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Gem and Diamond Workers

Fabricate, finish, or evaluate the quality of gems and diamonds used in jewelry or industrial tools.

$47,450
Median Pay
Less than 6 months
Training
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High Disruption Risk
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AI Resilience Score

Score 1/6: high AI task exposure, limited human advantage creates significant risk from AI disruption (estimated from legacy data)

🔴High Disruption Risk

How we calculated this:

AI Exposure
High+0

95% of tasks can be accelerated by AI

Job Growth
Stable+1

0% projected (2024-2034)

Human Advantage
Weak+0

EPOCH score: 10/25

Total Score1/6
Methodology: v2.0 - GPTs are GPTs / BLS / EPOCH Additive ScoringUpdated: 2026-01-09
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Key Responsibilities

  • Examine gems during processing to ensure accuracy of angles and positions of cuts or bores, using magnifying glasses, loupes, or shadowgraphs.
  • Assign polish, symmetry, and clarity grades to stones, according to established grading systems.
  • Estimate wholesale and retail value of gems, following pricing guides, market fluctuations, and other relevant economic factors.
  • Examine gem surfaces and internal structures, using polariscopes, refractometers, microscopes, and other optical instruments, to differentiate between stones, to identify rare specimens, or to detect flaws, defects, or peculiarities affecting gem values.
  • Identify and document stones' clarity characteristics, using plot diagrams.
  • Advise customers and others on the best use of gems to create attractive jewelry items.

Education & Training

Typical Entry Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Time to Job Ready

1-3 years

Based on Job Zone 3. For formal education duration only, see education_duration.

Technology Skills

GemCad/gem design softwareInventory managementSpectrophotometer softwareAccounting softwareGem identification databases

Key Abilities

Near VisionFinger DexterityArm-Hand SteadinessVisual Color DiscriminationProblem SensitivityDeductive ReasoningCategory FlexibilityFlexibility of ClosureManual DexterityControl Precision

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Compensation Details

$30,790
10th Percentile
$47,450
Median
$78,500
90th Percentile

Based on 24,060 employed workers

Also Known As

BrilliandeerBrilliandeer LopperClarity ExpertDiamond AssorterDiamond CleanerDiamond CleaverDiamond CutterDiamond Die DrillerDiamond Die PolisherDiamond Driller

Data from O*NET 30.1 and BLS Occupational Employment Statistics

O*NET Code: 51-9071.06