Brickmasons and Blockmasons in Tennessee
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$53,483
after federal, FICA and Tennessee tax
Tax takes
$10,367
16.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$57,811
Tennessee costs less than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Tennessee — 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
$63,850
Kept after tax
$53,483
Worth in national money
$57,811
State rank
23
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Tennessee sits in the middle of the pack for brickmasons and blockmasons. The median is $63,850, ranking 23 of 50 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Brickmasons and blockmasons ranks 161 among 491 occupations Tennessee publishes pay for.
- Tennessee is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $63,850 the take-home is $53,483; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $57,811 would nationally. The average lands at $63,280, below the middle of the range.
- Tennessee occupies the middle band for brickmasons and blockmasons: a median of $63,850, ranking 23 of 50. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- Position 161 of 491 in Tennessee 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 Tennessee, on $63,850, is $53,483 — equivalent to $57,811 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 $63,280 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Brickmasons and Blockmasons
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $46,610 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $63,850 |
| Top tenth earn over | $75,640 |
| This salary | $63,850 |
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 Tennessee | $53,483 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $53,483 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,772 |
The raise and the real gain point in opposite directions here.
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 | $63,850 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$3,453 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 93 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Tennessee earn less than $63,850. The published range is $46,610 up to $75,640, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Tennessee the take-home figure of $53,483, from $63,850, 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 161 of 491 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $57,811, the adjusted value of that $63,850 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Tennessee. 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 161 of 491 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for brickmasons and blockmasons in Tennessee the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $46,610 to $75,640. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Take-home for Tennessee is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $53,483 from $63,850. 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 161 of 491 locally.
- This $57,811 adjusted figure, worked from $63,850, 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 161 of 491 in the state. The occupation ranks 161 of 491 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $46,610 and the top tenth $75,640, so most people doing this work in Tennessee sit within a fairly tight band.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
A smaller wage in a cheaper place is not automatically less. Adjusted for local prices, this is worth $57,811.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $53,483 lands after tax, since there is no state income tax on wages here — though the federal floor is identical in every state.
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.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($46,610 to $75,640) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Tennessee rather than a national figure.
What is this occupation's price-adjusted compensation in this state?
Tennessee'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 $57,811 in national-average terms. The adjustment uses an all-items index and does not isolate housing.
Why is the take-home ratio comparatively high in this state?
Tennessee levies no personal income tax on wages, so take-home of $53,483 reflects the federal layer and FICA alone. Federal income tax and FICA are unchanged; states without a wage income tax generally recover revenue through consumption and property bases instead.
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.