Stonemasons · SOC 47-2022

Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Stonemasonss

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

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for stonemasons. Areas where BLS suppressed the median are not ranked. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Top 24 of 24 metro areas

Stonemasons: metro areas with the highest published median annual wages, May 2025
#	Metro area	Median annual	Employment	Per 1,000 jobs
1	Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	$94,420	Not published	Not published
2	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$81,730	230	0.1
3	Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV	$79,600	150	0.1
4	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$72,540	Not published	Not published
5	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$66,790	110	0.0
6	Pittsburgh, PA	$65,530	50	0.0
7	Providence-Warwick, RI-MA	$62,510	Not published	Not published
8	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$61,690	310	0.0
9	Bozeman, MT	$61,550	70	0.9
10	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$61,200	820	0.1
11	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	$61,140	160	0.1
12	Portland-South Portland, ME	$61,060	130	0.4
13	Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA	$59,620	40	0.4
14	Reno, NV	$59,220	50	0.2
15	Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	$59,160	70	0.0
16	Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	$58,760	130	0.1
17	Kansas City, MO-KS	$57,550	110	0.1
18	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	$57,100	Not published	Not published
19	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$48,180	180	0.1
20	Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN	$47,770	50	0.0
21	Lancaster, PA	$46,410	40	0.1
22	Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	$44,310	120	0.0
23	Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	$42,170	120	0.1
24	Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY	$36,300	Not published	Not published

Full state and metro tables, the national distribution, and the pay map are on the Stonemasons 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.