Jeweler and Precious Stone and Metal Worker
Impact: Product creation, Customer satisfaction
Designs, fabricates, adjusts, repairs, or appraises jewelry, gold, silver, other precious metals, or gems.
What the day looks like
- People interaction
- Moderate
- Team vs solo
- 60% Solo / 40% Team
- Client facing
- Sometimes
- Impact visibility
- Moderate
- Travel
- Minimal
- Schedule flexibility
- Structured
- Remote work
- On-site Only
- Typical work hours
- 40 hours/week
- Stress level
- Moderate
At a glance
- Median salary
- $49,140
- Entry-level
- $35,000 - $40,000
- Senior
- $60,000 - $75,000
- Growth by 2033
- -5% (Decline)
- Demand
- Declining
- Freelance potential
- High
- Salary growth potential
- Moderate to 50-75% growth from entry to senior
- Typical student debt
- Minimal
Skills you'll use
Hard skills
- Jewelry Design
- Gemology
- Metalworking
- Polishing
- Stone Setting
- CAD Software
Soft skills
- Attention to Detail
- Critical Thinking
- Active Listening
Technical complexity: High
How to get there
- Minimum education
- High School Diploma
- Licensing
- No
- Years to mid-career
- 3-5 years
- Years to senior
- 7-10 years
- Career switching
- Moderate
Where this career leads
How people arrive here
Where you can go from here
Typical progression
- Apprentice Jeweler
- Journeyman Jeweler
- Master Jeweler / Studio Owner
Future outlook
- Automation probability
- 15% to low risk due to intricate manual skills and artistic components
- AI disruption risk
- Low
- Demand trend
- Declining
How people feel about it
- Overall satisfaction
- 3.5/10
- Meaning
- 3.8/10
- Work-life balance
- 3.2/10
- Prestige
- 6.5/10
- Social perception
- Moderate