Construction Wages: skilled workers command higher pay By Lesley Goddin sponsored by BUSINESS TIP In the TileLetter Weekly digi- tal enewsletter disseminated on March 7, 2018, a recent study of wage data from the American Community Survey (ACS), ana- lyzed by author Sasha David and published on BuildZoom (build- zoom.com) caused quite a stir. The analysis of the study was to deter- mine which jobs pay the most – and the least – and why. The full story, with supporting charts and tables, can be found at http://tileletter. com/2018/02/construction-wages- who-makes-the-most-and-where/ or at http://bit.ly/2oqMLeO or at BuildZoom at http://bit.ly/2osxF8B. The controversy centered around the statistics that show concrete and terrazzo workers in this study make $35,000/year and brick masons, block masons and stone masons – as well as carpet, floor and tile installers and finishers The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) charts annual mean wage by area. 30 TileLetter | June 2018