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Construction & Extraction · Updated Aug 2026

Stonemasons

Build stone structures, such as piers, walls, and abutments. Lay walks, curbstones, or special types of masonry for vats, tanks, and floors.

JVS 2.0.0-phase4b
AI Exposure
46/100
Moderate

How much of this occupation’s work can be materially affected by current AI systems.

Replacement Risk
33/100
Low

How likely exposure is to translate into reduced human demand.

Includes provisional estimates for AI adoption pressure and labour-market resilience. How this is measured

Evidence quality
Confidence82/100
Task coverage88%

Confidence reflects task coverage, mapping and capability-evidence quality, and how much of the score rests on provisional inputs.

Task-level evidence

What is driving the score?

Occupation scores are built from the task mix—not a single prediction about a job title.

JVS 2.0.0-phase4b
TaskImportanceAI impactExposure
Set stone or marble in place, according to layout or pattern.High
66
Set vertical and horizontal alignment of structures, using plumb bob, gauge line, and level.High
67
Lay out wall patterns or foundations, using straight edge, rule, or staked lines.High
67
Mix mortar or grout and pour or spread mortar or grout on marble slabs, stone, or foundation.High
66
Smooth, polish, and bevel surfaces, using hand tools and power tools.Medium
64
Drill holes in marble or ornamental stone and anchor brackets in holes.Medium
67
Dig trench for foundation of monument, using pick and shovel.Medium
67
Shape, trim, face and cut marble or stone preparatory to setting, using power saws, cutting equipment, and hand tools.High
20
Clean excess mortar or grout from surface of marble, stone, or monument, using sponge, brush, water, or acid.High
16
Remove wedges, fill joints between stones, finish joints between stones, using a trowel, and smooth the mortar to an attractive finish, using a tuck pointer.High
15
Lay brick to build shells of chimneys and smokestacks or to line or reline industrial furnaces, kilns, boilers and similar installations.Medium
15
Remove sections of monument from truck bed, and guide stone onto foundation, using skids, hoist, or truck crane.Medium
15
Repair cracked or chipped areas of stone or marble, using blowtorch and mastic, and remove rough or defective spots from concrete, using power grinder or chisel and hammer.Medium
15
Most exposed

Where AI can do more

Routine, digitized, and highly repeatable tasks face the greatest pressure.

  1. Set vertical and horizontal alignment of structures, using plumb bob, gauge line, and level.67
  2. Lay out wall patterns or foundations, using straight edge, rule, or staked lines.67
  3. Drill holes in marble or ornamental stone and anchor brackets in holes.67
  4. Dig trench for foundation of monument, using pick and shovel.67
Hardest to automate

Where people still matter

These tasks score lowest on automation feasibility—physical presence, judgement, accountability and real-world variability all resist end-to-end automation.

  1. Remove wedges, fill joints between stones, finish joints between stones, using a trowel, and smooth the mortar to an attractive finish, using a tuck pointer.01
  2. Remove sections of monument from truck bed, and guide stone onto foundation, using skids, hoist, or truck crane.02
  3. Shape, trim, face and cut marble or stone preparatory to setting, using power saws, cutting equipment, and hand tools.03
  4. Lay brick to build shells of chimneys and smokestacks or to line or reline industrial furnaces, kilns, boilers and similar installations.04
  5. Repair cracked or chipped areas of stone or marble, using blowtorch and mastic, and remove rough or defective spots from concrete, using power grinder or chisel and hammer.05
Where else this work leads

Related occupations

Occupations O*NET links to this one. Relatedness reflects shared work, not a claim that these roles are safer.

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Beyond AI capability

Adoption and labour-market outlook

Structural factors are kept separate from raw capability so you can see what actually resists automation. Adoption pressure and labour-market resilience are still provisional models—25% of this occupation’s replacement-risk weight rests on them.

Human dependency76
Physical dependency73
Adoption pressure30
Labour-market resilience77
Methodology & sources

O*NET 30.3 occupational data interpreted through the JobsVsAI capability, automation and structural-constraint models.

Confidence82/100
CalculatedAug 21, 2026
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