Jewelers and Precious Stone and Metal Workers
Pay and outlook shown for
New workers start near $35,180; experienced workers reach $77,740. About 160 people do this job in San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX.
Job outlook
Alamo region (San Antonio and 12 surrounding counties), Texas Workforce Commission projection 2024 to 2034; U.S. figures from the BLS.
- Employment change
- -3.4%
- Openings a year
- 73
- Employed in 2024
- 621
Typical entry education: High school diploma or equivalent · Training: Long-term on-the-job training
Alamo Colleges programs that lead here
No program is mapped to this career yet. Many careers start from a transfer pre-major or a related program.
Browse all programsSkills this career uses
The skills O*NET rates most important for the job, with how much of each the work needs on a 1 to 7 scale.
- Critical Thinking3.1
- Active Listening3.0
- Speaking2.9
- Reading Comprehension3.0
- Complex Problem Solving3.0
- Monitoring2.9
- Time Management2.9
- Social Perceptiveness2.6
What the work is
Design, fabricate, adjust, repair, or appraise jewelry, gold, silver, other precious metals, or gems.
- Position stones and metal pieces, and set, mount, and secure items in place, using setting and hand tools.
- Smooth soldered joints and rough spots, using hand files and emery paper, and polish smoothed areas with polishing wheels or buffing wire.
- Create jewelry from materials such as gold, silver, platinum, and precious or semiprecious stones.
- Make repairs, such as enlarging or reducing ring sizes, soldering pieces of jewelry together, and replacing broken clasps and mountings.
- Clean and polish metal items and jewelry pieces, using jewelers' tools, polishing wheels, and chemical baths.
- Cut and file pieces of jewelry such as rings, brooches, bracelets, and lockets.
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