Helpers--Brickmasons, Blockmasons, Stonemasons, and Tile and Marble Setters
Help brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, or tile and marble setters by performing duties requiring less skill. Duties include using, supplying, or holding materials or tools, and cleaning work area and equipment.
14,170 people do this job in the US. $47,550 a year.
of the working time. Estimate.
- 6%
- 0%
- 94%
Measured, from Anthropic's usage data (2025). Counts help on part of a task.
On the chosen pace and reliability. Estimate.
Share of the working time within reach, now to 2030
What each choice means: , , , , . Every pace starts from .
At this date and pace, models finish tasks up to 4.4 h long four times in five.
How far this has come
With GPT-4, measured in March 2023, 0% of this job's working time was within reach at . With Claude 3.7 Sonnet, measured in February 2025, 0%. With Claude Mythos Preview (early), measured in April 2026, 6%. Today's estimate: 6%.
A backcast: today's task data with the best model METR had measured by each date. It shows how fast the models have moved, not what anyone forecast at the time.
The tasks
Sorted by . 15 tasks from .
| Task | Kind | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Provide assistance in the preparation, installation, repair, or rebuilding of tile, brick, or stone surfaces.Done daily by most who do it. | 16% | 1.7 h25 min to 3.3 h | Stays with people | |
| Locate and supply materials to masons for installation, following drawings or numbered sequences.Done hourly or more by most who do it. | 14% | 38 min13 min to 1.3 h | Stays with people | |
| Erect scaffolding or other installation structures.Done daily by most who do it. | 9% | 1.3 h25 min to 3.3 h | Stays with people | |
| Mix mortar, plaster, and grout, manually or using machines, according to standard formulas.Done several times a day by most who do it. | 9% | 25 min13 min to 50 min | Stays with people | |
| Cut materials to specified sizes for installation, using power saws or tile cutters.Done daily by most who do it. | 8% | 21 min8 min to 42 min | Stays with people | |
| Remove damaged tile, brick, or mortar, and clean or prepare surfaces, using pliers, hammers, chisels, drills, wire brushes, or metal wire anchors.Done more than weekly by most who do it. | 7% | 50 min25 min to 2.5 h | Stays with people | |
| Apply grout between joints of bricks or tiles, using grouting trowels.Done daily by most who do it. | 7% | 38 min17 min to 1.7 h | Stays with people | |
| Modify material moving, mixing, grouting, grinding, polishing, or cleaning procedures, according to installation or material requirements.Done daily by most who do it. | 6% | 25 min13 min to 50 min | 100%Half by now | |
| Clean installation surfaces, equipment, tools, work sites, or storage areas, using water, chemical solutions, oxygen lances, or polishing machines.Done daily by most who do it. | 6% | 38 min13 min to 1.7 h | Stays with people | |
| Arrange or store materials, machines, tools, or equipment.Done daily by most who do it. | 5% | 25 min13 min to 50 min | Stays with people | |
| Remove excess grout or residue from tile or brick joints, using sponges or trowels.Done daily by most who do it. | 5% | 25 min13 min to 50 min | Stays with people | |
| Transport materials, tools, or machines to installation sites, manually or using conveyance equipment.Done daily by most who do it. | 5% | 29 min13 min to 1.3 h | Stays with people |
Within reach, per task: the share of the task's time whose instances are short enough for a model to finish at the chosen date, pace and reliability. Half by: the date half of that time comes within reach.
Jobs that share skills with this one
From O*NET's related occupations. Within reach now and by the end of 2028, long-run pace, four in five.
- Brickmasons and Blockmasons12% now, 13% by 2028
- Helpers--Carpenters0% now, 0% by 2028
- Helpers--Painters, Paperhangers, Plasterers, and Stucco Masons0% now, 0% by 2028
- Terrazzo Workers and Finishers3% now, 3% by 2028
- Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters0% now, 0% by 2028
- Tile and Stone Setters4% now, 4% by 2028
Where this job works
The industry groups that employ the most of it (BLS, May 2025).
Where the most of these jobs are
The metro areas with the most people in it (BLS, May 2025).