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    Stone Cutters and Carvers, Manufacturing

    Cut or carve stone according to diagrams and patterns.

    Median pay
    $46,170
    Growth
    +5.8%
    Faster than average
    Openings a year
    5,100
    Typical education
    High school diploma

    Data verified Nov 2026 · CollegesRef 2026–27 edition

    Source: BLS 2025 wages · 2025–35 projections · figures for the broader BLS group "Molders, shapers, and casters, except metal and plastic"

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    Annual pay range

    Lowest 10% earn less than
    $35,850
    Median
    $46,170
    Highest 10% earn more than
    $61,530
    National wages for all workers in this occupation. BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025.

    33,190 people work in this occupation.

    What stone cutters and carvers, manufacturing do

    Job Zone 2: Some preparation

    Cut or carve stone according to diagrams and patterns.

    Usually a high school diploma; some on-the-job training or experience.

    Interest profile

    Realistic (R) · strongest
    100 / 100
    Investigative (I)
    15 / 100
    Artistic (A)
    47 / 100
    Social (S)
    4 / 100
    Enterprising (E)
    0 / 100
    Conventional (C)
    46 / 100
    How strongly each interest area describes the work, from O*NET (scores rescaled to 0–100). The interest code lists the strongest areas in order.

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    What you'd do

    Handling and Moving Objects
    89
    Controlling Machines and Processes
    88
    Operating Vehicles, Mechanized Devices, or Equipment
    87
    Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates
    84
    Performing General Physical Activities
    83
    Making Decisions and Solving Problems
    83
    Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others
    79
    Getting Information
    79
    Training and Teaching Others
    79
    Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work
    78
    Work activities rated by importance for this occupation, O*NET (0–100).

    Skills and strengths

    Skills

    • Active Listening
    • Critical Thinking
    • Judgment and Decision Making
    • Monitoring
    • Reading Comprehension
    • Speaking
    • Time Management
    • Complex Problem Solving
    • Social Perceptiveness
    • Coordination

    Knowledge

    • Mathematics
    • Production and Processing
    • Mechanical
    • English Language
    • Administration and Management
    • Design
    • Education and Training
    • Public Safety and Security
    • Building and Construction
    • Customer and Personal Service

    Abilities

    • Arm-Hand Steadiness
    • Control Precision
    • Manual Dexterity
    • Near Vision
    • Finger Dexterity
    • Extent Flexibility
    • Multilimb Coordination
    • Trunk Strength
    • Visualization
    • Category Flexibility

    Work styles

    • Attention to Detail
    • Dependability
    • Cautiousness
    • Perseverance
    • Achievement Orientation
    • Integrity
    • Self-Control
    • Stress Tolerance
    • Self-Confidence
    • Innovation

    Also called

    Carver · Chiseler · Cutter · Granite Cutter · Granite Fabricator · Granite Slab Fabricator · Granite Stone Cutter · Granite Worker · Hand Stonecutter · Internal Carver

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    Sources and attribution

    Every figure on this page comes from these public datasets. Missing values are shown as not reported, never estimated.

    O*NET 31.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA). Used under the CC BY 4.0 license. CollegesRef has modified all or some of this information.

    Page data updated November 5, 2026.