Plasterers and Stucco Masons · SOC 47-2161

Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Plasterers and Stucco Masonss

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025U.S. metropolitan areas

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for plasterers and stucco masons. Areas where BLS suppressed the median are not ranked (1 such areas are excluded here). Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Top 25 of 61 metro areas

Plasterers and Stucco Masons: metro areas with the highest published median annual wages, May 2025
#	Metro area	Median annual	Employment	Per 1,000 jobs
1	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$120,180	840	0.1
2	Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	$108,160	100	0.1
3	Urban Honolulu, HI	$105,870	100	0.2
4	Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	$96,240	190	0.0
5	St. Louis, MO-IL	$80,240	270	0.2
6	Napa, CA	$79,590	40	0.5
7	Kansas City, MO-KS	$78,870	140	0.1
8	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	$78,200	80	0.0
9	Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	$77,290	70	0.0
10	Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI	$74,570	30	0.1
11	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$72,700	420	0.4
12	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$71,310	580	0.2
13	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	$70,500	120	0.1
14	Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA	$68,210	100	1.0
15	Pittsburgh, PA	$66,330	50	0.0
16	Cleveland, OH	$64,500	40	0.0
17	Salinas, CA	$64,330	80	0.4
18	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$64,310	110	0.0
19	San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA	$62,790	50	0.4
20	Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	$62,600	460	0.4
21	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA	$61,550	180	0.5
22	Modesto, CA	$61,360	180	0.9
23	San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$61,080	520	0.3
24	Fresno, CA	$60,990	200	0.4
25	Yuba City, CA	$60,250	50	0.9

Full state and metro tables, the national distribution, and the pay map are on the Plasterers and Stucco Masons overview.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.