Jobs / Physical work / 47-2022.00
Stonemasons
Build stone structures, such as piers, walls, and abutments. Lay walks, curbstones, or special types of masonry for vats, tanks, and floors.
- US jobs
- 7,820
- Median wage
- $57,390 a year
- Job family
- Physical work
Can agents do the work of stonemasons?
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Typical tasks
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- 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.
- Shape, trim, face and cut marble or stone preparatory to setting, using power saws, cutting equipment, and hand tools.
- Mix mortar or grout and pour or spread mortar or grout on marble slabs, stone, or foundation.
- Construct and install prefabricated masonry units.
- Smooth, polish, and bevel surfaces, using hand tools and power tools.
- Lay brick to build shells of chimneys and smokestacks or to line or reline industrial furnaces, kilns, boilers and similar installations.
- Replace broken or missing masonry units in walls or floors.
- Remove sections of monument from truck bed, and guide stone onto foundation, using skids, hoist, or truck crane.
Other job titles for this occupation (33)
Marble Installer · Marble Shop Worker · Mason · Mason Mechanic · Stone Derrickman · Stone Installer · Stone Mason · Stone Setter · Stonemason · Artificial Stone Applicator · Banker Mason · Composition Stone Applicator · Construction Monument Setter · Curbstone Setter · Flagstone Layer · Formstone Fitter · Granite Block Paver · Granite Setter · Marble Setter · Material Applicator · Memorial Mason · Monument Erector · Monument Installer · Monument Mason · Monument Setter · Permastone Applicator · Permastone Installer · Rock Mason · Stone Chimney Mason · Stone Layer · Stone Paver · Stone Repairer · Utility Applicator