Jewelers and Precious Stone and Metal Workers (51-9071)

Occupation description:  Design, fabricate, adjust, repair, or appraise jewelry, gold, silver, other precious metals, or gems. Includes diamond polishers and gem cutters, and persons who perform precision casting and modeling of molds, casting metal in molds, or setting precious and semi-precious stones for jewelry and related products.

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Job outlook

• Alaska: The job outlook for Alaska is not available.

2017 Wages

Labor Force Indicators

2016 Worker Characteristics
Total workers	Nonresident workers	Percent nonresident	Percent age 45 plus	Percent age 50 plus
19	3	15.8	43.8	31.3

2016 Potential Supply
Qualified but working in another occupation	8
Currently employed in a lower paid occupation	4
UI claimants previously working in occupation	1

2016 ALEXsys Employment Data
Number of registrants	40
Number of job position postings	2
Ratio of registrants to job position postings	20.0

Typical Entry-level Education, Experience, and/or On-the-job Training

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