Also called: Neon Glass Artist
Heats and bends glass tubes into glowing neon signs.
Neon benders heat glass over burners, bend it by hand to match a pattern, then fill tubes with gas and electrify them. It is a rare, revived craft.
Estimate.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Apprenticeship, about 3 years after high school. Apprenticeship or neon workshop courses.
Ways in: Apprenticeship, Self-taught. Training cost: Under $15k.
Majors to look at: Glass Art, Fine Arts.
Growing slowly. No separate BLS projection; estimate based on related occupations.
Low risk for 10 years. Bending glass tubes over flames by hand is a revived craft; LED faux-neon, not AI, is the competition.
Classes: Art, Chemistry, Physics, Shop class.
Official data: O*NET occupation 51-9195.
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