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Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2019
47-2051 Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers
Smooth and finish surfaces of poured concrete, such as floors, walks, sidewalks, roads, or curbs using a variety of hand and power tools. Align forms for sidewalks, curbs, or gutters; patch voids; and use saws to cut expansion joints. Installers of mortarless segmental concrete masonry wall units are classified in Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers (37-3011).
National estimates for this occupation
Industry profile for this occupation
Geographic profile for this occupation
National estimates for this occupation:
Employment estimate and mean wage estimates for this occupation:
| Employment (1) |
Employment
RSE (3) |
Mean hourly
wage |
Mean annual
wage (2) |
Wage RSE (3) |
| 196,120 |
1.6 % |
$23.24 |
$48,330 |
0.6 % |
Percentile wage estimates for this occupation:
| Percentile |
10% |
25% |
50%
(Median) |
75% |
90% |
| Hourly Wage |
$14.30 |
$17.17 |
$21.54 |
$27.69 |
$36.04 |
| Annual Wage (2) |
$29,750 |
$35,710 |
$44,810 |
$57,600 |
$74,950 |
Industry profile for this occupation:
Industries with the highest published employment and wages for this occupation are provided.
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Industries with the highest levels of employment in this occupation:
| Industry |
Employment (1) |
Percent of industry employment |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| Foundation, Structure, and Building Exterior Contractors |
94,640 |
10.11 |
$22.78 |
$47,380 |
| Other Specialty Trade Contractors |
34,400 |
4.85 |
$23.27 |
$48,390 |
| Nonresidential Building Construction |
18,700 |
2.24 |
$25.78 |
$53,620 |
| Highway, Street, and Bridge Construction |
15,020 |
4.27 |
$24.10 |
$50,130 |
| Residential Building Construction |
9,560 |
1.18 |
$24.57 |
$51,100 |
Industries with the highest concentration of employment in this occupation:
| Industry |
Employment (1) |
Percent of industry employment |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| Foundation, Structure, and Building Exterior Contractors |
94,640 |
10.11 |
$22.78 |
$47,380 |
| Other Specialty Trade Contractors |
34,400 |
4.85 |
$23.27 |
$48,390 |
| Highway, Street, and Bridge Construction |
15,020 |
4.27 |
$24.10 |
$50,130 |
| Nonresidential Building Construction |
18,700 |
2.24 |
$25.78 |
$53,620 |
| Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction |
1,690 |
1.37 |
$24.76 |
$51,500 |
Top paying industries for this occupation:
| Industry |
Employment (1) |
Percent of industry employment |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| Local Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OES Designation) |
1,250 |
0.02 |
$28.77 |
$59,840 |
| Electric Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution |
50 |
0.01 |
$28.75 |
$59,800 |
| Other Miscellaneous Manufacturing |
(8) |
(8) |
$27.53 |
$57,260 |
| Federal Executive Branch (OES Designation) |
80 |
(7) |
$26.97 |
$56,100 |
| Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools |
190 |
0.01 |
$26.69 |
$55,510 |
Geographic profile for this occupation:
States and areas with the highest published employment, location quotients, and wages for this occupation are provided.
For a list of all areas with employment in this occupation, see the Create Customized Tables function.
States with the highest employment level in this occupation:
| State |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| California |
28,170 |
1.62 |
1.21 |
$27.54 |
$57,290 |
| Texas |
21,550 |
1.73 |
1.30 |
$18.45 |
$38,380 |
| Florida |
15,340 |
1.74 |
1.31 |
$18.51 |
$38,510 |
| Arizona |
6,510 |
2.27 |
1.70 |
$20.57 |
$42,780 |
| Ohio |
6,390 |
1.17 |
0.88 |
$23.80 |
$49,500 |
States with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in this occupation:
| State |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| South Dakota |
1,840 |
4.33 |
3.25 |
$17.54 |
$36,480 |
| Nebraska |
3,320 |
3.38 |
2.53 |
$19.26 |
$40,050 |
| Utah |
4,660 |
3.10 |
2.32 |
$21.07 |
$43,830 |
| Idaho |
2,150 |
2.96 |
2.22 |
$19.58 |
$40,720 |
| Iowa |
4,170 |
2.69 |
2.02 |
$20.42 |
$42,470 |
Top paying States for this occupation:
| State |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| Hawaii |
550 |
0.87 |
0.65 |
$40.86 |
$84,980 |
| Illinois |
5,360 |
0.89 |
0.67 |
$33.09 |
$68,820 |
| New York |
6,000 |
0.63 |
0.47 |
$32.87 |
$68,370 |
| Washington |
4,670 |
1.41 |
1.05 |
$31.86 |
$66,270 |
| New Jersey |
3,170 |
0.78 |
0.58 |
$30.14 |
$62,680 |
Metropolitan areas with the highest employment level in this occupation:
| Metropolitan area |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA |
8,190 |
1.31 |
0.98 |
$27.62 |
$57,450 |
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX |
6,910 |
1.89 |
1.42 |
$18.88 |
$39,270 |
| New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA |
6,790 |
0.70 |
0.53 |
$33.16 |
$68,970 |
| Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX |
5,470 |
1.79 |
1.34 |
$18.19 |
$37,830 |
| Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ |
5,210 |
2.45 |
1.84 |
$20.84 |
$43,340 |
| Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA |
4,530 |
2.94 |
2.20 |
$29.26 |
$60,850 |
| Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI |
4,110 |
0.88 |
0.66 |
$34.66 |
$72,100 |
| Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV |
3,630 |
1.14 |
0.85 |
$23.09 |
$48,020 |
| San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA |
3,240 |
1.31 |
0.98 |
$31.42 |
$65,350 |
| Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL |
3,200 |
1.21 |
0.91 |
$19.31 |
$40,160 |
United States Department of Labor
