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What can brickmasons and blockmasons switch to?

The closest match is terrazzo workers and finishers, paying about 23% more at the median. 8 jobs in all use similar skills with less of the shift touched by AI or robots.

Time card for terrazzo workers and finishers: 2h 5m of an 8-hour shift touched by AI or robotsTime card: Terrazzo Workers and Finishers →

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What can brickmasons and blockmasons switch to? AI or robots touch about 2h 47m of a typical 8-hour shift for brickmasons and blockmasons, nearly all of it on tasks AI or robots have done on their own somewhere. The jobs below use many of the same skills, and less of their day is touched today. The closest fit is terrazzo workers and finishers: 2h 5m touched, with median pay 23% higher.

Matches come from O*NET's ratings of the skills, knowledge and work activities each job uses. "To build up" lists the skills each option rates as clearly more important than brickmasons and blockmasons do today. "Touched" is time on tasks with documented AI use or robots working in real workplaces. Treat these as starting points: pay, openings and requirements differ by state.

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  1. Terrazzo Workers and FinishersClose skills · 2h 5m touched (vs 2h 47m) · $76k · -13% by 2035 · high school diploma, some trainingShared skills: Equipment Selection, Quality Control Analysis, Operation and ControlNo big skill gaps
  2. Reinforcing Iron and Rebar WorkersClose skills · 0m touched (vs 2h 47m) · $59k · -5.3% by 2035 · high school diploma, some trainingShared skills: Operation and Control, Equipment Selection, Quality Control AnalysisNo big skill gaps
  3. GlaziersClose skills · 37m touched (vs 2h 47m) · $57k · +1.9% by 2035 · high school diploma, some trainingShared skills: Equipment Selection, Operation and Control, Operations MonitoringNo big skill gaps
  4. Cement Masons and Concrete FinishersClose skills · 41m touched (vs 2h 47m) · $57k · +1.6% by 2035 · little or no preparationShared skills: Quality Control Analysis, Equipment Selection, Operation and ControlNo big skill gaps
  5. Floor Sanders and FinishersClose skills · 0m touched (vs 2h 47m) · $50k · +1.4% by 2035 · little or no preparationShared skills: Equipment Selection, Operation and Control, Operations MonitoringTo build up: Operation and Control
  6. RoofersClose skills · 35m touched (vs 2h 47m) · $55k · +5.3% by 2035 · high school diploma, some trainingShared skills: Operations Monitoring, Operation and Control, Equipment SelectionTo build up: Coordination
  7. Tile and Stone SettersClose skills · 58m touched (vs 2h 47m) · $56k · +9.8% by 2035 · high school diploma, some trainingShared skills: Equipment Selection, Mathematics, RepairingNo big skill gaps
  8. Layout Workers, Metal and PlasticClose skills · 0m touched (vs 2h 47m) · $64k · -3.4% by 2035 · high school diploma, some trainingShared skills: Equipment Selection, Quality Control Analysis, Operations MonitoringNo big skill gaps

Before you switch

See the full time card for brickmasons and blockmasons first: many tasks there still need a person, and learning AI tools for the rest can be its own way forward. For pay where you live, open any job above and pick your state.