Stonemason: salary in the UK
ONS occupation: Stonemasons and related trades (SOC 5312)
About £26,532 a year after tax (England, Wales and Northern Ireland, 2026/27)
median salary a year, full-time, -6.3% on last year
£2,664 a month About £2,211 a month after tax
Gross pay before tax, including bonuses, commission and overtime. Not included: benefits in kind such as a company car. About the data
Pay range
The dark part is the middle half of full-time employees (25% to 75%); the light bar runs from 10% to 90%. ONS doesn't publish the highest or lowest salary, and x means a figure wasn't published.
Pay by year
The median went from £29,266 in 2021 to £31,962 in 2026 (+9%); for all full-time employees in the UK it changed by +31% over the same years.
Figures by year
| P10 | P25 | Median | P75 | P90 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | x | x | £29,266 | x | x |
| 2022 | x | x | x | x | x |
| 2023 | x | x | £33,311 | x | x |
| 2024 | x | x | £32,495 | x | x |
| 2025 | x | x | £34,104 | x | x |
| 2026 | x | x | £31,962 | x | x |
ONS figures for each year, not adjusted for inflation. Years before 2021 used a different occupation classification, so they can't be compared. Earlier years are ONS's revised figures; the latest is provisional.
Half of full-time employees in this occupation earn less than £31,962 a year and half earn more. That is 22% less than the median for all full-time employees in the UK (£40,911).
Ranked by median, it is number 253 of the 362 occupations with a published figure.
At the median salary, take-home pay after Income Tax and National Insurance is about £2,211 a month in England, Wales or Northern Ireland and £2,212 in Scotland.
Percentiles
| Percentile | Annual | Monthly |
|---|---|---|
| 10th (P10) | x | x |
| 20th | x | x |
| 25th (P25) | x | x |
| 30th | £28,510 | £2,376 |
| 40th | £30,690 | £2,557 |
| Median (50th) | £31,962 | £2,664 |
| 60th | £33,993 | £2,833 |
| 70th | x | x |
| 75th (P75) | x | x |
| 80th | x | x |
| 90th (P90) | x | x |
Men and women
| Median | Mean | Jobs (thousands) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men | £31,962 | £32,541 | x |
| Women | x | x | : |
Take-home pay at the median
| Where you live | Per year | Per month |
|---|---|---|
| England, Wales, NI | £26,532 | £2,211 |
| Scotland | £26,548 | £2,212 |
After Income Tax and National Insurance for 2026 to 2027, with the standard tax code and no pension or student loan. Work out your own take-home pay · Take-home pay on £32,000
Job titles in this occupation
ONS codes these 84 job titles to SOC 5312 Stonemasons and related trades. Pay figures are for the whole occupation, not for each title.
- Architectural carver
- Banker
- Banker hand
- Banker mason
- Blockman
- Dresser
- Dry stone waller
- Dry waller
- Enamelled slate worker
- Engraver
- Facer
- Fixer mason
- Fixer-mason
- Granite polisher
- Grave stone maker
- Gravestone maker
- Kerb dresser
- Kerb maker
- Kerb stone maker
- Lathe polisher
- Letter cutter
- Letter engraver
- Lithographic stone grinder
- Marble fixer
- Marble polisher
- Marble worker
- Mason
- Mason hand
- Millstone builder
- Monumental carver
- Monumental engraver
- Monumental mason
- Oil stone maker
- Polisher
- Pulp stone maker
- Quarry mason
- Retort setter
- River
- Sand blaster
- Saw man
- Sawyer
- Scabbler
- Scapler
- Scappler
- Segment maker
- Serpentine worker
- Sett cutter
- Sett dresser
- Sett maker
- Slab maker
- Slab man
- Slate cutter
- Slate dresser
- Slate maker
- Slate mill worker
- Slate planer
- Slate polisher
- Slate sawyer
- Slate splitter
- Slate tank maker
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- Splitter
- Stone carver
- Stone cutter
- Stone ditcher
- Stone drafter
- Stone dresser
- Stone engraver
- Stone grinder
- Stone hedger
- Stone machinist
- Stone mason
- Stone mason's fixer
- Stone planer
- Stone polisher
- Stone splitting machinist
- Stone tooler
- Stoneman
- Stonemason
- Trimmer
- Turner
- Wall miner
- Waller
- Walling mason
- Wallstone dresser
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Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings 2026 provisional, Table 14.7a (full-time employees, gross annual pay, UK, tax year ending 5 April 2026). Provisional figures may be revised.