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Jewelers and Precious Stone and Metal Workers Salary in WA

In the 2025 U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS dataset, Jewelers and Precious Stone and Metal Workers in WA have a median annual salary of $60,380, with 290 recorded jobs in this area. Recorded earnings range from $42,210 at the 10th percentile to $116,020 at the 90th percentile.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS · Data year: 2025 · Last updated: 2026-09-22

Salary overview

Median annual salary

$60,380

Data year: 2025

Hourly median

$29.03

Employment

290

Source

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS

Salary distribution

$42,210
10th
$48,320
25th
$60,380
Median
$71,540
75th
$116,020
90th

Local compared with national

WA

$60,380

Median annual · 2025

United States

$52,540

Median annual · 2025

The WA median is 14.9% above the national median in the available dataset (a difference of $7,840).

Top skills

  1. 1.Active ListeningImportance 3.1
  2. 2.SpeakingImportance 3.0
  3. 3.Critical ThinkingImportance 3.0
  4. 4.Social PerceptivenessImportance 2.9
  5. 5.CoordinationImportance 2.9
  6. 6.Judgment and Decision MakingImportance 2.9
  7. 7.Reading ComprehensionImportance 2.8
  8. 8.MonitoringImportance 2.8
  9. 9.Service OrientationImportance 2.6
  10. 10.Complex Problem SolvingImportance 2.6
  11. 11.Time ManagementImportance 2.6
  12. 12.WritingImportance 2.5

Career information

Education and experience

Typical education
High School Diploma or the equivalent (such as a GED)
Experience
Over 4 years, up to and including 6 years
Job zone
3

Technology used

  • Adobe Illustrator
  • Adobe Photoshop
  • Computer assisted jewelry design CAD software
  • Customer information databases
  • Intuit QuickBooks
  • Inventory tracking software
  • Jewelry store point of sale POS software
  • Metal designing software
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Microsoft Outlook
  • Microsoft Word
  • Retail management software
  • Web browser software

Common 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.
  • Grade stones based on their color, perfection, and quality of cut.
  • Select and acquire metals and gems for designs.

Related careers

Occupations recorded as related in the dataset. A relationship does not imply a guaranteed transition.

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