Employment Percentage
-11.81372549
SOC ID
51-9071
SOC Title
Jewelers and Precious Stone and Metal Workers
ONET ID
51-9071.06
ONET Concat ID
51907106
Median Salary
34001.66
EMSI Interest Area Term
Ed Level High School
65.800003
Ed Level Certificate
15.19
Ed Level Some College
0
Ed Level Associates
0
Ed Level Bachelors
19.01
Ed Level Masters
0
Ed Level Doctors
0
Typical Ed Level
a high school diploma or less
Career Description
Fabricate, finish, or evaluate the quality of gems and diamonds used in jewelry or industrial tools.
Core Tasks
- Examine gems during processing to ensure accuracy of angles and positions of cuts or bores, using magnifying glasses, loupes, or shadowgraphs.
- Assign polish, symmetry, and clarity grades to stones, according to established grading systems.
- Estimate wholesale and retail value of gems, following pricing guides, market fluctuations, and other relevant economic factors.
- Examine gem surfaces and internal structures, using polariscopes, refractometers, microscopes, and other optical instruments, to differentiate between stones, to identify rare specimens, or to detect flaws, defects, or peculiarities affecting gem values.
- Identify and document stones' clarity characteristics, using plot diagrams.
- Advise customers and others on the best use of gems to create attractive jewelry items.
Start Annual Earnings
15468.13
Top Annual Earnings
83809.58
EMSI Career Title Slug
gem-and-diamond-worker