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Will AI replace Helpers--Brickmasons, Blockmasons, Stonemasons, and Tile and Marble Setters?

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Baseline AI displacement risk for Helpers--Brickmasons, Blockmasons, Stonemasons, and Tile and Marble Setters, aggregated from 3 research sources.

What this score means

Helpers--Brickmasons, Blockmasons, Stonemasons, and Tile and Marble Setters is among the least exposed roles in Construction & Trades. Most of what the job involves still sits outside what current AI can do, even as the tools around it keep changing. At 11 out of 100 it scores 3 points below the Construction & Trades average of 14. Across the 3 sources behind this baseline, individual estimates run from 5 to 20, so the score is a weighted consensus rather than any single figure.

The number is a consensus estimate for the typical version of the role, built from published academic and industry research scored occupation by occupation. It is not a prediction about any individual. How scoring works

What this job actually involves

Exposure follows the work itself rather than the job title, so it is worth seeing what the role is made of. These are the tasks O*NET records for Helpers--Brickmasons, Blockmasons, Stonemasons, and Tile and Marble Setters, most central first, showing 12 of 15.

01Mix mortar, plaster, and grout, manually or using machines, according to standard formulas.
02Erect scaffolding or other installation structures.
03Cut materials to specified sizes for installation, using power saws or tile cutters.
04Modify material moving, mixing, grouting, grinding, polishing, or cleaning procedures, according to installation or material requirements.
05Transport materials, tools, or machines to installation sites, manually or using conveyance equipment.
06Provide assistance in the preparation, installation, repair, or rebuilding of tile, brick, or stone surfaces.
07Locate and supply materials to masons for installation, following drawings or numbered sequences.
08Arrange or store materials, machines, tools, or equipment.
09Clean installation surfaces, equipment, tools, work sites, or storage areas, using water, chemical solutions, oxygen lances, or polishing machines.
10Move or position materials such as marble slabs, using cranes, hoists, or dollies.
11Remove excess grout or residue from tile or brick joints, using sponges or trowels.
12Apply grout between joints of bricks or tiles, using grouting trowels.

Task statements from O*NET by the National Center for O*NET Development, used under CC BY 4.0. The tasks are descriptive; the exposure score above is ours.

The research behind this score

This baseline aggregates 3 research sources that scored Helpers--Brickmasons, Blockmasons, Stonemasons, and Tile and Marble Setters for AI and automation exposure. More recent, higher confidence studies carry more weight in the final number.

01Anthropic Economic Index 2026 - AI Task Exposure · 2026
02GPTs are GPTs: Labor Market Impact Potential of LLMs · 2024
03AI Occupational Exposure to Language Modeling · 2023

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