• Jewelers and Precious Stone and Metal Workers
  • Manufacturing
  • Annual Median Wage
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    Annual NC Wage Range
    Growth Rate
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    Very Fast Growing
  • Jewelers and Precious Stone and Metal Workers design, construct, adjust, repair, appraise and sell jewelry.

What do they typically do

  • Design and create jewelry from precious metals and stones
  • Examine and grade diamonds and other gems
  • Clean and polish jewelry using polishing wheels and chemical baths
  • Repair jewelry by replacing broken clasps, altering ring sizes, or resetting stones
  • Smooth joints and rough spots and polish smoothed areas
  • Compute the costs of labor and material for new pieces and repairs
  • Model new pieces with carved wax or computer-aided design, and then cast them in metal
  • Shape metal to hold the gems in pieces of jewelry
  • Solder pieces together and insert stones

Number of Jobs

Average Annual
Job Growth +1.7%
Job Openings 0

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