Bricklayers and Related Workers: Jobs in Demand in Europe (2025)

Bricklayers and Related Workers is an official occupation group (ISCO-08 code 7112) used by the International Labour Organization and Eurostat.

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13European countries report a shortage (EURES 2025)
4countries report a surplus
4,736open job ads right now in Germany and Sweden
7112ISCO-08 occupation code
Short answerIn the 2025 EURES report on labour shortages, 13 European countries reported a shortage of bricklayers and related workers: Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Lithuania, Netherlands, Poland, Romania and Slovenia. 4 reported a surplus: Austria, Finland, Greece and Hungary. Hungary appears in both lists, which usually means shortages in some regions and surpluses in others.

Pay in Germany for this job

€3,894median gross pay a month, full-time
€3,280 to €4,401middle half of workers (25% to 75%)
61,462full-time employees counted

German occupation used: Maurer/in (Bricklayer), occupation code KldB 2010 32122. This is a national figure for all of Germany, before tax and social contributions, including extras such as holiday and Christmas pay.

Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit, Entgeltatlas (employment statistics), reference date 31 December 2025. Full-time employees subject to social insurance only; civil servants, self-employed people and apprentices are not included. Retrieved 2026-10-13.

Check pay by region, age and gender in the Entgeltatlas

Pay in the UK for this job

£33,030median gross pay a year, full-time
£645median gross pay a week, full-time
9,000full-time jobs (ONS estimate)

UK occupation used: Bricklayers (SOC 2020 code 5313). Placeivo matched this to ISCO-08 7112 by job title and duties; the UK and international occupation lists do not line up exactly. National figure for the whole United Kingdom, in pounds sterling (GBP), before income tax and National Insurance.

Source: Office for National Statistics, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE) 2025 provisional, Table 14 (occupation by 4-digit SOC 2020): tables 14.7a (annual pay, gross) and 14.1a (weekly pay, gross), full-time employee jobs, United Kingdom. Weekly pay is for April 2025; annual pay is for the tax year ending 5 April 2025, employees in the same job for at least a year. Retrieved 2026-10-13.

See the ONS earnings tables by occupation

UK Skilled Worker visa for this job

Only in some casesGOV.UK level: Medium Skilled
£33,400standard going rate a year
£25,600lower going rate a year

This occupation (UK code 5313, Bricklayers) is a medium-skilled job. GOV.UK says a new visa for a medium-skilled job is usually possible only if the job is on the Immigration Salary List or the Temporary Shortage List, with their own conditions; some people extending a visa they already hold have different rules. Check both lists before applying. GOV.UK says the lower going rate applies if you apply for a Health and Care Worker visa in certain occupations, or got the certificate of sponsorship for your first Skilled Worker visa before 4 April 2024 and have held one ever since. Going rates are for a 37.5-hour week and are pro-rated for other hours. Placeivo matched this UK code to ISCO-08 7112 by job title; the lists do not line up exactly.

This is a summary of official rules, not legal advice. Rules change and some people (for example those already on a Skilled Worker visa) have different rules. Always check GOV.UK before you apply.

Source: UK Visas and Immigration, GOV.UK tables "Skilled Worker visa: eligible occupations and codes" and "Skilled Worker visa: going rates for eligible occupation codes", updated 2025-07-22, retrieved 2026-10-15. General minimum salary from GOV.UK "Skilled Worker visa: Your job", checked 2026-10-15.

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Latest bricklayers and related workers job ads

Real vacancies from the official public employment services, updated daily. Job titles are translated into English automatically; the full ad opens on the official site in German or Swedish (your browser's translate button turns it into English).

