Jeweler and Precious Stone and Metal Worker resume
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Also called craft worker, jewelry bench worker, layout worker and antique jewelry repairer.
$52,540
Median pay a year
22,440
People do this work
6
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Jeweler and Precious Stone and Metal Worker
Summary
Jeweler designing, fabricating, and repairing jewelry and precious metal items, utilizing tools and techniques to ensure quality and precision in craftsmanship
Experience
Jeweler and Precious Stone and Metal Worker
Where you worked
Month Year to Month Year
Cleaned and polished metal items and jewelry pieces, using jewelers' tools, polishing wheels, and chemical baths
Created jewelry from materials such as gold, silver, platinum, and precious or semiprecious stones
Examined assembled or finished products to ensure conformance to specifications, using magnifying glasses or precision measuring instruments
Made repairs, such as enlarging or reducing ring sizes, soldering pieces of jewelry together, and replacing broken clasps and mountings
Computed costs of labor and materials to determine production costs of products and articles
Positioned stones and metal pieces, and set, mounted, and secured items in place, using setting and hand tools
Designed and fabricated molds, models, and machine accessories, and modified hand tools used to cast metal and jewelry pieces
Skills
Core Skills
Designing jewelry and decorative objects, Cutting industrial materials, Reshaping small metal components, Heating materials, Smoothing metal surfaces, Engraving products, Measuring substances, Measuring product dimensions
Hands-On Work
Building production molds, Polishing finished products
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On site, Remote
Education
Certificate Your training program, Year
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Cleaned and polished metal items and jewelrySoothed soldered joints and rough spotsCreated jewelry from gold, silver, and stonesCut and filed pieces of jewelryExamined finished products for specificationsMade repairs on jewelry pieces and clasps
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Cleaned and polished metal items and jewelry, ensuring high-quality finishes and customer satisfaction
Created unique jewelry pieces from gold, silver, and precious stones, showcasing craftsmanship and design skills
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Add how often you cleaned and polished items.
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Cleaned and polished several pieces each day, ensuring high-quality finishes and customer satisfaction
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Several pieces each dayMost items during each shiftA few items per customer
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Created unique jewelry pieces from gold, silver, and precious stones, showcasing craftsmanship and design skills
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Received positive feedback from clientsCustomers often returned for more piecesMany designs were featured in showcases
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Designing jewelry and decorative objects
Cutting industrial materials
Building production molds
Reshaping small metal components
Heating materials
Polishing finished products
Smoothing metal surfaces
Engraving products
Measuring substances
Measuring product dimensions
Evaluating material quality
Estimating materials
The work itself
What a Jeweler and Precious Stone and Metal Worker does
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Design, fabricate, adjust, repair, or appraise jewelry, gold, silver, other precious metals, or gems.
What it pays
How much does a Jeweler and Precious Stone and Metal Worker make?
Annual pay across the United States. The middle figure is the median: half earn less than that, and half earn more.
25th percentile
$39,520
Median
$52,540
75th percentile
$69,810
About 22,440 people do this work in the United States.
This page is about the occupation Jewelers and Precious Stone and Metal Workers. What this job involves and what it is made of come from O*NET 30.3, the US Department of Labor's occupation database, refreshed July 2026; Rung writes those records into the plain sentences you see. Pay comes from the Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS release for 2025. Rung is an independent service and is not affiliated with or endorsed by either agency. How Rung handles accuracy is on the accuracy page, and the full data credits are on the credits page.