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Jewelers and Precious Stone and Metal Workers · SOC 51-9071

Jewelers and Precious Stone and Metal Workers Salary in the Buffalo Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY metro area

Figures describe the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not Buffalo city limits.

Median annual wage$58,760
Median hourly wage$28.25

Jewelers and Precious Stone and Metal Workers in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY metro area earned a median of $58,760 per year ($28.25 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $32,810 at the 10th percentile to $84,550 at the 90th. BLS estimates 90 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Jewelers and Precious Stone and Metal Workers in the Buffalo metro area earn more than $58,760 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $47,930 and $78,080.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$32,810$47,930$58,760$78,080$84,550
Hourly$15.78$23.05$28.25$37.54$40.65

A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.

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How this area compares

  • Buffalo metro areathis metro area
    $58,760
  • New Yorkstate (NY)
    $61,720
  • United Statesnational
    $52,540

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

The median here is −5% vs New York overall and +12% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Where this metro sits nationally

$38,390$52,993$67,597$82,200Tucson, AZ — $38,390Ogden, UT — $38,410Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $38,880Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $39,860Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $40,260Tulsa, OK — $40,420Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $40,510Reno, NV — $41,600Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $42,950Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $44,450Bend, OR — $44,570San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $44,950Rapid City, SD — $45,110Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $45,400Lexington-Fayette, KY — $46,080Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $46,350Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $46,760Akron, OH — $47,460Columbus, OH — $47,890Albuquerque, NM — $47,960Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $48,190Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $48,230Pittsburgh, PA — $48,240Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $48,250Springfield, MA — $48,350Urban Honolulu, HI — $48,450Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $48,800Oklahoma City, OK — $48,890Salem, OR — $48,980Knoxville, TN — $49,230Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $49,350Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $49,400Worcester, MA — $49,490Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $49,570Greensboro-High Point, NC — $49,610Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $50,400Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $50,570Rochester, NY — $50,600Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $50,690Baton Rouge, LA — $51,420Barnstable Town, MA — $52,000Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $52,520Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $52,570Asheville, NC — $53,450Santa Fe, NM — $54,080Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $54,310Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $54,610Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $54,750Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $54,760Richmond, VA — $54,860Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $54,960Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $54,990Omaha, NE-IA — $55,000Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $55,340Boise City, ID — $55,560Kansas City, MO-KS — $55,560Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $55,790Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $56,060New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $56,120St. Louis, MO-IL — $56,140Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $56,730Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $56,830Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $57,290Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $57,930Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $58,030Winston-Salem, NC — $58,310Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $58,390Birmingham, AL — $58,550Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $58,760Syracuse, NY — $58,890Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $59,870Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $60,420Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $60,440Wilmington, NC — $60,540Raleigh-Cary, NC — $61,000Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $61,150New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $61,360Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $62,400Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $62,450Madison, WI — $62,700Ann Arbor, MI — $62,970Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $63,650San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $64,620San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $64,740Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $65,370Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $71,410Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $73,650Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $73,800San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $75,640Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $82,200

Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.

The Buffalo metro area has the 22nd-highest published median for this occupation among the 90 metro areas where BLS publishes it. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Other metro areas in New York

Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for jewelers and precious stone and metal workers, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.

  • Buffalo metro areathis page
    $58,760
  • Kiryas Joel metro area
    $73,650
  • Albany metro area
    $71,410
  • New York metro area
    $61,360
  • Syracuse metro area
    $58,890
  • Rochester metro area
    $50,600

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

Keep exploring

Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:

Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$45,390Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers$48,620First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers$77,060Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers$45,400Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders$41,900Machinists$60,650

Highest-paying metro areas for jewelers and precious stone and metal workerss · Highest-paying occupations in Buffalo Metro

About this estimate

These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.

Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.