Also called: Jewelers
Jewelers and Precious Stone and Metal Workers build coordination, judgment and decision making and social perceptiveness skills that carry over to other work. Below are 25 careers ranked by how closely their skills match, with pay from BLS May 2025. The closest match is Craft Artists (78%).
Updated October 2026 · Data: O*NET 31.0 and BLS OEWS May 2025 · How we match careers
Sorted by skill match.
| # | Career | Skill match | Median pay | Pay change | Extra education |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Craft Artists | 78% | $46,080 | −12% | None |
| 2 | Prepress Technicians and Workers | 70% | $48,690 | −7% | None |
| 3 | Furniture Finishers | 67% | $44,540 | −15% | None |
| 4 | Fiberglass Laminators and Fabricators | 67% | $46,880 | −11% | None |
| 5 | Upholsterers | 67% | $46,340 | −12% | None |
| 6 | Shoe and Leather Workers and Repairers | 67% | $37,800 | −28% | None |
| 7 | Sound Engineering Technicians | 67% | $73,130 | +39% | None |
| 8 | Photographers | 66% | $44,660 | −15% | None |
| 9 | Patternmakers, Metal and Plastic | 66% | $58,000 | +10% | None |
| 10 | Carpet Installers | 66% | $50,340 | −4% | None |
Compared with Jewelers and Precious Stone and Metal Workers, median $52,540. Skill match is our estimate (0–99) from O*NET 31.0 skills, knowledge, work activities and interests, adjusted for preparation and big pay drops. Pay: BLS OEWS May 2025, national median.
How important each skill is in work as jewelers and precious stone and metal workers (O*NET importance, scale 1–5).
The gaps that show up most often across your top 10 matches.
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A concrete first step, the skills to add, and the hard parts of each job, from O*NET 31.0 education, training and work context data.
78% skill match · $46,080 · −12% pay
Operations Analysis · Management of Material Resources · Management of Financial Resources
No work-context factor stands out as unusually hard in O*NET data.
70% skill match · $48,690 · −7% pay
Operations Monitoring · Operations Analysis · Persuasion
67% skill match · $44,540 · −15% pay
Operations Monitoring · Operations Analysis · Quality Control Analysis
If you want to stay close to what you do now, these roles are the nearest.
The closest matches are Craft Artists (78% skill match, median $46,080), Prepress Technicians and Workers (70% skill match, median $48,690) and Furniture Finishers (67% skill match, median $44,540), based on O*NET 31.0 data and BLS May 2025 pay.
Among the 25 matches, 10 pay more than jewelers and precious stone and metal workers at the median. The biggest increases: Camera Operators, Television, Video, and Film (+43%, $74,990), Sound Engineering Technicians (+39%, $73,130) and Layout Workers, Metal and Plastic (+22%, $63,870).
25 of the 25 matches usually need no more education than you have now, based on O*NET Job Zones.
We compare the importance of skills, knowledge, work activities and interests in O*NET 31.0 for your job and every other career, then adjust for extra preparation and big pay drops. The full method is on our Methodology page.