Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers salary

SOC 51-2021 · BLS OEWS May 2025

Median

$48,220

per year, nationally

Middle half

$42,050–$58,770

25th to 75th percentile

Employed

12,840

in the U.S.

Growth 2024–34

-6.3%

1,200 openings/yr

What the range looks like

A single median hides most of what a job pays. The bar below is the full national range: the wash spans the 10th to 90th percentile, the solid bar is the middle half, and the tick is the median.

$37,540$63,300

10th: $37,540
25th: $42,050
Median: $48,220
75th: $58,770
90th: $63,300

Getting in

Typical education to enter: High school diploma or equivalent
Related work experience: None
On-the-job training: Moderate-term on-the-job training

Entry requirements describe what is typical, not mandatory. Source: BLS Employment Projections, 2024–34.

Where coil winders, tapers, and finishers earn the most

Nominal pay and pay adjusted for local prices rank states differently — a high-wage state with high costs can be worse off in real terms than a middling one. Switch between the two below.

The median wage as published, before local prices are taken into account.

#	State	Median	Cost of living	Employed	Concentrationvs. national
1	Washington	$73,920	107.0	60	0.20×
2	Louisiana	$61,480	88.2	60	0.36×
3	Iowa	$59,780	87.8	260	1.98×
4	Georgia	$59,180	96.3	420	1.03×
5	Virginia	$56,230	101.1	460	1.36×
6	Alabama	$55,880	88.8	420	2.40×
7	Maryland	$54,180	105.0	160	0.68×
8	Kentucky	$53,490	90.2	100	0.59×
9	Minnesota	$52,820	98.6	80	0.33×
10	New York	$52,280	107.9	850	1.06×
11	Utah	$51,910	98.9	50	0.34×
12	South Carolina	$51,670	93.7	190	1.02×
13	Missouri	$51,490	90.8	420	1.74×
14	North Carolina	$51,180	94.3	480	1.18×
15	Pennsylvania	$50,380	97.6	450	0.90×
16	Arkansas	$50,010	86.9	430	4.01×
17	Idaho	$49,830	95.5	120	1.74×
18	Florida	$49,350	103.4	150	0.19×
19	Indiana	$48,920	93.3	790	2.98×
20	Colorado	$48,470	103.1	40	0.15×
21	New Jersey	$48,330	108.8	200	0.55×
22	Ohio	$47,770	92.8	1,020	2.22×
23	West Virginia	$47,760	89.5	70	1.15×
24	Michigan	$47,350	96.2	110	0.30×
25	Kansas	$46,470	90.1	70	0.63×
26	Tennessee	$46,280	91.9	1,460	5.38×
27	New Hampshire	$45,450	104.2	110	1.88×
28	Illinois	$45,020	100.0	760	1.51×
29	Massachusetts	$44,080	105.8	50	0.16×
30	Texas	$44,060	97.1	1,150	0.99×
31	Wisconsin	$43,270	94.1	570	2.34×
32	California	$42,330	110.7	440	0.29×
33	Connecticut	$42,220	103.6	320	2.26×
34	Oregon	$41,600	103.4	40	0.22×
35	Oklahoma	$40,490	87.8	120	0.82×
36	Nevada	$38,140	100.0	30	0.24×
37	Mississippi	$35,730	87.0	150	1.55×

Cost of living is the BEA regional price parity for all items, where 100 is the national average. Concentration is the BLS location quotient: how much more of the local workforce does this job than the national average, so 2.00× means twice the national share. It is often the reason wages differ — a place that concentrates an occupation has the employers and the competition for it. States where coil winders, tapers, and finishers wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.

Best paying metro areas for coil winders, tapers, and finishers

The 40 highest-paying metros with a published estimate. BLS suppresses roughly half of all occupation-by-metro cells, so a metro absent here has no local figure rather than a low one.

The median wage as published, before local prices are taken into account.

#	Metro area	Median	Cost of living	Employed	Concentrationvs. national
1	Appleton, WI	$66,630	92.4	40	4.39×
2	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	$63,230	100.1	220	0.94×
3	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY	$61,990	99.6	280	7.67×
4	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	$61,510	106.4	40	0.25×
5	Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC	$60,380	97.3	230	2.06×
6	Charleston-North Charleston, SC	$60,320	101.0	40	1.29×
7	Richmond, VA	$60,310	97.9	60	1.18×
8	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$58,340	108.9	70	0.25×
9	York-Hanover, PA	$57,550	96.0	50	3.25×
10	Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	$52,660	104.5	100	0.86×
11	Canton-Massillon, OH	$51,460	89.4	40	3.19×
12	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	$51,400	102.6	60	0.27×
13	Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN	$51,270	95.7	50	0.59×
14	Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	$50,820	100.3	60	0.35×
15	Birmingham, AL	$50,160	91.6	70	1.68×
16	Providence-Warwick, RI-MA	$49,340	101.8	70	1.19×
17	St. Louis, MO-IL	$49,170	95.1	140	1.25×
18	Youngstown-Warren, OH	$48,840	87.4	90	7.10×
19	Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN	$48,760	95.4	150	1.60×
20	Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH	$48,680	92.7	80	2.67×
21	Pittsburgh, PA	$48,440	94.7	200	2.23×
22	Utica-Rome, NY	$48,420	92.7	40	4.60×
23	Cleveland, OH	$47,770	93.9	230	2.71×
24	Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	$47,460	103.6	760	2.03×
25	Fort Wayne, IN	$46,900	92.6	110	5.76×
26	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$46,790	110.4	40	0.47×
27	Kansas City, MO-KS	$46,470	92.5	50	0.52×
28	New Haven, CT	$46,430	104.6	80	3.63×
29	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	$45,810	103.1	270	0.81×
30	Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	$45,400	104.8	50	0.31×
31	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$45,330	112.6	300	0.38×
32	Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	$44,060	98.6	440	1.61×
33	Memphis, TN-MS-AR	$42,050	92.2	240	4.77×
34	Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL	$40,870	100.9	40	0.35×
35	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$38,180	113.6	230	0.45×
36	Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ	$37,950	100.0	100	3.12×
37	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT	$37,540	102.7	110	2.27×
38	Waterbury-Shelton, CT	$37,290	99.8	80	6.28×
39	Oklahoma City, OK	$35,600	90.4	30	0.61×
40	San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR	$21,840	—	70	1.28×

Cost of living is the BEA regional price parity for all items, where 100 is the national average. Concentration is the BLS location quotient: how much more of the local workforce does this job than the national average, so 2.00× means twice the national share. It is often the reason wages differ — a place that concentrates an occupation has the employers and the competition for it. Metro areas where coil winders, tapers, and finishers wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.

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