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Jewelers and Precious Stone and Metal Workers pay in Ann Arbor, MI and Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Jewelers and Precious Stone and Metal Workers is $62,970 per year in Ann Arbor, MI. It is $82,200 per year in Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT. Ann Arbor, MI is 23.4% below Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 51-9071 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 40 wage and salary jobs in Ann Arbor, MI and 50 in Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.