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Helpers--Brickmasons, Blockmasons, Stonemasons, and Tile and Marble Setters vs Refractory Materials Repairers, Except Brickmasons

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

A factual, source-backed comparison of Helpers--Brickmasons, Blockmasons, Stonemasons, and Tile and Marble Setters and Refractory Materials Repairers, Except Brickmasons 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.”

Helpers--Brickmasons, Blockmasons, Stonemasons, and Tile and Marble Setters Refractory Materials Repairers, Except Brickmasons
Median pay · BLS OEWS
$46,480
$58,540
Employment · BLS OEWS
15,660
1,100
AI exposure (percentile) · task overlap, not automation
18th pct
27th pct

At a glance

Dimension Helpers--Brickmasons, Blockmasons, Stonemasons, and Tile and Marble Setters Refractory Materials Repairers, Except Brickmasons
Median pay $46,480 $58,540
Employment 15,660 1,100
Employment outlook (2024–34) · BLS projection Declining (-10.5%) Declining (-16.9%)
Annual openings · BLS projection 1,400 100
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 · 18th pct Low · 27th pct
Global GenAI gradient · ILO ISCO-08 · via crosswalk 2nd pct · 9% of tasks 17th pct · 15% of tasks
Observed AI use · Anthropic Economic Index — —
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: Trunk Strength, Multilimb Coordination, Arm-Hand Steadiness, Near Vision, Manual Dexterity, Extent Flexibility, Far Vision, Mechanical, Information Ordering, Visualization, Critical Thinking, Monitoring, Coordination, Operation and Control, Time Management, Oral Comprehension, Deductive Reasoning, Finger Dexterity, Control Precision, Gross Body Equilibrium, Active Listening, Judgment and Decision Making, Oral Expression, Problem Sensitivity, Category Flexibility, Perceptual Speed, Selective Attention, Reaction Time, Auditory Attention.

Specific to Helpers--Brickmasons, Blockmasons, Stonemasons, and Tile and Marble Setters

  • Building and Construction
  • Static Strength
  • Design
  • Mathematics
  • Speed of Limb Movement
  • Dynamic Strength
  • Stamina
  • Depth Perception

Specific to Refractory Materials Repairers, Except Brickmasons

  • Operations Monitoring
  • Repairing
  • Equipment Maintenance
  • Inductive Reasoning
  • Speech Recognition
  • Production and Processing
  • Reading Comprehension
  • Troubleshooting

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: Data base user interface and query software , Spreadsheet software , Presentation software , Word processing software .

Specific to Helpers--Brickmasons, Blockmasons, Stonemasons, and Tile and Marble Setters

Specific to Refractory Materials Repairers, Except Brickmasons

Full profiles

This page is a summary. See the complete source-backed profile for Helpers--Brickmasons, Blockmasons, Stonemasons, and Tile and Marble Setters or Refractory Materials Repairers, Except Brickmasons — 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. "Helpers--Brickmasons, Blockmasons, Stonemasons, and Tile and Marble Setters vs Refractory Materials Repairers, Except Brickmasons." 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/helpers-brickmasons-blockmasons-stonemasons-and-tile-and-marble-setters-vs-refractory-materials-repairers-except-brickmasons

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Singulariki. (2026). Helpers--Brickmasons, Blockmasons, Stonemasons, and Tile and Marble Setters vs Refractory Materials Repairers, Except Brickmasons. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/compare/helpers-brickmasons-blockmasons-stonemasons-and-tile-and-marble-setters-vs-refractory-materials-repairers-except-brickmasons

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