Germany

4,670 open ads
  • Bricklayer
    German title: Maurer
    GBN Granitbau Nordhausen GmbH · Nordhausen, Thüringen · Posted 2026-10-18
  • Bricklayer
    German title: Maurer
    BERDING BETON GmbH · Steinfeld (Oldenburg) · Posted 2026-10-18
  • Bricklayer
    German title: Maurer
    Baugeschäft Fritz Hofmann · Marienberg, Erzgebirge · Posted 2026-10-17
  • Bricklayer
    German title: Maurer
    K und W Hoch- und Tiefbau GbR · Chemnitz, Sachsen · Posted 2026-10-17
  • Bricklayer
    German title: Maurer
    Piening GmbH (Soest) · Möhnesee · Posted 2026-10-16
  • Bricklayer
    German title: Maurer
    NUR-Bau Gera GmbH · Gera · Posted 2026-10-16

Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (German Federal Employment Agency). Ads are written by employers; Placeivo does not check them. See all ads in Germany

Sweden

66 open ads

Source: Arbetsförmedlingen (Swedish Public Employment Service). Ads are written by employers; Placeivo does not check them. See all ads in Sweden

Where bricklayers and related workers are needed in Europe

CountryEURES 2025Average gross pay, all craft and related trades workers (2022)1-bed rent in the capital
BelgiumShortageNot yet verifiedBrussels: €1,150
BulgariaShortage€683 a monthSofia: €650
CroatiaShortage€1,092 a month *Zagreb: €1,050
CyprusShortage€1,461 a monthNicosia: €750
FranceShortage€2,305 a month *Paris: €1,550
GermanyShortage€3,095 a monthBerlin: €1,350
ItalyShortage€2,220 a month *Rome: €1,300
LithuaniaShortage€1,444 a monthVilnius: €830
NetherlandsShortage€3,145 a monthNot yet verified
PolandShortage€1,093 a monthWarsaw: €840
RomaniaShortage€969 a month *Not yet verified
SloveniaShortage€1,645 a monthLjubljana: €950
HungaryShortage and surplus€1,088 a month *Budapest: €910
AustriaSurplus€3,048 a month *Vienna: €1,250
FinlandSurplus€3,362 a month *Helsinki: €1,150
GreeceSurplus€1,475 a month *Athens: €1,150

Pay: Eurostat Structure of Earnings Survey 2022, mean gross monthly earnings of all craft and related trades workers in each country, in euros. This is the average for the whole occupation group, not for bricklayers and related workers alone, and before tax. * Firms with 10 or more employees only. Rent: Eurostat, good-quality 1-bedroom flat in the capital, 2025.

What bricklayers and related workers do

Bricklayers and related workers lay bricks, pre-cut stones and other types of building blocks in mortar to construct and repair walls, partitions, arches and other structures.

Typical tasks

  • Laying stone, brick and similar building blocks to construct or repair walls, partitions, fireplaces and other structures such as smokestacks, furnaces, converters, kilns and ovens, piers and abutments
  • Laying footpaths, kerbs and pavements
  • Laying bricks or other masonry to build patios, garden walls and other decorative installations

Finding bricklayers and related workers jobs in Europe

  • EURES is the official job portal of the EU public employment services. The search above looks for "Bricklayer".
  • Some jobs are regulated professions: before you can work, your qualification may need to be recognised in the new country.
  • If you are not an EU/EEA citizen you will usually need a work permit or a visa such as the EU Blue Card. Check the rules of the country's immigration authority.

Cost of living where the jobs are

Take-home pay needed to rent a good 1-bedroom flat in the capitals of countries reporting a shortage:

About this data

  • Shortage and surplus: European Labour Authority, EURES Report on labour shortages and surpluses 2025, annex table 21 (published 2026). Each country's public employment service reports which occupations it finds hard to fill or in oversupply. Countries not listed did not report this occupation as either.
  • Definition, tasks and job titles: International Labour Organization, ISCO-08 structure and definitions.
  • Pay: Eurostat, Structure of Earnings Survey 2022 (earn_ses22_48), by occupation group. Germany, this exact job: Bundesagentur für Arbeit, Entgeltatlas (median pay of full-time employees). United Kingdom, closest UK occupation: Office for National Statistics, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, Table 14 (median pay of full-time employees).
  • Job ads: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (Germany) and Arbetsförmedlingen (Sweden), refreshed about once a day.

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