How likely is AI to replace Stonemasons?

Published research puts Stonemasons at 7 out of 100 for AI displacement risk, in the lower risk band. The number is a weighted consensus of 5 research sources and describes the typical version of the role, not any individual.

Do researchers agree on the risk for Stonemasons?

Broadly, yes. Individual estimates for Stonemasons run from 5 to 14 out of 100 across the 5 sources behind this score, a fairly tight range. More recent and higher confidence studies carry more weight in the final number.

Which construction & trades roles face similar AI exposure?

The closest published construction & trades roles to Stonemasons by score are Carpet Installers (7/100), Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers (7/100), and Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers (7/100). Each has its own page with the research behind its number.

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Will AI replace Stonemasons?

Lower risk

Baseline AI displacement risk for Stonemasons, aggregated from 5 research sources.

What this score means

Stonemasons 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 7 out of 100 it scores 6 points below the Construction & Trades average of 13. Across the 5 sources behind this baseline, individual estimates run from 5 to 14, 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 Stonemasons, most central first, showing 12 of 16.

01Set vertical and horizontal alignment of structures, using plumb bob, gauge line, and level.
02Lay out wall patterns or foundations, using straight edge, rule, or staked lines.
03Set stone or marble in place, according to layout or pattern.
04Remove wedges, fill joints between stones, finish joints between stones, using a trowel, and smooth the mortar to an attractive finish, using a tuck pointer.
05Clean excess mortar or grout from surface of marble, stone, or monument, using sponge, brush, water, or acid.
06Shape, trim, face and cut marble or stone preparatory to setting, using power saws, cutting equipment, and hand tools.
07Mix mortar or grout and pour or spread mortar or grout on marble slabs, stone, or foundation.
08Construct and install prefabricated masonry units.
09Smooth, polish, and bevel surfaces, using hand tools and power tools.
10Lay brick to build shells of chimneys and smokestacks or to line or reline industrial furnaces, kilns, boilers and similar installations.
11Replace broken or missing masonry units in walls or floors.
12Remove sections of monument from truck bed, and guide stone onto foundation, using skids, hoist, or truck crane.

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 5 research sources that scored Stonemasons for AI and automation exposure. More recent, higher confidence studies carry more weight in the final number.

01Anthropic Economic Index 2026 - AI Task Exposure · 2026Anthropic
02Global Automation Atlas: Task Substitution Exposure by Occupation · 2026Garg, Crosta, Baier (2026), arXiv:2605.17086
03Working with AI: Measuring the Applicability of Generative AI to Occupations · 2025Tomlinson, Jaffe et al., Microsoft Research (2025)
04GPTs are GPTs: Labor Market Impact Potential of LLMs · 2024Eloundou, Manning, Mishkin, Rock (Science, 2024)
05AI Occupational Exposure to Language Modeling · 2023Felten, Raj, Seamans (2023)

Common questions

How likely is AI to replace Stonemasons?: Published research puts Stonemasons at 7 out of 100 for AI displacement risk, in the lower risk band. The number is a weighted consensus of 5 research sources and describes the typical version of the role, not any individual.
Do researchers agree on the risk for Stonemasons?: Broadly, yes. Individual estimates for Stonemasons run from 5 to 14 out of 100 across the 5 sources behind this score, a fairly tight range. More recent and higher confidence studies carry more weight in the final number.
Which construction & trades roles face similar AI exposure?: The closest published construction & trades roles to Stonemasons by score are Carpet Installers (7/100), Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers (7/100), and Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers (7/100). Each has its own page with the research behind its number.

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