Highest-paying Cities for Jewelers and Precious Stone and Metal Workers

The top 100 highest paying cities for jewelers and precious stone and metal workers (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment of jewelers and precious stone and metal workers in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $74,620, Corpus Christi, Texas is the highest paying city for jewelers and precious stone and metal workers. It is followed by Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, Arkansas (average annual salary $74,520). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2023 [1]. For more salary information of jewelers and precious stone and metal workers in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Jewelers and Precious Stone and Metal Workers

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Corpus Christi, Texas	$74,620	$45,310	n/a
2	Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, Arkansas	$74,520	$24,150	30
3	North Central Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas	$68,200	$55,340	n/a
4	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$66,290	$48,160	550
5	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$60,620	$33,530	180
6	Tucson, Arizona	$58,200	$28,270	60
7	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$57,620	$35,400	4,200
8	Durham-Chapel Hill, North Carolina	$57,530	$33,070	40
9	Colorado Springs, Colorado	$57,300	$31,570	30
10	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$56,630	$27,770	110
11	Des Moines-West Des Moines, Iowa	$56,320	$40,490	n/a
12	Fargo, North Dakota	$56,080	$26,730	30
13	Edison-New Brunswick, New Jersey	$56,060	$38,280	n/a
14	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$55,900	$40,460	240
15	Wilmington, North Carolina	$55,020	$38,180	30
16	Barnstable Town, Massachusetts	$54,660	$42,050	40
17	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia	$54,500	$19,150	230
18	Naples-Marco Island, Florida	$52,920	$38,200	30
19	Charlottesville, Virginia	$52,870	$32,370	30
20	Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, Maine	$52,650	$36,670	40
21	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$52,000	$39,560	390
22	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$52,000	$42,040	90
23	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$51,850	$36,010	180
24	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$51,240	$36,300	390
25	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California	$51,230	$35,050	210
26	Kansas City, Missouri	$51,100	$29,580	90
27	Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, Florida	$50,970	$22,050	870
28	East Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania	$50,690	$22,140	40
29	Louisville-Jefferson County, Kentucky	$50,070	$33,310	40
30	Birmingham-Hoover, Alabama	$49,860	$17,150	80
31	St Louis, Missouri	$49,660	$29,410	140
32	Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin	$49,540	$29,310	90
33	Grand Rapids-Wyoming, Michigan	$49,420	$29,470	160
34	Cape Coral-Fort Myers, Florida	$49,190	$31,490	30
35	Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, Virginia	$49,160	$22,840	80
36	Salem, Oregon	$49,070	$28,390	30
37	Newark-Union, Pennsylvania	$48,730	$32,100	150
38	Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, North Carolina	$48,610	$22,740	30
39	Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington	$48,440	$33,480	110
40	Las Vegas-Paradise, Nevada	$48,400	$33,270	140
41	Syracuse, New York	$48,330	$32,540	50
42	Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, Florida	$48,220	$33,130	190
43	Harrisburg-Carlisle, Pennsylvania	$48,070	$38,150	50
44	Reading, Pennsylvania	$48,030	$35,530	40
45	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$47,900	$31,170	1,490
46	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$47,870	$36,210	90
47	Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida	$47,720	$33,860	150
48	Knoxville, Tennessee	$47,570	$33,090	50
49	Springfield, Massachusetts	$47,530	$36,830	60
50	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York	$47,470	$32,110	60
51	Bakersfield-Delano, California	$47,460	$39,860	30
52	Cincinnati-Middletown, Ohio	$47,440	$29,610	140
53	Richmond, Virginia	$47,340	$25,080	60
54	Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, South Carolina	$47,270	$28,620	150
55	Indianapolis-Carmel, Indiana	$47,230	$34,830	170
56	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$47,180	$28,410	300
57	Columbus, Ohio	$47,120	$37,450	100
58	Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas	$46,850	$29,360	210
59	Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, Florida	$46,680	$25,350	40
60	Spokane, Washington	$46,660	$34,150	40
61	Raleigh-Cary, North Carolina	$46,630	$32,570	90
62	Peoria, Illinois	$46,560	$29,920	40
63	Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York	$46,420	$35,240	100
64	Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio	$46,420	$33,290	150
65	Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania	$46,360	$29,430	30
66	Greensboro-High Point, North Carolina	$46,310	$32,040	60
67	Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, Pennsylvania	$46,120	$23,440	30
68	Lansing-East Lansing, Michigan	$45,890	$35,820	30
69	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$45,870	$34,000	210
70	Evansville, Kentucky	$45,870	$26,400	30
71	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$45,660	$45,140	50
72	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	$45,500	$35,390	200
73	Lakeland-Winter Haven, Florida	$45,350	$18,900	40
74	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California	$45,310	$35,700	40
75	Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, Tennessee	$45,260	$24,450	100
76	New Haven, Connecticut	$45,240	$44,200	30
77	Fresno, California	$45,200	$35,000	n/a
78	McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, Texas	$45,140	$33,670	30
79	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$45,110	$30,060	370
80	Lubbock, Texas	$45,090	$32,970	n/a
81	Madison, Wisconsin	$45,060	$28,070	50
82	Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan	$45,060	$30,930	310
83	Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$44,980	$34,090	30
84	Provo-Orem, Utah	$44,720	$30,210	100
85	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$44,650	$30,250	720
86	Wichita, Kansas	$44,620	$35,520	40
87	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$44,590	$36,410	180
88	Urban Honolulu, Hawaii	$44,390	$29,480	130
89	Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$44,250	$25,380	30
90	Dayton, Ohio	$44,240	$33,210	30
91	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$44,210	$25,940	190
92	Toledo, Ohio	$44,200	$29,110	40
93	Topeka, Kansas	$44,090	$31,980	30
94	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$43,910	$33,240	30
95	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California	$43,840	$32,850	100
96	Other New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area, New Hampshire	$43,530	$25,330	30
97	Green Bay, Wisconsin	$43,160	$26,960	40
98	Kansas nonmetropolitan area, Kansas	$42,820	$33,830	40
99	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$42,680	$29,010	790
100	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, West Virginia	$42,480	$26,460	n/a

See also: 💰 Highest paying industries for jewelers and precious stone and metal workers.