Job Check
Stonemasons
Build stone structures, such as piers, walls, and abutments. Lay walks, curbstones, or special types of masonry for vats, tanks, and floors.
10 main tasks · most important first
Your main tasks and AI
Importance- 01Set vertical and horizontal alignment of structures, using plumb bob, gauge line, and level.Mostly human for now
- 02Lay out wall patterns or foundations, using straight edge, rule, or staked lines.Mostly human for now
- 03Set stone or marble in place, according to layout or pattern.Mostly human for now
- 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.Mostly human for now
- 05Clean excess mortar or grout from surface of marble, stone, or monument, using sponge, brush, water, or acid.Mostly human for now
- 06Shape, trim, face and cut marble or stone preparatory to setting, using power saws, cutting equipment, and hand tools.Mostly human for now
- 07Mix mortar or grout and pour or spread mortar or grout on marble slabs, stone, or foundation.Mostly human for now
- 08Construct and install prefabricated masonry units.Mostly human for now
- 09Smooth, polish, and bevel surfaces, using hand tools and power tools.Mostly human for now
- 10Lay brick to build shells of chimneys and smokestacks or to line or reline industrial furnaces, kilns, boilers and similar installations.Mostly human for now
Tasks from O*NET® 31.0 (US Department of Labor, CC BY 4.0, changed by us), most important first. “Already use” comes from Anthropic’s data on real work chats with Claude; “could speed up” from task ratings made with GPT-4 in 2023.
Four studies, side by side
None is a forecast of job lossToo little dataNot enough work use was seen to measure. This does not mean the job is safe from AI.Anthropic, 2026
0%of this job’s tasks an AI model could do in half the time, counting tasks that need extra tools as half (rated in 2023).Eloundou, Manning, Mishkin and Rock, 2023
Above 5% of jobsin how often and how well AI helped with this job’s work in Microsoft Copilot chats (2024 data).Microsoft Research (Tomlinson et al.), 2025
Above 94% of jobsin how much of this job’s physical work robots have been shown to do, from factories to homes (2026).Anthropic, 2026
Your human edge
The main tasks with no real AI use seen and no big speed-up expected. This is where your skill counts most today.
- Set vertical and horizontal alignment of structures, using plumb bob, gauge line, and level.
- Lay out wall patterns or foundations, using straight edge, rule, or staked lines.
- Set stone or marble in place, according to layout or pattern.