In 2024, a study by the Terwilliger Center for Innovation in Shelter in Mexico looked at how Mexican families build their homes. According to El Imparcial, 42.9 percent of those planning to build trust a bricklayer most with the work, or consult one. 38.1 percent prefer an architect or an engineer.
The same study found that “el 78.7% de los albañiles consiguen empleo a través de recomendaciones de personas para quienes han trabajado anteriormente” (78.7 percent of bricklayers find work through recommendations from people they have worked for before).