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Stonemasons
Construction and Extraction · SOC 47-2022
0.0% AI Exposure — Low
$57,390
Median Annual Salary
Bright ↗
O*NET Outlook
1,900
Proj. Annual Openings
7,820
Employment (OEWS 2025)
-7.4%/yr
Empl. growth (2019–2025)
100/100
AI Resiliency Score
AI exposure from the Anthropic Economic Index (2025); salary from BLS; skills from O*NET. See /sources.
Decision card
Career Evidence Passport
SOC 47-2022 evidence across exposure, wages, projections, postings, certified LCAs, skills, and transitions.
Proxy / seed data labeledDescriptive-only
- SOC exposure
- 0.0%
- Low · Anthropic AEI
- Automation friction
- 66/100
- High friction; broad SOC seed ORS job-requirements coverage.
- Wages
- $57,390
- No H-1B offered-wage row for this SOC.
- Projected openings
- 1,900
- BLS EP 2024–2034; employment change -3.0%.
- Observed/proxy demand
- —
- FY— certified LCAs; 2,367 postings in 2025.
Skill evidence
Critical ThinkingCoordinationTime ManagementSocial PerceptivenessComplex Problem Solving
Transition context
- H-1B values are certified Labor Condition Applications, not visa approvals.
- Job postings are seed-static / seed-derived; treat as provider-ready proxy coverage until observed provider data is wired in.
- Transition matches are directional skill-overlap context, not placement guarantees.
- This release is a FutureGrid broad-SOC seed derived from public BLS ORS requirement concepts and categories, not direct occupation-level ORS survey estimates. It describes job requirements, not worker ability, AI capability, or displacement probability. Automation friction is a FutureGrid derived score and should be read alongside exposure, demand, wage, and projection signals.
AI Exposure Analysis
AI Exposure0.0%
AI Resiliency100/100
Exposure BandLow
Sector Avg. Exposure1.2%
Across AI measures
Multiple exposure lenses for this occupation.
7.6%
Consensus
Actual adoption · Anthropic0%
AI capability · OpenAI0%
AI ability · AIOE22.8%
Automation baseline (2013) · Frey & Osborne89%
Top Skills
1.Critical Thinking
2.Coordination
3.Time Management
4.Social Perceptiveness
5.Complex Problem Solving
H-1B Visa Sponsorship Demand
View full H-1B trends →No H-1B certified LCA filings recorded for this occupation in FY2016–FY2025.
O*NET occupation profile
What this work involves
Build stone structures, such as piers, walls, and abutments. Lay walks, curbstones, or special types of masonry for vats, tanks, and floors.
Common titles: Marble Installer, Marble Shop Worker, Mason, Mason Mechanic, Stone Derrickman, Stone Installer
Representative Tasks
- •Set vertical and horizontal alignment of structures, using plumb bob, gauge line, and level.
- •Lay out wall patterns or foundations, using straight edge, rule, or staked lines.
- •Set stone or marble in place, according to layout or pattern.
- •Remove wedges, fill joints between stones, finish joints between stones, using a trowel, and smooth the mortar to an attractive finish, using a tuck pointer.
- •Clean excess mortar or grout from surface of marble, stone, or monument, using sponge, brush, water, or acid.
Detailed Work Activities
- •Align masonry materials.
- •Mark reference points on construction materials.
- •Apply decorative masonry finishes.
- •Apply mortar.
- •Remove excess materials from finished construction projects.
Tools & Technologies
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Employment Projections & AI Exposure
15
Occupations Shown
1.2%
Avg AI Exposure
12
Bright Outlook
Horizontal bar chart showing occupations with the highest projected annual openings. Each bar length represents annual projected openings. Color uses a gradient from violet (lower) to cyan (higher). Summary statistics are shown above the chart.
Employment & Wage Trend
BLS OEWS, 2019–2025
Multi-year BLS OEWS history for SOC 47-2022: 2019 — employment: 12,390, median wage: $43,280; 2020 — employment: 11,830, median wage: $43,650; 2021 — employment: 9,000, median wage: $47,610; 2022 — employment: 10,220, median wage: $50,210; 2023 — employment: 9,790, median wage: $51,830; 2025 — employment: 7,820, median wage: $57,390.
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS). See /sources.
Sector Comparison
| Metric | This Career | Sector Average |
|---|---|---|
| AI Exposure | 0.0% | 1.2% |
| Outlook | Bright ↗ | 70% Bright |
| Median Salary | $57,390 | N/A |
| AI Resiliency | 100/100 | N/A |