Occupational employment / Cement masons and concrete finishers

Twice a year, the Bureau of Labor Statistics compiles occupational employment and wage estimates by surveying employers nationwide. Current data was released May 1, 2009.

Estimates for "Cement masons and concrete finishers" are below, ordered by total employment.

Area Total employment Mean hourly wage Mean annual wage
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV 4,490 $18.29 $38,050
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA 6,920 $27.43 $57,060
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA 6,660 $24.17 $50,270
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ 6,410 $18.19 $37,840
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX 5,530 $14.77 $30,720
Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL-IN-WI 5,520 $28.98 $60,280
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX 5,340 $14.49 $30,130
Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL Metropolitan Division 4,430 $29.49 $61,340
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA Metropolitan Division 4,120 $23.68 $49,240
Denver-Aurora, CO 4,060 $17.67 $36,750
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Division 3,910 $18.73 $38,960
Las Vegas-Paradise, NV 3,910 $22.49 $46,770
Dallas-Plano-Irving, TX Metropolitan Division 3,660 $14.24 $29,620
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA 3,550 $23.18 $48,220
New York-White Plains-Wayne, NY-NJ Metropolitan Division 3,470 $30.99 $64,450
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Miami Beach, FL 2,870 $14.51 $30,180
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA 2,640 $24.95 $51,900
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA 2,630 $25.88 $53,830
Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, CA Metropolitan Division 2,540 $24.97 $51,940
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD 2,330 $21.64 $45,000
St. Louis, MO-IL 2,270 $23.13 $48,100
Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA Metropolitan Division 2,220 $25.94 $53,940
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA 2,170 $14.77 $30,720
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI 2,030 $24.44 $50,830
San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo, PR 2,000 $8.48 $17,640
Orlando-Kissimmee, FL 1,900 $16.44 $34,200
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA 1,850 $27.11 $56,390
Kansas City, MO-KS 1,840 $19.82 $41,230
Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metropolitan Division 1,680 $15.03 $31,250
Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, CA 1,650 $26.86 $55,860
Salt Lake City, UT 1,630 $16.87 $35,080
Baltimore-Towson, MD 1,570 $20.56 $42,770
San Antonio, TX 1,550 $12.86 $26,750
Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI 1,540 $22.51 $46,810
Austin-Round Rock, TX 1,540 $13.85 $28,810
Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, CA Metropolitan Division 1,530 $25.45 $52,930
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL 1,530 $14.50 $30,160
Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN 1,480 $17.99 $37,420
Oklahoma City, OK 1,470 $14.78 $30,730
Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA 1,470 $20.52 $42,670
Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, NC-SC 1,460 $15.49 $32,220
Philadelphia, PA Metropolitan Division 1,440 $22.19 $46,150
Indianapolis-Carmel, IN 1,410 $18.65 $38,790
Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, FL Metropolitan Division 1,370 $14.58 $30,320
Nassau-Suffolk, NY Metropolitan Division 1,340 $26.27 $54,640
Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA 1,340 $17.56 $36,530
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA 1,310 $21.72 $45,180
Edison, NJ Metropolitan Division 1,290 $21.78 $45,310
Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, MI Metropolitan Division 1,210 $20.67 $43,000
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI 1,170 $22.66 $47,140
Tucson, AZ 1,170 $16.14 $33,570
Columbus, OH 1,130 $18.56 $38,600
San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, CA Metropolitan Division 1,110 $24.28 $50,500
Fresno, CA 1,100 $22.15 $46,060
Tulsa, OK 1,100 $14.12 $29,370
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC 1,090 $16.42 $34,150
Albuquerque, NM 1,080 $14.29 $29,730
Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH 1,070 $23.34 $48,560
Louisville-Jefferson County, KY-IN 1,030 $15.45 $32,140
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH 1,030 $24.73 $51,450
Colorado Springs, CO 960 $16.84 $35,030
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro, TN 910 $14.69 $30,550
Memphis, TN-MS-AR 900 $13.28 $27,620
Raleigh-Cary, NC 880 $15.16 $31,540
Honolulu, HI 850 $27.62 $57,460
Pittsburgh, PA 830 $20.31 $42,240
Newark-Union, NJ-PA Metropolitan Division 810 $23.13 $48,110
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL 770 $17.46 $36,320
West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach, FL Metropolitan Division 770 $14.23 $29,590
Provo-Orem, UT 760 $15.99 $33,250
Jacksonville, FL 760 $17.79 $37,000
Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, FL Metropolitan Division 730 $14.69 $30,550
Gary, IN Metropolitan Division 700 $23.48 $48,840
Reno-Sparks, NV 700 $24.01 $49,930
Ogden-Clearfield, UT 690 $14.85 $30,890
Birmingham-Hoover, AL 680 $16.84 $35,020
Bakersfield, CA 680 $18.01 $37,460
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA NECTA Division 660 $25.50 $53,050
Lincoln, NE 630 $15.13 $31,460
Naples-Marco Island, FL 610 $14.80 $30,780
Lancaster, PA 600 $18.91 $39,340
El Paso, TX 590 $14.06 $29,240
Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI 590 $18.93 $39,370
Bethesda-Gaithersburg-Frederick, MD Metropolitan Division 580 $15.35 $31,930
Baton Rouge, LA 580 $15.57 $32,400
Roanoke, VA 570 $13.31 $27,690
Springfield, MO 570 $13.46 $28,010
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA 560 $23.24 $48,340
York-Hanover, PA 530 $18.84 $39,180
Boise City-Nampa, ID 530 $14.14 $29,410
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO 490 $14.55 $30,270
Little Rock-North Little Rock, AR 490 $15.24 $31,690
Santa Barbara-Santa Maria, CA 490 $19.94 $41,480
Greeley, CO 480 $16.92 $35,190
Wilmington, DE-MD-NJ Metropolitan Division 480 $21.53 $44,790
Sioux Falls, SD 470 $14.25 $29,640
Richmond, VA 470 $16.09 $33,460
Dayton, OH 460 $20.58 $42,810
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL 460 $17.80 $37,020
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA 460 $18.86 $39,220
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY 450 $19.16 $39,850
New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA 440 $19.07 $39,660
Vallejo-Fairfield, CA 440 $26.11 $54,310
Greensboro-High Point, NC 430 $13.38 $27,820
St. George, UT 430 $15.61 $32,460
Tacoma, WA Metropolitan Division 410 $25.60 $53,240
Lakeland, FL 410 $14.46 $30,080
Lake County-Kenosha County, IL-WI Metropolitan Division 400 Not available Not available
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX 400 $11.12 $23,130
Gainesville, FL 400 $15.69 $32,630
Camden, NJ Metropolitan Division 400 $19.79 $41,170
