Skilled Trades
Stone Cutters and Carvers, Manufacturing
Cut or carve stone according to diagrams and patterns.
Median salary (BLS)
$46,170
10th–90th percentile (BLS)
$36k – $62k
Job outlook
+6% (faster than average)
AI exposure
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reports one wage for this occupational group, which covers 4 related roles — so read the median as an approximate group figure, and the range as the truer picture for this specific title. BLS source.
Plan a path to Stone Cutters and Carvers, Manufacturing
Education
Typical entry: No degree required
Plan my path to this →Typical progression
Junior Stone Cutters and Carvers, Manufacturing
Entry / Junior
$35,850
~2 yrs to advance
Stone Cutters and Carvers, Manufacturing
Established
$46,170
~3 yrs to advance
Senior Stone Cutters and Carvers, Manufacturing
Senior
$53,850
Key skills
A typical day
- •Verify depths and dimensions of cuts or carvings to ensure adherence to specifications, blueprints, or models, using measuring instruments.
- •Move fingers over surfaces of carvings to ensure smoothness of finish.
- •Shape, trim, or touch up roughed-out designs with appropriate tools to finish carvings.
- •Lay out designs or dimensions from sketches or blueprints on stone surfaces, freehand or by transferring them from tracing paper, using scribes or chalk and measuring instruments.
- •Cut, shape, and finish rough blocks of building or monumental stone, according to diagrams or patterns.
Fields of study
Any field
Top colleges for Skilled Trades
Explore all- Purdue University50% admit · $78,000 grad pay
- Ohio State University53% admit · $68,000 grad pay
- Pennsylvania State University55% admit · $70,000 grad pay
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