Salary Data/Bricklayer & Mason by State/Mid-Atlantic/Pennsylvania/Philadelphia

Bricklayer & Mason Salary in Philadelphia

Metro area wage data from the BLS OEWS program (May 2025), with Davis-Bacon journey-level scale from BAC Local 1 PA/DE, effective May 2024.

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Market Context

BAC Local 1 Pennsylvania/Delaware is the union local for bricklayers in Philadelphia, with its office on Black Lake Place. Pennsylvania's prevailing wage law applies to public construction.

Union Scale

BAC Local 1 PA/DE journeyman bricklayer Journey-Level Rate

Journey-Level Hourly

$48.70

Effective May 2024

Rate reflects the most recent available Davis-Bacon determination (effective May 2024). Contact the local directly for current negotiated scale.

Base wage: $48.70/hr

Benefit contribution: $31.61/hr

Total package: $80.31/hr

Journey-Level Annual

$101,296

Based on 2,080 hrs / year

vs. BLS Area Median

+$25,326

Union scale vs. all-worker median

Union scale reflects the BAC Local 1 PA/DE 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.

JATC Information

Training Center	BAC Local 1 PA/DE
Address	2706 Black Lake Place, Philadelphia, PA 19154
Phone	(215) 856-9505
Website	bac-1.org
Minimum Score	Not published

Area Wage Data

All brickmasons and blockmasons, union and non-union, all experience levels

Median Annual

$75,970

+$13,850 vs. national

Median Hourly

$36.52

vs. Pennsylvania

+$8,155

vs. state average

Total Employed

1,210

In this area

Full Wage Breakdown

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	$75,970
Annual Mean Wage	$78,460
Hourly Median Wage	$36.52
Hourly Mean Wage	$37.72
Total Employed	1,210
Area Type	Metropolitan Area

Pre-apprenticeship programs in Pennsylvania

Vocational Internship Program (VIP)
Philadelphia
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Bucks County Community College
Newtown
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Builders Guild of Western PA
Pittsburgh
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Union Rates in Pennsylvania and Within 300 Miles

Up to six other metros in Pennsylvania, nearest first, then metros in other states within 300 miles. 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.

BAC Local 5 PA

Reading

$37.83/hr

Journey-level · Davis-Bacon determination

Effective May 2022 · More than two years old

BAC Local 5 PA

Lancaster

$33.99/hr

Journey-level · Davis-Bacon determination

Effective May 2020 · More than two years old

BAC Local 5 PA

Allentown