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Helpers--Brickmasons, Blockmasons, Stonemasons, and Tile and Marble Setters pay in Alabama and Washington
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Helpers--Brickmasons, Blockmasons, Stonemasons, and Tile and Marble Setters is $37,390 per year in Alabama. It is $76,180 per year in Washington. Alabama is 50.9% below Washington on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 47-3011 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 70 wage and salary jobs in Alabama and 150 in Washington. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.
Evidence: bls-oews-may-2025 · Rule: same-soc-same-metric-pair · nominal-median-gap · employment-not-openings