# Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers

> Wind wire coils used in electrical components, such as resistors and transformers, and in electrical equipment and instruments, such as field cores, bobbins, armature cores, electrical motors, generators, and control equipment.

- Edition: Data verified Nov 2026 · CollegesRef 2026–27 edition
- Page: https://www.collegesref.com/careers/coil-winders-tapers-and-finishers
- SOC code: 51-2021.00
- Career family: Production
- Median annual pay: $48,220 (10th percentile $37,540, 90th percentile $63,300)
- Projected growth: Decline, -4.0%
- Openings a year: 1,200
- Typical entry education: High school diploma
- Bright outlook: no
- Data years: BLS 2025 wages · 2025–35 projections

## Interest profile (code RCI)

| Interest area | Score (0–100) |
| --- | ---: |
| Realistic (R) | 92 |
| Investigative (I) | 21 |
| Artistic (A) | 0 |
| Social (S) | 2 |
| Enterprising (E) | 7 |
| Conventional (C) | 53 |

## What you'd do

- Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Materials (importance 78/100)
- Getting Information (importance 75/100)
- Handling and Moving Objects (importance 70/100)
- Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events (importance 69/100)
- Performing General Physical Activities (importance 68/100)
- Monitoring Processes, Materials, or Surroundings (importance 66/100)
- Making Decisions and Solving Problems (importance 65/100)
- Judging the Qualities of Objects, Services, or People (importance 60/100)
- Controlling Machines and Processes (importance 59/100)
- Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards (importance 58/100)

## Skills

Monitoring, Operations Monitoring, Active Listening, Operation and Control, Coordination, Critical Thinking, Reading Comprehension, Speaking, Judgment and Decision Making, Social Perceptiveness

## Knowledge

Education and Training, English Language, Mathematics, Administration and Management, Production and Processing, Mechanical, Design, Computers and Electronics, Customer and Personal Service, Engineering and Technology

## Also called

Armature Bander, Armature Connector, Armature Winder, Auto-Winder, Coil Builder, Coil Connector, Coil Finisher, Coil Former, Coil Maker, Coil Taper

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## Sources

- [O*NET Database](https://www.onetcenter.org/database.html), version 31.0 (CC BY 4.0)
- [BLS Employment Projections](https://www.bls.gov/emp/tables.htm), version 2025-35, data year 2025 (Public domain (U.S. government work))
- [BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics](https://www.bls.gov/oes/tables.htm), version 2025, data year 2025 (Public domain (U.S. government work))
- [NCES CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk](https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/cipcode/resources.aspx?y=56), version 2020, data year 2020 (Public domain (U.S. government work))

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