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Also called aircraft model maker, architectural wood model maker, jig maker and last model maker.
$56,550
Median pay a year
280
People do this work
6
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Wood Model Maker
Summary
Model maker constructing full-size and scale wooden precision models of products, collaborating with designers and utilizing woodworking machines to create patterns, templates, and molds
Experience
Wood Model Maker
Where you worked
Month Year to Month Year
Read blueprints, drawings, or written specifications, and consulted with designers to determine sizes and shapes of patterns and required machine setups
Constructed wooden models, patterns, templates, full scale mock-ups, and molds for parts of products and production tools
Set up, operated, and adjusted a variety of woodworking machines such as bandsaws and planers to cut and shape sections, parts, and patterns
Trimmed, smoothed, and shaped surfaces, and planed, shaved, filed, scraped, and sanded models to attain specified shapes, using hand tools
Selected wooden stock, determined layouts, and marked layouts of parts on stock, using precision equipment such as scribers, squares, and protractors
Marked identifying information on patterns, parts, and templates to indicate assembly methods and details
Skills
Core Skills
Studying blueprints or instructions, Marking equipment with labels, Measuring indicators, Measuring product dimensions, Selecting production materials, Applying decorative finishes, Assembling wood products, Constructing work aids, Drawing guide lines
Hands-On Work
Building production molds
Education
Certificate Your training program, Year
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Read blueprints and consulted with designersFitted and assembled wood parts into modelsVerified dimensions and contours of modelsTrimmed and shaped surfaces using hand toolsConstructed wooden models and full-scale mock-upsSelected wooden stock and marked layouts
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Read blueprints and worked with designers to ensure accurate model specifications
Verified dimensions and contours of models during the hand-forming process
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Read blueprints and worked with designers on several designs each week to ensure accurate model specifications
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Several designs each weekA few projects every monthMost of the team's designs
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Verified dimensions and contours of models during the hand-forming process
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Models fit together more preciselyReduced errors in final assemblyImproved overall model quality
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Studying blueprints or instructions
Marking equipment with labels
Measuring indicators
Measuring product dimensions
Selecting production materials
Applying decorative finishes
Building production molds
Assembling wood products
Constructing work aids
Drawing guide lines
Assembling fixtures
Shaping wood surfaces
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What a Wood Model Maker does
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Construct full-size and scale wooden precision models of products. Includes wood jig builders and loft workers.
What it pays
How much does a Wood Model Maker make?
Annual pay across the United States. The middle figure is the median: half earn less than that, and half earn more.
25th percentile
$37,660
Median
$56,550
75th percentile
$87,150
About 280 people do this work in the United States.
What it pays in each state
State
25th percentile
Median
75th percentile
OH
$34,800
$35,900
$36,660
Other names
Other names for this job
aircraft model maker, architectural wood model maker, jig maker, last model maker, model maker, sample maker, wood last maker, model makers wood, builder, building craftsman, craftsman, jig builder.
More names for this work
loft worker, lofter, model builder, product craftsman, product development carpenter, production craftsman, production wood craftsman, sample builder, sample worker, ship and boat loft worker, special craftsman, technical craftsman, wood carver, wood containing jig builder, wood craftsman, wood model builder, wood window and door craftsman, woodworking craftsman.
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This page is about the occupation Model Makers, Wood. 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.