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Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers vs Floor Layers, Except Carpet, Wood, and Hard Tiles

Side-by-side · O*NET · BLS · AI-exposure research · Anthropic Economic Index

A factual, source-backed comparison of Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers and Floor Layers, Except Carpet, Wood, and Hard Tiles on the dimensions both occupations carry. Every figure is a position within an independent published dataset — not a verdict on which job is better, safer, or more “future-proof.”

Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers Floor Layers, Except Carpet, Wood, and Hard Tiles
Median pay · BLS OEWS
$54,660
$54,340
Employment · BLS OEWS
205,230
24,850
AI exposure (percentile) · task overlap, not automation
3rd pct
6th pct

At a glance

Dimension Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers Floor Layers, Except Carpet, Wood, and Hard Tiles
Median pay $54,660 $54,340
Employment 205,230 24,850
Employment outlook (2024–34) · BLS projection About average (+1.8%) Growing fast (+9.5%)
Annual openings · BLS projection 14,300 2,700
Typical education · O*NET Usually requires a high school diploma or GED, though some occupations may not. Usually requires a high school diploma or GED, though some occupations may not.
AI exposure · published exposure studies Low · 3rd pct Low · 6th pct
Global GenAI gradient · ILO ISCO-08 · via crosswalk 4th pct · 10% of tasks 3rd pct · 10% of tasks
Observed AI use · Anthropic Economic Index Augmentation-leaning (58.2%) —
Mostly remote-capable · Dingel–Neiman No No

Pay and employment are BLS OEWS estimates; outlook and openings are BLS 2024–2034 projections; AI exposure and observed-use figures come from separate research and reflect exposure and usage, not predictions that either job will disappear. Compare like with like.

Skills

Shared: Manual Dexterity, Trunk Strength, English Language, Near Vision, Building and Construction, Arm-Hand Steadiness, Control Precision, Extent Flexibility, Monitoring, Problem Sensitivity, Deductive Reasoning, Information Ordering, Visualization, Dynamic Strength, Speaking, Coordination, Time Management, Oral Comprehension, Oral Expression, Selective Attention, Finger Dexterity, Static Strength, Speech Recognition, Mathematics, Public Safety and Security, Active Listening, Critical Thinking, Complex Problem Solving, Judgment and Decision Making, Inductive Reasoning, Speech Clarity.

Specific to Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers

  • Multilimb Coordination
  • Stamina
  • Quality Control Analysis
  • Category Flexibility
  • Far Vision
  • Rate Control
  • Reaction Time
  • Gross Body Coordination

Specific to Floor Layers, Except Carpet, Wood, and Hard Tiles

  • Customer and Personal Service
  • Mechanical
  • Production and Processing
  • Design
  • Social Perceptiveness
  • Education and Training
  • Active Learning
  • Written Comprehension

Knowledge, skills & abilities O*NET rates as important for each occupation. “Shared” are common to both; the columns list what is distinctive to each (top by the order O*NET surfaces).

Tools & technology

Shared: Project management software .

Specific to Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers

Specific to Floor Layers, Except Carpet, Wood, and Hard Tiles

Full profiles

This page is a summary. See the complete source-backed profile for Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers or Floor Layers, Except Carpet, Wood, and Hard Tiles — tasks, the full skill graph, tools, work context, preparation, wages by percentile, industries, AI exposure and the AI work map.

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Sources for this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

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Singulariki. "Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers vs Floor Layers, Except Carpet, Wood, and Hard Tiles." Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Built from O*NET 30.3; BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2024; BLS Employment Projections 2024–2034; Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27); Microsoft “Working with AI” working-with-ai; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130; AI Occupational Exposure (AIOE) Felten, Raj & Seamans; ILO / Gmyrek et al. GenAI exposure gradient 2025; IBS O*NET-SOC ↔ ISCO-08 occupation crosswalk 2022; Frey & Osborne (2013) frey-osborne-automation; Dingel & Neiman (2020) dingel-neiman-workathome. Accessed June 7, 2026. https://singulariki.com/compare/cement-masons-and-concrete-finishers-vs-floor-layers-except-carpet-wood-and-hard-tiles

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Singulariki. (2026). Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers vs Floor Layers, Except Carpet, Wood, and Hard Tiles. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/compare/cement-masons-and-concrete-finishers-vs-floor-layers-except-carpet-wood-and-hard-tiles

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