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Jewelers

Job Information

Fabricate and repair jewelry articles. Make models or molds to create jewelry items.

Information

  • About 54 percent of all jewelers and precious stone and metal workers are self-employed.
  • Jewelers usually learn their trade in vocational or technical schools, through distance-learning centers, or on the job.
  • Prospects for bench jewelers and other skilled jewelers should be favorable; keen competition is expected for lower skilled manufacturing jobs, such as assemblers and polishers.

Statistics

Personality I'm hands on
Salary $34,030/yr ($17.02/hr)
Job Outlook Average
Education High School diploma