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Average Plasterers And Stucco Masons Salary in Tucson, AZ

Plasterers And Stucco Masons in Tucson, AZ earn a median annual salary of $46,820, which is -18.8% compared to the national median. There are 340 workers employed locally in this occupation.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey, May 2025 estimates for Tucson, AZ (metro area).

$46,820
Tucson, AZ median annual wage
$23/hour median
-18.8%
Difference vs national median
National median is $57,660
340
Local employment
0.9 jobs per 1,000 workers
7.13
Location quotient
Above 1.00 means the occupation is more concentrated here than nationally
Pay distribution

Local wage range

10th
$34,470
25th
$46,090
Median
$46,820
75th
$59,600
90th
$65,660

All values are percentiles of annual wages.

This local range is the useful part of the page. The median tells you the center of the market in Tucson, AZ, while the percentile band shows how compressed or wide the local pay distribution actually is.

Regional price parity

Cost-of-living context

All-items regional price parity
96.9%
Exact metro RPP match
Median wage adjusted to the national price level
$48,320
Goods: 96.2%
Services: 89.5%
Rents: 91.8%
Comparison links

Comparable metros for this occupation

Metro Median annual wage Compare Employment
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ $120,180 Compare 840
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI $108,160 Compare 100
Urban Honolulu, HI $105,870 Compare 100
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN $96,240 Compare 190
St. Louis, MO-IL $80,240 Compare 270
Napa, CA $79,590 Compare 40

The point of this table is not random nearby places. It is to show the other labor markets where this same occupation looks stronger or weaker on the same OEWS release.

Area context

Top occupations in Tucson, AZ

Occupation Median annual wage LQ
Physicians, All Other $357,070 1.05
Oral And Maxillofacial Surgeons $299,990 N/A
General Internal Medicine Physicians $264,320 1.90
Psychiatrists $257,650 1.03
Dentists, All Other Specialists $254,650 3.18
Dermatologists $231,030 2.76
Family Medicine Physicians $227,940 1.08
Airline Pilots, Copilots, And Flight Engineers $206,050 0.22

Tucson, AZ has salary data for 497 occupations. The highest-paid occupation in this area is Physicians, All Other.

Historical series

Trend for Plasterers And Stucco Masons in Tucson, AZ

Historical trend data is not yet available for this occupation in this area.

Interpretation

Outlook and page notes

Nationally, Plasterers And Stucco Masons are projected to change by +4.1% from 2024 to 2034, with 1,900 annual openings.

Use this page to answer three separate questions: what the occupation pays here, how large the local market is, and whether this market is unusually concentrated for the occupation.

For metro pages in particular, read long-term trend rows as directional until the area comparability layer is fully wired. OEWS area definitions can change over time, and that matters more at the metro level than at the state level.