own income tax on top — which is why $58,321 of this wage survives to your account.
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 Oregon is $82,130. 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 ($52,550 to $102,400) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Oregon rather than a national figure.
How does the state price level affect real compensation?
Oregon's regional price parity sits above the national average, so nominal wages overstate purchasing power. Deflating take-home by the state price level gives $55,692 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 $58,321 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and Oregon 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.