H-1B demand profile: Jewelers and Precious Stone and Metal Workers. Under U.S. Department of Labor standard occupational classification 51-9071-00, employers filed 5 Labor Condition Applications for Jewelers and Precious Stone and Metal Workers positions across 5 distinct H-1B sponsors. The DOL certified these petitions at a 60% rate, a measure of how cleanly the prevailing-wage and working-conditions attestations cleared preliminary review. That volume places Jewelers and Precious Stone and Metal Workers among the concrete, data-backed specialty occupations qualifying under the H-1B program’s bachelor’s-degree-plus-theoretical-knowledge standard.

Salary band for Jewelers and Precious Stone and Metal Workers. Offered wages on LCAs range from $36,462 at the floor to $105,000 at the ceiling, with an average of $55,661. These figures reflect what employers commit to pay sponsored workers, not market averages, each offer must meet or exceed the DOL prevailing wage (Level I through IV) for the worksite, so the distribution tracks wage-level geography, years of experience, and regional cost of labor more than it does any single employer’s pay philosophy.

Where and who sponsors Jewelers and Precious Stone and Metal Workers. The top sponsor is Antonio N De La Torre with 1 petitions at an average offered wage of $36,462, followed by Michael Bondanza Inc, PersianKingdom LLC, Sissy's Log Cabin Inc. Geographically, CA leads with 2 filings (avg $36,462), followed by AR, NY, TX. Taken together, the sponsor concentration and state footprint give a practical read on where demand for Jewelers and Precious Stone and Metal Workers actually clusters in the U.S. labor market, and how competitive pay for the role looks through the DOL’s H-1B lens.