How much do Jewelers and Precious Stone and Metal Workers make in Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI?

Percentile spread

For Jewelers and Precious Stone and Metal Workers, the published 10th percentile is $38,430 and the 90th percentile is $84,350. The difference is $45,920, which is 87.4% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $46,090 to the 75th at $73,210, covers $27,120.

The mean annual wage is $58,510, which sits above the median of $52,520. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI median is about the same as the national median of $52,540 for Jewelers and Precious Stone and Metal Workers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $54,968, which is 4.6% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 7.2% lower than the Michigan median of $56,610.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI is 95.546, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $52,520 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Jewelers and Precious Stone and Metal Workers at $54,968 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

5 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Jewelers and Precious Stone and Metal Workers. Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI ranks 5th of 6 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

• Ann Arbor, MI is 108 miles away, with a median of $62,970 and employment of 40. That median is 19.9% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $62,421, against $54,968 here.
• Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI is 109 miles away, with a median of $50,400 and employment of 70. That median is 4% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $51,993, against $54,968 here.
• Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI is 129 miles away, with a median of $57,930 and employment of 220. That median is 10.3% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $57,758, against $54,968 here.

Employment share

Jewelers and Precious Stone and Metal Workers accounts for 0.01% of wage-and-salary employment in Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI (50 of 598,260). Nationally the occupation is 0.01% of employment (22,440 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.58 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.