Bricklayers: salary in the UK
About £27,287 a year after tax (England, Wales and Northern Ireland, 2026/27)
median salary a year, full-time, -0.1% on last year
£2,751 a month About £2,274 a month after tax 8 thousand full-time jobs
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 £28,560 in 2021 to £33,011 in 2026 (+16%); 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 | £24,946 | £28,560 | x | x |
| 2022 | x | £22,777 | £29,212 | x | x |
| 2023 | x | £20,947 | £30,925 | x | x |
| 2024 | x | £22,184 | £30,523 | x | x |
| 2025 | x | £27,964 | £33,033 | x | x |
| 2026 | x | £28,903 | £33,011 | 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 £33,011 a year and half earn more. That is 19% less than the median for all full-time employees in the UK (£40,911).
Ranked by median, it is number 239 of the 362 occupations with a published figure.
At the median salary, take-home pay after Income Tax and National Insurance is about £2,274 a month in England, Wales or Northern Ireland and £2,274 in Scotland.
Percentiles
| Percentile | Annual | Monthly |
|---|---|---|
| 10th (P10) | x | x |
| 20th | £26,746 | £2,229 |
| 25th (P25) | £28,903 | £2,409 |
| 30th | £29,435 | £2,453 |
| 40th | £31,442 | £2,620 |
| Median (50th) | £33,011 | £2,751 |
| 60th | £34,153 | £2,846 |
| 70th | x | x |
| 75th (P75) | x | x |
| 80th | x | x |
| 90th (P90) | x | x |
Men and women
| Median | Mean | Jobs (thousands) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men | £33,011 | £35,299 | 8 |
| Women | x | x | : |
Take-home pay at the median
| Where you live | Per year | Per month |
|---|---|---|
| England, Wales, NI | £27,287 | £2,274 |
| Scotland | £27,292 | £2,274 |
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 £33,000
Job titles in this occupation
ONS codes these 48 job titles to SOC 5313 Bricklayers. Pay figures are for the whole occupation, not for each title.
- Archman
- Block layer
- Block setter
- Boiler fixer
- Box builder
- Brick arch builder
- Brick archer
- Brick kiln builder
- Brick layer
- Brick pointer
- Brick setter
- Bricklayer
- Bricklaying contractor
- Bricky
- Chimney builder
- Chimney repairer
- Contractor
- Cupola builder
- Cupola fettler
- Cupola patcher
- Cupola repairer
- Drystone dyker
- Fixture setter
- Furnace builder
- Furnace liner
- Furnace repairer
- Kiln repairer
- Ladle liner
- Ladles bricker
- Manhole builder
- Mason
- Mould bricker
- Oven builder
- Oven patcher
- Oven repairer
- Pointer
- Range fixer
- Refractory engineer
- Refractory installer
- Reliner
- Retort builder
- Sewer builder
- Stone floor layer
- Stove builder
- Trowel worker
- Trumpet maker
- Trumpet man
- Vessel patcher
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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.