Potters (Manufacturing) build operations monitoring, operation and control and quality control analysis 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 (75%).
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 | 75% | $46,080 | — | None |
| 2 | Model Makers, Wood | 72% | $56,550 | — | None |
| 3 | Foundry Mold and Coremakers | 71% | $48,110 | — | None |
| 4 | Patternmakers, Metal and Plastic | 71% | $58,000 | — | None |
| 5 | Sewers, Hand | 69% | $36,480 | — | None |
| 6 | Patternmakers, Wood | 69% | $49,630 | — | None |
| 7 | Furniture Finishers | 66% | $44,540 | — | None |
| 8 | Shoe and Leather Workers and Repairers | 65% | $37,800 | — | None |
| 9 | Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers | 65% | $48,220 | — | None |
| 10 | Terrazzo Workers and Finishers | 65% | $76,170 | — | None |
Compared with Potters, Manufacturing, median —. 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 potters (manufacturing) (O*NET importance, scale 1–5).
The gaps that show up most often across your top 10 matches.
Free and low-cost training: use the CareerOneStop training finder below.
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.
75% skill match · $46,080
Persuasion · Operations Analysis · Repairing
No work-context factor stands out as unusually hard in O*NET data.
72% skill match · $56,550
Operations Analysis · Time Management · Equipment Selection
71% skill match · $48,110
Repairing · Time Management · Equipment Maintenance
If you want to stay close to what you do now, these roles are the nearest.
The closest matches are Craft Artists (75% skill match, median $46,080), Model Makers, Wood (72% skill match, median $56,550) and Foundry Mold and Coremakers (71% skill match, median $48,110), based on O*NET 31.0 data and BLS May 2025 pay.
None of the 25 closest matches pays more than potters (manufacturing) at the national median (BLS May 2025). Higher-paying moves usually need more training.
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.