Bricklayer & Mason Salary in Des Moines
Metro area wage data from the BLS OEWS program (May 2025), with Davis-Bacon journey-level scale from BAC Local 3 Iowa, effective May 2025.
How to become a bricklayer or mason →Figures come from public sources and may not match the current contract; confirm with the local before making decisions.
BAC Local 3 Iowa, the bricklayers union's Iowa local, based in Marshalltown, is the union local for bricklayers in Des Moines.
BAC Local 3 Iowa journeyman bricklayer Journey-Level Rate
Union scale reflects the BAC Local 3 Iowa journeyman bricklayer journey-level rate from the applicable Davis-Bacon wage determination. The BLS area median reflects all brickmasons and blockmasons across all employment types and experience levels.
All brickmasons and blockmasons, union and non-union, all experience levels
All brickmasons and blockmasons, union and non-union, all experience levels. Wage figures only, employer-paid benefits, pension contributions, and health and welfare are not included.
| Annual Median Wage | $75,810 |
| Annual Mean Wage | $69,020 |
| Hourly Median Wage | $36.45 |
| Hourly Mean Wage | $33.18 |
| Total Employed | 80 |
| Area Type | Metropolitan Area |
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There is no other Iowa metro in our coverage. These are the nearest metros in other states, within 300 miles, nearest first. Journey-level rates are sourced from Davis-Bacon wage determinations, state prevailing wage determinations, or, where a local publishes one directly, its own collective bargaining agreement.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025 (SOC 47-2021). How we build these figures →