DETAILED OCCUPATION DATA

51-9071 Jewelers and Precious Stone and Metal Workers

Occupational Description:
Design, fabricate, adjust, repair, or appraise jewelry, gold, silver, other precious metals, or gems. Includes diamond polishers and gem cutters, and persons who perform precision casting and modeling of molds, casting metal in molds, or setting precious and semiprecious stones for jewelry and related products.

Occupational Employment Statistics(OES) Wage Data
Wages Updated to First Quarter, 2020
 Percentiles
GeographyEmploymentEmp SE*MeanMean SE*10th25thMedian75th90th
EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities 14052$17.93/hr$1.27/hr$11.08/hr$13.25/hr$16.97/hr$22.59/hr$26.85/hr
Minnesota 23056$19.59/hr$1.23/hr$10.97/hr$13.83/hr$18.33/hr$24.22/hr$30.19/hr
U S 23,5901,062$22.42/hr$0.45/hr$11.96/hr$14.99/hr$19.94/hr$27.15/hr$35.82/hr
*SE = Standard error, a measure of the statistical reliability of the estimate.


Leading Industries for Jewelers and Precious Stone and Metal Workers
IndustryOES EmploymentOES Median Wage
Manufacturing50$18.19/hr
Other Regional Data For Jewelers and Precious Stone and Metal Workers
Geography (click title for details)OESProjections
EmploymentMedian Wage% Change  - 
EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities 140 $16.97/hr N/A
EDR 10 - Southeast 40 $17.82/hr N/A
EDR 7W- Central N/A N/A N/A
EDR 7E- East Central N/A N/A N/A
EDR 9 - South Central N/A N/A N/A
EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley N/A N/A N/A
EDR 5 - North Central N/A N/A N/A
EDR 2 - Headwaters N/A N/A N/A
EDR 3 - Arrowhead N/A N/A N/A
EDR 6E- Southwest Central N/A N/A N/A
EDR 1 - Northwest N/A N/A N/A
EDR 4 - West Central N/A N/A N/A
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Tasks for Jewelers and Precious Stone and Metal Workers