Refractory Materials Repairers, Except Brickmasons Salary and Pay
How much do Refractory Materials Repairers, Except Brickmasons make?
Refractory Materials Repairers, Except Brickmasons pay a median of $58,540 a year in the BLS May 2024 survey, with a mean of $61,480 across 1,100 counted jobs. Half of all workers in the occupation earn between $48,380 and $73,940.
Refractory Materials Repairers, Except Brickmasons salary data without the self-reported noise: BLS surveyed the employers, and this page prints the ladder, the states, and the metros exactly as the survey published them.
Updated November 5, 2026
Salary converter for this occupation
Gross pay only, before taxes and benefits. The picker starts at this occupation's median ($58,540); the custom box accepts any annual figure, which is how you price an offer letter against the ladder below.
The national wage ladder (BLS OEWS, May 2024)
| Pay level | Annual wage | Hourly wage |
|---|---|---|
| 10th percentile | $37,050 | $17.81 |
| 25th percentile | $48,380 | $23.26 |
| Median (50th) | $58,540 | $28.15 |
| 75th percentile | $73,940 | $35.55 |
| 90th percentile | $81,440 | $39.16 |
Read the ladder vertically: each row is the wage of the Refractory Materials Repairers, Except Brickmasons worker at that point in the distribution, so $73,940 at the 75th percentile means three quarters of the occupation earns less. Figures BLS cannot publish appear as n/p, and its top code prints as $239,200+.
Employment and concentration
The occupation employed 1,100 people in May 2024, 0.00% of every job BLS counted. Texas is the largest employer at 160 jobs, and the leading three states between them hold 27.3% of the workforce. Concentration peaks in Alabama, whose location quotient of 6.23 says this work is 6.23 times as dense there as it is nationwide.
One in ten workers in this field earns $37,050 or less, and one in ten earns $81,440 or more, so the top-to-bottom ratio is 2.2 to 1 and the annual gap is $44,390. The mean ($61,480) versus median ($58,540) comparison shows a right-skewed ladder where senior and specialist roles lift the average in this occupation.
Pay by state
Every state with a publishable estimate is in this table, 7 of them, sorted by jobs. The pay leader by median is Virginia at $71,500; the jobs leader is Texas:
| State | Employment | Jobs per 1,000 | Location quotient | Mean annual | Median annual |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 160 | 0.0 | 1.66 | $59,010 | $58,340 |
| Alabama | 90 | 0.0 | 6.23 | $44,850 | $39,740 |
| South Carolina | 50 | 0.0 | 3.35 | $41,610 | $36,970 |
| Indiana | 40 | 0.0 | 1.84 | $57,620 | $59,150 |
| Virginia | 40 | 0.0 | 1.21 | $65,970 | $71,500 |
| Michigan | 30 | 0.0 | 0.97 | $46,420 | $42,650 |
| Ohio | n/p | n/p | n/p | $57,270 | $58,540 |
The occupation in context
Ranked against all 826 published occupations, Refractory Materials Repairers, Except Brickmasons stands number 817 by employment and number 430 by median pay. Inside its own major group, Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations, the group median wage is $59,300 across 51 detailed occupations, so this occupation pays 1% less than its group median, and it supplies 0.0% of the group's 6,045,030 jobs. In 2 of the 7 states with a published median, the state median beats the national median of $58,540, which is the single best quick test of whether this occupation's pay is set nationally or locally: a high count means local markets regularly outbid the national figure.
Metropolitan areas: where the jobs and the pay sit
Birmingham, AL is the largest metro employer with 40 jobs, 3.6% of the national total. Below, the biggest employers come first; the pay table after it only counts metros with 500 or more jobs in the occupation, so its leader is a real market and not a statistical artifact.
Largest metro employers
| Metropolitan area | Employment | Mean annual | Median annual |
|---|---|---|---|
| Birmingham, AL | 40 | $46,080 | $46,430 |
What the median pay looks like as a budget
Budget arithmetic on the median: $4,878 a month before tax, $2,252 biweekly, $1,126 weekly. Moving from the 25th percentile ($48,380) to the 75th ($73,940) is worth $25,560 a year, which is the realistic size of the experience and specialization premium inside this occupation. To turn any of these gross figures into spendable money, run them through the paycheck calculator; to weigh an offer against your current role, use the salary calculator; to test a raise against prices, the raise vs inflation calculator.
To place a real offer: a salary of $64,394 would sit between the median ($58,540) and the 75th percentile ($73,940), inside the top half but outside the top quarter of this occupation's ladder. An offer at the 25th percentile, $48,380, is $10,160 under the median, the typical size of the discount attached to entry-level or low-cost-market postings in this field.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the median salary for Refractory Materials Repairers, Except Brickmasons?
$58,540 a year ($28.15), the middle wage among 1,100 counted workers in the BLS May 2024 estimates. The 75th percentile is $73,940 and the 90th is $81,440.
Where are Refractory Materials Repairers, Except Brickmasons jobs concentrated?
By headcount, Texas leads with 160 jobs; by concentration, Alabama leads with a location quotient of 6.23, meaning the occupation is 6.23 times as dense there as nationally.
What do the top 10% of Refractory Materials Repairers, Except Brickmasons earn?
$81,440 a year or more. The gap between the 90th percentile and the median ($58,540) is the size of the senior and specialist premium in this occupation.
How does EveryCalc get Refractory Materials Repairers, Except Brickmasons pay data?
From the Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS bulk files for May 2024 (national, state, and metropolitan), downloaded November 5, 2026. Nothing on this page is self-reported by workers or scraped from job postings.