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Jewelers and Precious Stone and Metal Workers — Career Decision Dashboard
United States
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Report generated from official BLS OEWS and O*NET data — United States.
Median annual wage
$52,540
United States, 2025
Employment
22,440
United States, 2025
Typical education
High School Diploma or the equivalent (such as a GED)
Job Zone 3
Skills identified
35
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Career overview
Design, fabricate, adjust, repair, or appraise jewelry, gold, silver, other precious metals, or gems.
- O*NET code
- 51-9071.00
- Job zone
- 3
- Experience required
- Over 4 years, up to and including 6 years
Typical tasks
- Clean and polish metal items and jewelry pieces, using jewelers' tools, polishing wheels, and chemical baths.
- Smooth soldered joints and rough spots, using hand files and emery paper, and polish smoothed areas with polishing wheels or buffing wire.
- Create jewelry from materials such as gold, silver, platinum, and precious or semiprecious stones.
- Cut and file pieces of jewelry such as rings, brooches, bracelets, and lockets.
- Examine assembled or finished products to ensure conformance to specifications, using magnifying glasses or precision measuring instruments.
- Make repairs, such as enlarging or reducing ring sizes, soldering pieces of jewelry together, and replacing broken clasps and mountings.
- Compute costs of labor and materials to determine production costs of products and articles.
- Position stones and metal pieces, and set, mount, and secure items in place, using setting and hand tools.
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Salary analysis — United States
10th percentile
$35,580
25th percentile
$39,520
75th percentile
$69,810
90th percentile
$87,540
Most important skills
- Active Listening3.1
- Speaking3.0
- Critical Thinking3.0
- Social Perceptiveness2.9
- Judgment and Decision Making2.9
- Coordination2.9
- Monitoring2.8
- Reading Comprehension2.8
- Complex Problem Solving2.6
- Time Management2.6
- Service Orientation2.6
- Instructing2.5
What skills do you need?
Select the skills you already have
Skills listed are those O*NET rates at importance 3.0 or above for this occupation. Set your own level on the same 0–7 O*NET scale.
Skill coverage
0%
0 of 3 identified skills
Matched
0
Missing
3
Your selected skills cover approximately 0% of the skills identified for this occupation in O*NET. This is a coverage measure of listed skills only — it is not a qualification, hiring or interview outcome.
Skills to develop
| Skill | Importance | Required level | Your level | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Critical Thinking | 3.0 | 3.5 | Not selected | 3.5 |
| Active Listening | 3.1 | 2.9 | Not selected | 2.9 |
| Speaking | 3.0 | 2.8 | Not selected | 2.8 |
Ordered by required level gap multiplied by O*NET importance. No prediction or recommendation is implied.
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Compare with Jewelers and Precious Stone and Metal WorkersHow salary varies by location
| Location | Median | Employment | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bridgeport, CT | $82,200 | 50 | 2025 |
| San Francisco, CA | $75,640 | 240 | 2025 |
| Scranton, PA | $73,800 | 40 | 2025 |
| Kiryas Joel, NY | $73,650 | 50 | 2025 |
| Albany, NY | $71,410 | 40 | 2025 |
| CT | $69,800 | 140 | 2025 |
| Washington, DC | $65,370 | 110 | 2025 |
| San Jose, CA | $64,740 | 70 | 2025 |
| San Diego, CA | $64,620 | 260 | 2025 |
| Durham, NC | $63,650 | 50 | 2025 |
| Ann Arbor, MI | $62,970 | 40 | 2025 |
| Madison, WI | $62,700 | 30 | 2025 |
| Sacramento, CA | $62,450 | 50 | 2025 |
| Charlotte, NC | $62,400 | 230 | 2025 |
| VA | $61,940 | 240 | 2025 |
| NY | $61,720 | 4,300 | 2025 |
| New York, NY | $61,360 | 4,440 | 2025 |
| Los Angeles, CA | $61,150 | 1,190 | 2025 |
| Raleigh, NC | $61,000 | 120 | 2025 |
| CA | $60,790 | 2,300 | 2025 |
Career transition paths
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Salary and employment data: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS, 2025 (May 2025 release).
Figures are periodic published survey snapshots, not real-time market rates.