Charleston-North Charleston, SC 390 $14.26 $29,670
Montgomery, AL 390 $13.32 $27,710
Knoxville, TN 390 $14.11 $29,340
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO 390 $15.58 $32,400
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ 380 $17.87 $37,160
Idaho Falls, ID 380 $14.13 $29,380
Stockton, CA 370 $20.29 $42,210
Evansville, IN-KY 370 $21.35 $44,400
Holland-Grand Haven, MI 370 $18.58 $38,650
Providence-Fall River-Warwick, RI-MA 370 $21.50 $44,720
Bend, OR 370 $17.42 $36,240
Fort Wayne, IN 360 $17.48 $36,370
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL 360 $16.22 $33,730
Cedar Rapids, IA 350 $18.09 $37,620
Madison, WI 350 $22.93 $47,690
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX 350 $14.40 $29,940
Mobile, AL 340 $14.31 $29,770
Toledo, OH 340 $24.09 $50,110
Columbia, SC 340 $14.48 $30,110
Visalia-Porterville, CA 340 $20.11 $41,830
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY 330 $20.08 $41,760
Canton-Massillon, OH 320 $20.20 $42,020
Greenville, SC 320 $15.87 $33,000
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL 320 $16.09 $33,470
Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, MI Metropolitan Division 320 Not available Not available
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ 310 $16.33 $33,960
Elkhart-Goshen, IN 310 $20.50 $42,640
Fargo, ND-MN 300 $17.17 $35,710
Waco, TX 300 $12.79 $26,600
Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA 300 $19.44 $40,430
Jefferson City, MO 300 $17.18 $35,740
Wichita, KS 300 $15.62 $32,480
Rockford, IL 290 $25.22 $52,460
Redding, CA 290 $21.12 $43,930
Modesto, CA 290 $18.47 $38,410
Wilmington, NC 290 $12.35 $25,690
Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, NY 290 $21.48 $44,680
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA 280 $25.44 $52,920
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL 280 $12.85 $26,730
Punta Gorda, FL 280 $17.69 $36,790
Tallahassee, FL 280 $13.17 $27,390
Grand Junction, CO 280 $17.00 $35,360
Coeur d'Alene, ID 270 $19.50 $40,570
Trenton-Ewing, NJ 270 $20.55 $42,750
Billings, MT 270 $20.42 $42,470
Port St. Lucie-Fort Pierce, FL 260 $17.41 $36,210
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA 260 $22.99 $47,820
Corpus Christi, TX 260 $13.41 $27,900
Lansing-East Lansing, MI 260 $19.18 $39,900
Lexington-Fayette, KY 250 $15.90 $33,070
Aguadilla-Isabela-San Sebastian, PR 250 $7.69 $16,000
Rapid City, SD 250 $16.03 $33,330
Iowa City, IA 250 $16.53 $34,370
New Haven, CT 250 $19.86 $41,310
Fort Smith, AR-OK 250 $15.22 $31,650
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD 250 $13.24 $27,550
Boulder, CO 240 $16.51 $34,350
Longview, TX 240 $12.85 $26,720
Prescott, AZ 240 $15.63 $32,510
St. Joseph, MO-KS 230 $17.09 $35,540
Reading, PA 230 $19.50 $40,550
Las Cruces, NM 230 $13.30 $27,670
Medford, OR 220 $19.58 $40,730
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT 220 $27.09 $56,340
Pueblo, CO 220 $15.54 $32,310
Peoria, IL 220 $24.33 $50,610
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI 220 $18.49 $38,460
Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA 210 $13.89 $28,880
Appleton, WI 210 $21.09 $43,870
Eugene-Springfield, OR 210 $18.25 $37,960
College Station-Bryan, TX 210 $12.07 $25,110
Spokane, WA 200 $20.07 $41,750
Amarillo, TX 200 $15.26 $31,740
Rochester, MN 200 $20.09 $41,790
Cheyenne, WY 200 $15.32 $31,870
Dubuque, IA 200 $14.23 $29,590
Savannah, GA 190 $14.40 $29,950
Yuma, AZ 190 $14.00 $29,130
St. Cloud, MN 190 $24.86 $51,700
Columbia, MO 190 $23.68 $49,260
Spartanburg, SC 180 $13.09 $27,220
Salem, OR 180 $23.11 $48,080
