# Jewelry and Silverware Manufacturing

> National industry (NAICS 339910) — This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in one or more of the following: (1) manufacturing, engraving, chasing, or etching fine and costume jewelry; (2) manufacturing, engraving, chasing, or etching metal personal goods (i.e., small articles carried on or about the person, such as compacts or cigarette cases); (3) manufacturing, engraving, chasing, or etching precious metal solid, precious metal clad, or pewter flatware and other hollowware; (4) stamping coins; (5) manufacturing unassembled jewelry parts and stock shop products, such as sheet, wire, and tubing; (6) cutting, slabbing, tumbling, carving, engraving, polishing, or faceting precious or semiprecious stones and gems; (7) recutting, repolishing, and setting gem stones; and (8) drilling, sawing, and peeling cultured and costume pearls.  This industry includes establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing precious solid, precious clad, and precious plated jewelry and personal goods.

Cross-References. Establishments primarily engaged in--

- **NAICS code:** 339910
- **Canonical URL:** https://singulariki.com/industries/339910
- **Frame:** "AI exposure" means task overlap, not jobs lost. Figures aggregate over the occupations employed in this industry, each traced to a named public dataset.

## Scale & pay

- **Employment (BLS OEWS, May 2024):** 19,920 across 63 occupations.
- **Typical annual wage (employment-weighted median):** $49,586.

## AI exposure

- **AI task-overlap (employment-weighted across 58 occupations):** 50th percentile (Moderate) — Eloundou GPT-overlap + Felten AIOE; task overlap, not automation.

## Largest occupations

- Jewelers and Precious Stone and Metal Workers (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-51-9071-00) — 6,000 employed; $46,130
- Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-51-9061-00) — 1,630 employed; $35,940
- General and Operations Managers (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-11-1021-00) — 1,060 employed; $84,720
- Retail Salespersons (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-41-2031-00) — 1,000 employed; $36,920
- Grinding and Polishing Workers, Hand (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-51-9022-00) — 940 employed; $39,420
- First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-51-1011-00) — 800 employed; $62,070
- Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators — 760 employed; $36,310
- Office Clerks, General (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-43-9061-00) — 640 employed; $47,560
- Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-41-4012-00) — 600 employed; $60,620
- Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-43-5071-00) — 530 employed; $44,170
- Customer Service Representatives (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-43-4051-00) — 480 employed; $45,190
- Etchers and Engravers (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-51-9194-00) — 480 employed; $39,350
- Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-43-3031-00) — 390 employed; $54,400
- Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-51-4031-00) — 380 employed; $39,780
- Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-51-4072-00) — 230 employed; $39,720
- Stockers and Order Fillers (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-53-7065-00) — 220 employed; $40,630
- Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-51-9041-00) — 200 employed; $36,550
- First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-43-1011-00) — 190 employed; $67,990
- Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-43-6014-00) — 190 employed; $43,550
- Commercial and Industrial Designers (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-27-1021-00) — 160 employed; $75,900

## Sources

- **O*NET** (30.3) — U.S. Department of Labor / National Center for O*NET Development. https://www.onetcenter.org/database.html
- **BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS)** (May 2024) — U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. https://www.bls.gov/oes/
- **Census NAICS** (2022) — U.S. Census Bureau. https://www.census.gov/naics/
- **Anthropic Economic Index** (v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27)) — Anthropic. https://www.anthropic.com/economic-index
- **“GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.)** (arXiv 2303.10130) — OpenAI / academic. https://arxiv.org/abs/2303.10130
- **AI Occupational Exposure (AIOE)** (Felten, Raj & Seamans) — academic. https://github.com/AIOE-Data/AIOE

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_Generated from Singulariki's joined dataset; data snapshot 2026-06-03T03:26:54.804143+00:00. https://singulariki.com/industries/339910_