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Also called armature winder, auto winder, coil winder and condenser winder.
$48,220
Median pay a year
12,840
People do this work
6
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Coil Winder, Taper, and Finisher
Summary
Coil winder operating machines to wind wire coils for electrical components and equipment, attaching and altering materials, cutting and bending wire leads, and testing finished products for quality
Experience
Coil Winder, Taper, and Finisher
Where you worked
Month Year to Month Year
Operated wire-coiling machines to wind wire coils for electrical components and equipment
Attached, altered, and trimmed materials like wire and insulation using hand tools
Cut, stripped, and bent wire leads at ends of coils with pliers and wire scrapers
Reviewed work orders to determine materials needed and types of parts to process
Selected and loaded materials onto equipment used in coiling processes
Recorded production and operational data on specified forms
Examined and tested wired electrical components using measuring devices and recorded results
Skills
Core Skills
Recording production data, Reading work orders or instructions, Testing electrical equipment, Selecting production materials, Applying decorative finishes, Assembling metal and plastic parts, Removing products, Assembling electrical equipment, Trimming excess material from workpieces
Hands-On Work
Loading materials into production equipment
Education
High School Diploma Your school, Year
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Operated wire-coiling machinesAttached and trimmed materialsCut and bent wire leadsReviewed work orders and specsSelected and loaded materialsRecorded production data
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Operated wire-coiling machines to produce high-quality wire coils for electrical applications
Cut, stripped, and bent wire leads using pliers to meet specific work orders and specifications
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Operated several wire-coiling machines during each shift to produce high-quality wire coils for electrical applications
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Several machines during each shiftA few machines at a timeMost of the machines in the area
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Cut, stripped, and bent wire leads using pliers to meet specific work orders and specifications
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Reduced errors in the final productImproved assembly speed for the teamEnhanced quality of the finished coils
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Recording production data
Reading work orders or instructions
Testing electrical equipment
Selecting production materials
Loading materials into production equipment
Applying decorative finishes
Assembling metal and plastic parts
Removing products
Assembling electrical equipment
Trimming excess material from workpieces
Cutting industrial materials
Disassembling equipment for repair
The work itself
What a Coil Winder, Taper, and Finisher does
The public record of what this job is, in one paragraph.
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.
What it pays
How much does a Coil Winder, Taper, and Finisher make?
Annual pay across the United States. The middle figure is the median: half earn less than that, and half earn more.
25th percentile
$42,050
Median
$48,220
75th percentile
$58,770
About 12,840 people do this work in the United States.
What it pays in each state
State
25th percentile
Median
75th percentile
AL
$47,220
$55,880
$59,840
AR
$47,230
$50,010
$50,050
CA
$36,330
$42,330
$58,690
CO
$46,010
$48,470
$51,550
CT
$37,300
$42,220
$46,430
FL
$40,870
$49,350
$59,780
GA
$46,870
$59,180
$63,230
IA
$51,290
$59,780
$70,080
ID
$48,970
$49,830
$59,620
IL
$39,710
$45,020
$48,550
IN
$46,710
$48,920
$58,770
KS
$40,180
$46,470
$49,030
KY
$37,530
$53,490
$64,420
LA
$47,560
$61,480
$72,080
MA
$41,770
$44,080
$58,610
MD
$47,020
$54,180
$60,710
MI
$40,060
$47,350
$51,600
MN
$50,790
$52,820
$62,390
MO
$49,360
$51,490
$59,700
MS
$33,820
$35,730
$48,970
NC
$43,080
$51,180
$60,800
NH
$39,070
$45,450
$56,090
NJ
$33,330
$48,330
$59,640
NV
$38,120
$38,140
$43,030
NY
$42,230
$52,280
$61,990
OH
$45,940
$47,770
$51,100
OK
$36,680
$40,490
$48,480
OR
$41,600
$41,600
$50,160
PA
$48,320
$50,380
$52,720
PR
$21,840
$21,840
$21,840
SC
$49,770
$51,670
$60,320
TN
$40,190
$46,280
$60,770
TX
$38,860
$44,060
$57,180
UT
$45,760
$51,910
$57,980
VA
$47,700
$56,230
$62,550
WA
$54,960
$73,920
$162,100
WI
$39,860
$43,270
$47,080
WV
$40,160
$47,760
$52,780
Other names
Other names for this job
armature winder, auto winder, coil winder, condenser winder, core winder, hand winder, manufacturing winder, motor winder, multiple coil winder, stator winder, winder, winder operator.
This page is about the occupation Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers. What this job involves and what it is made of come from O*NET 30.3, the US Department of Labor's occupation database, refreshed July 2026; Rung writes those records into the plain sentences you see. Pay comes from the Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS release for 2025. Rung is an independent service and is not affiliated with or endorsed by either agency. How Rung handles accuracy is on the accuracy page, and the full data credits are on the credits page.