The average cost of living for an American [edit]. 1  $20,194 per person per year according to Bureau of Labor Statistics (value given divided by 2.5 average household size ('consumer unit') - [1].
Their annual salaries vary according to industry and place of employment. Concrete finishers made a mean annual $39,370, with the lowest-paid 10 percent earning $23,180 yearly, and the highest-paid 10 percent making $62,600 per year.
Half of cement masons working in the United States had salaries of between $28,200 and $46,680 per year, and the highest-paid 10 percent of cement masons in the U.S. earned $62,600 or more per year and $30.10 or more an hour.