Burlington, NC 180 $15.24 $31,700
Atlantic City, NJ 180 $25.24 $52,490
Bremerton-Silverdale, WA 170 $23.53 $48,940
Green Bay, WI 170 $18.03 $37,510
Bloomington-Normal, IL 170 $31.18 $64,850
Akron, OH 170 $21.57 $44,860
Huntsville, AL 170 $13.73 $28,550
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA 170 $21.23 $44,160
Yakima, WA 160 $17.09 $35,550
Ponce, PR 160 $8.25 $17,150
Lubbock, TX 160 $14.03 $29,190
Bellingham, WA 160 Not available Not available
Winston-Salem, NC 160 $13.10 $27,240
Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton, NJ 160 $14.20 $29,540
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA 160 $14.40 $29,960
Decatur, IL 160 Not available Not available
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA 160 $20.85 $43,370
Fort Walton Beach-Crestview-Destin, FL 150 $15.02 $31,250
Ocala, FL 150 $15.18 $31,560
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT 150 $31.27 $65,040
Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood, TX 150 $12.10 $25,170
Anchorage, AK 150 $29.67 $61,720
Framingham, MA NECTA Division 150 $27.41 $57,010
Syracuse, NY 150 $20.31 $42,240
Chico, CA 150 $19.34 $40,220
Janesville, WI 140 $19.17 $39,880
La Crosse, WI-MN 140 $17.78 $36,990
Charlottesville, VA 140 $16.04 $33,360
Springfield, MA-CT 140 $20.38 $42,390
Rocky Mount, NC 140 $12.66 $26,320
Kennewick-Richland-Pasco, WA 140 $20.27 $42,170
Springfield, IL 140 $24.39 $50,730
Merced, CA 140 $16.46 $34,240
Salinas, CA 140 $22.49 $46,770
Bismarck, ND 140 $16.70 $34,730
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA 140 $15.60 $32,450
Erie, PA 130 $16.80 $34,940
Durham, NC 130 $15.49 $32,220
Panama City-Lynn Haven, FL 130 $16.05 $33,390
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC 130 $13.54 $28,160
Logan, UT-ID 130 $15.63 $32,510
Topeka, KS 130 $19.93 $41,460
San German-Cabo Rojo, PR 130 $7.27 $15,130
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA 130 $13.38 $27,830
Flagstaff, AZ 130 $16.72 $34,780
Lima, OH 130 $18.43 $38,320
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS 130 $14.72 $30,620
Lafayette, IN 130 $16.44 $34,190
Tuscaloosa, AL 120 $15.64 $32,530
Ann Arbor, MI 120 $21.35 $44,410
Chattanooga, TN-GA 120 $13.67 $28,440
Rochester, NY 120 $18.93 $39,380
Santa Fe, NM 120 $14.95 $31,100
Lynchburg, VA 110 $16.44 $34,190
Binghamton, NY 110 $17.99 $37,410
El Centro, CA 110 $16.01 $33,300
Terre Haute, IN 110 $18.98 $39,490
Elizabethtown, KY 110 $20.15 $41,920
Victoria, TX 110 $11.89 $24,730
Goldsboro, NC 100 $12.79 $26,600
Great Falls, MT 100 $14.71 $30,600
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI 100 $18.06 $37,560
Odessa, TX 100 $13.50 $28,070
Fayetteville, NC 100 $14.22 $29,580
Winchester, VA-WV 100 $15.43 $32,100
Parkersburg-Marietta-Vienna, WV-OH 100 $15.83 $32,920
Decatur, AL 100 $13.96 $29,030
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX 100 $12.67 $26,360
Asheville, NC 100 $12.99 $27,020
Charleston, WV 100 $21.43 $44,580
Wichita Falls, TX 100 $12.75 $26,520
Sumter, SC 100 $15.05 $31,310
Tyler, TX 100 $12.50 $26,000
Lafayette, LA 90 $15.76 $32,770
Albany, GA 90 $12.42 $25,840
Bowling Green, KY 90 $14.76 $30,700
Eau Claire, WI 90 $17.71 $36,850
Missoula, MT 90 $18.48 $38,440
Midland, TX 90 $14.65 $30,470
Anderson, IN 90 $18.86 $39,220
Farmington, NM 90 $14.87 $30,920
Barnstable Town, MA 90 $20.98 $43,650
Mansfield, OH 80 $19.34 $40,220
Lawton, OK 80 $13.82 $28,740
Gainesville, GA 80 $14.81 $30,810
Yuba City, CA 80 $17.26 $35,890
Ames, IA 80 $16.54 $34,400
Casper, WY 80 $16.02 $33,320
Michigan City-La Porte, IN 80 $21.44 $44,600
