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Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics

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. For a list of all industries with employment in this occupation, see the Create Customized Tables function.

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




Metropolitan areas with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in this occupation:

Metropolitan area Employment (1) Employment per thousand jobs Location quotient (9) Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage (2)
Lake Charles, LA 880 7.60 5.69 $26.26 $54,630
St. George, UT 410 6.09 4.56 $21.19 $44,070
Rapid City, SD 370 5.67 4.24 $18.06 $37,560
Provo-Orem, UT 1,390 5.48 4.10 $21.55 $44,810
Greeley, CO 540 5.07 3.80 $22.90 $47,630
Sioux Falls, SD 710 4.54 3.40 $18.63 $38,750
Punta Gorda, FL 210 4.31 3.23 $20.43 $42,500
Prescott, AZ 270 4.14 3.10 $21.59 $44,910
Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island, FL 600 4.00 2.99 $17.91 $37,250
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD 330 3.91 2.93 $19.67 $40,920




Top paying metropolitan areas for this occupation:

Metropolitan area Employment (1) Employment per thousand jobs Location quotient (9) Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage (2)
Urban Honolulu, HI 430 0.94 0.71 $40.70 $84,650
Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, HI 50 0.64 0.48 $40.41 $84,050
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA 2,690 1.33 1.00 $36.07 $75,020
Madera, CA 70 1.43 1.07 $35.56 $73,960
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI 4,110 0.88 0.66 $34.66 $72,100
Salinas, CA 110 0.58 0.43 $33.66 $70,000
Kankakee, IL 50 1.10 0.83 $33.42 $69,500
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA 6,790 0.70 0.53 $33.16 $68,970
Rockford, IL 110 0.73 0.55 $32.72 $68,060
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY 370 0.81 0.61 $32.52 $67,650

Nonmetropolitan areas with the highest employment in this occupation:

Nonmetropolitan area Employment (1) Employment per thousand jobs Location quotient (9) Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage (2)
Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area 730 3.24 2.43 $19.94 $41,480
South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area 650 3.06 2.29 $24.33 $50,620
Kansas nonmetropolitan area 600 1.52 1.14 $17.93 $37,290
Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area 580 2.84 2.13 $21.70 $45,140
South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area 570 3.81 2.85 $17.32 $36,030

Nonmetropolitan areas with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in this occupation:

Nonmetropolitan area Employment (1) Employment per thousand jobs Location quotient (9) Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage (2)
Northeast Nebraska nonmetropolitan area 390 4.11 3.08 $19.47 $40,500
West South Dakota nonmetropolitan area 230 3.84 2.88 $14.21 $29,560
East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area 510 3.84 2.88 $17.19 $35,750
South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area 570 3.81 2.85 $17.32 $36,030
Central Utah nonmetropolitan area 170 3.48 2.61 $19.16 $39,840

Top paying nonmetropolitan areas for this occupation:

Nonmetropolitan area Employment (1) Employment per thousand jobs Location quotient (9) Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage (2)
Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area 70 0.73 0.55 $42.05 $87,470
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area 40 0.27 0.21 $29.96 $62,310
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area 160 1.59 1.19 $28.68 $59,650
Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area 190 1.41 1.05 $28.49 $59,250
West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area 160 0.89 0.67 $27.77 $57,760


About May 2019 National, State, Metropolitan, and Nonmetropolitan Area Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates

These estimates are calculated with data collected from employers in all industry sectors, all metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas, and all states and the District of Columbia. The top employment and wage figures are provided above. The complete list is available in the downloadable XLS files.

The percentile wage estimate is the value of a wage below which a certain percent of workers fall. The median wage is the 50th percentile wage estimate--50 percent of workers earn less than the median and 50 percent of workers earn more than the median. More about percentile wages.


(1) Estimates for detailed occupations do not sum to the totals because the totals include occupations not shown separately. Estimates do not include self-employed workers.

(2) Annual wages have been calculated by multiplying the hourly mean wage by a "year-round, full-time" hours figure of 2,080 hours; for those occupations where there is not an hourly wage published, the annual wage has been directly calculated from the reported survey data.

(3) The relative standard error (RSE) is a measure of the reliability of a survey statistic. The smaller the relative standard error, the more precise the estimate.

(7) The value is less than .005 percent of industry employment.

(8) Estimate not released.

(9) The location quotient is the ratio of the area concentration of occupational employment to the national average concentration. A location quotient greater than one indicates the occupation has a higher share of employment than average, and a location quotient less than one indicates the occupation is less prevalent in the area than average.


Other OES estimates and related information:

May 2019 National Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates

May 2019 State Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates

May 2019 Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Area Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates

May 2019 National Industry-Specific Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates

May 2019 Occupation Profiles

Technical Notes

 

Last Modified Date: July 6, 2020