Brickmasons and Blockmasons vs Construction Laborers
Brickmasons and Blockmasons carries the higher exposed share at 7.2% against 5.1%, a gap of 2.0 points. The difference is driven by capability: a current system can simply produce more of the first job's work product than the second's. Release v2026.Q3.
| Occupation | Exposed | Assisted | Untouched | Capability | Friction | Median pay | Rank | Band |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brickmasons and Blockmasons | 7.2% | 6.2% | 86.6% | 0.13 | 0.37 | $62,120 | 845 | untouched |
| Construction Laborers | 5.1% | 3.4% | 91.5% | 0.09 | 0.38 | $47,120 | 871 | untouched |
What stands in the way, in each
Brickmasons and Blockmasons: the dominant friction is that the work happens to physical things in physical places. Capability sits at 0.13 of 1 and friction at 0.37 of 1.
Construction Laborers: the dominant friction is that the work happens to physical things in physical places. Capability sits at 0.09 of 1 and friction at 0.38 of 1.
Capability asks whether a generally available system can produce the work product at all. Friction asks what stops it finishing the job: physical work, being present, being accountable, unseen context, or the cost of checking the output. The rubric is here.
Read each in full
Exposure is not displacement. A higher score does not rank two jobs by how safe they are, and nothing here models adoption, employment or pay.