Cleveland, TN 80 $15.06 $31,330
Champaign-Urbana, IL 80 $25.45 $52,940
Johnstown, PA 80 $15.47 $32,180
Joplin, MO 80 $12.68 $26,370
Napa, CA 80 $28.31 $58,870
Anniston-Oxford, AL 80 $14.62 $30,410
Duluth, MN-WI 80 $22.41 $46,610
Saginaw-Saginaw Township North, MI 80 $18.34 $38,140
Laredo, TX 70 $11.13 $23,160
Bloomington, IN 70 $17.47 $36,330
Monroe, LA 70 $12.94 $26,910
Racine, WI 70 $23.41 $48,690
New Bedford, MA 70 $19.19 $39,910
Monroe, MI 70 $20.61 $42,870
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI 70 $18.10 $37,640
Grand Forks, ND-MN 70 $17.65 $36,710
Flint, MI 70 $24.43 $50,810
Burlington-South Burlington, VT 60 $15.69 $32,630
Bangor, ME 60 $14.73 $30,650
Kokomo, IN 60 $15.93 $33,130
Nashua, NH-MA NECTA Division 60 $18.94 $39,390
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC 60 $14.45 $30,060
Wenatchee, WA 60 $19.04 $39,610
Hot Springs, AR 60 $13.10 $27,250
Pine Bluff, AR 60 $13.99 $29,100
Johnson City, TN 60 $13.25 $27,560
Wheeling, WV-OH 60 $18.27 $38,000
Fond du Lac, WI 60 $20.94 $43,550
Utica-Rome, NY 50 $20.25 $42,120
Hattiesburg, MS 50 $12.20 $25,380
Mayaguez, PR 50 $7.78 $16,190
Altoona, PA 50 $13.93 $28,970
Dothan, AL 50 $13.79 $28,690
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH 50 $23.80 $49,510
Warner Robins, GA 50 $13.08 $27,210
Salisbury, MD 50 $15.04 $31,280
Worcester, MA-CT 50 $27.74 $57,700
Dalton, GA 50 $14.46 $30,070
State College, PA 50 $20.91 $43,490
Clarksville, TN-KY 50 $14.44 $30,040
Williamsport, PA 50 $14.35 $29,840
Jacksonville, NC 50 $12.33 $25,640
Jonesboro, AR 40 $12.19 $25,350
Columbus, IN 40 $19.07 $39,660
Sandusky, OH 40 $22.93 $47,700
Abilene, TX 40 $15.32 $31,860
Jackson, TN 40 $14.47 $30,090
Muncie, IN 40 $19.28 $40,100
Lawrence, KS 40 $20.02 $41,640
Owensboro, KY 40 $14.51 $30,190
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA 40 $12.69 $26,390
Lewiston-Auburn, ME 40 $17.50 $36,390
Columbus, GA-AL 40 $14.27 $29,680
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA 40 $15.46 $32,160
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL 40 $11.42 $23,760
Valdosta, GA 30 $13.37 $27,800
Texarkana-Texarkana, TX-AR 30 $13.08 $27,200
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH 30 $16.11 $33,510
Cumberland, MD-WV 30 $18.52 $38,520
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC Not available $12.53 $26,070
Pocatello, ID Not available $15.57 $32,380
Lake Charles, LA Not available $18.62 $38,730
Harrisonburg, VA Not available $13.97 $29,060
Guayama, PR Not available $9.70 $20,180
Olympia, WA Not available $22.06 $45,880
Ocean City, NJ Not available $15.94 $33,160
Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, ME Not available $14.10 $29,330
Anderson, SC Not available $11.69 $24,320
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV Not available $15.98 $33,240
Jackson, MS Not available $12.90 $26,830
Greenville, NC Not available $13.21 $27,470
Kankakee-Bradley, IL Not available $22.76 $47,340
Norwich-New London, CT-RI Not available $25.53 $53,100
Danbury, CT Not available $18.64 $38,770
Dover, DE Not available $18.39 $38,240
Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, MA-NH NECTA Division Not available $19.82 $41,230
Bradenton-Sarasota-Venice, FL Not available $15.70 $32,650
Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI Not available $21.08 $43,840
Wausau, WI Not available $19.93 $41,450
Pittsfield, MA Not available $21.18 $44,050
Niles-Benton Harbor, MI Not available $21.30 $44,310
Sebastian-Vero Beach, FL Not available $14.00 $29,130
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