Mason programs in Iowa

5 registered apprenticeships, and no trade schools. Almost everyone enters this trade through a paid apprenticeship rather than a college programme, so there is nothing to compare against.

What the job pays in Iowa

$69,440median, per year

This is what brickmasons and blockmasons earn across Iowa, half above and half below. It is an experienced-worker figure, not a starting wage. Nationally the median is $62,120.

US Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS, SOC 47-2021 · survey 2025-05 · retrieved 2026-08-26

Paid apprenticeships · 1

These pay you from day one. No tuition.

Iowa State Trowel Trades JATC Local Union 3

Bricklayer (Construction)

Paid apprenticeship

Marshalltown, IA

Tuition

Paid employment

Intake not published

No website on record. Search the name on apprenticeship.gov.Full detailIowa Workforce Development, Registered Apprenticeship Sponsors by Occupation

Also registered in Iowa · 4

4 more sponsors appear in the federal register for this trade. It records that they exist and where, and nothing about pay, cost or intake. To reach one, search its name on the apprenticeship.gov partner finder, or call your state apprenticeship office.

Electrician JATC - Mason City · WATERLOO, IA
Mason City Community School District (TPRA2) · Mason City, IA
Mason City Electric (ABC) · Mason City, IA
Operative Plasterers & Cement Masons OPCMIA LU 21 & 538 · DES MOINES, IA

How to actually get in

Finding the program is the easy part. The application is where people fall down.

Applying for a mason apprenticeship

5 listings matched. Figures come from the publishers named on each card. Nothing on this page is estimated.