Goldsmith / Jeweller
Fabricates and repairs fine metalwork and setting. Custom commissions carry margin; bench repair carries steady volume.
- Pay band (est.)
- $49k–$82k
- Time to competence
- 6 years
- Licence
- None
- Setting
- studio
- Leverage
- medium
- Place constraint
- medium
- Physical demand
- 40/100
- Hours burden
- 48/100
Factor percentiles
Percentile against the whole curated set. Higher is better on that factor only.
- Play79th
Absorbing rather than merely paid.
- Specific knowledge78th
A combination of skills that is hard to copy.
- Leverage49th
Output that scales through code, media, capital or crew.
- Demand9th
Durability and shortage, scored conservatively.
- Pay11th
Mid-career floor and the range above it.
- Body62th
Inverse of physical demand and hours.
- Autonomy56th
Control of methods and time.
- People fit77th
Distance from your preferred people level.
- Place flexibility31th
Remote fit and freedom from specific metros.
- Time to skill44th
Inverse of years to competence.
- Meaning load50th
Closeness to the families you marked as meaningful. Your mapping, not ours.
- Downside tolerance29th
Inverse of named risk to body, market or platform.
Downside
Eyes and hands; metal prices and luxury cycles move income.
Examine this against your weights
The percentiles above use the default weights. Set your own on the ranking and this vocation moves with them.
- Place constraint is medium. Where you live is analysed at locationistics.com.
- Hours burden is 48/100 and people intensity 45/100. Who you are with is analysed at relationistics.com.
Source note: BLS OEWS May 2024, Jewelers and Precious Stone and Metal Workers (51-9071): median $49,140, 90th percentile $81,610. Outlook from BLS 2025-35 projections, -3.2%. Other scores editorial. All figures are estimates for comparison.