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Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers
Production · SOC 51-2021
0.0% AI Exposure — Low
$48,220
Median Annual Salary
Average
O*NET Outlook
1,000
Proj. Annual Openings
12,840
Employment (OEWS 2025)
+0.2%/yr
Empl. growth (2019–2025)
100/100
AI Resiliency Score
AI exposure from the Anthropic Economic Index (2025); salary from BLS; skills from O*NET. See /sources.
Decision card
Career Evidence Passport
SOC 51-2021 evidence across exposure, wages, projections, postings, certified LCAs, skills, and transitions.
Proxy / seed data labeledDescriptive-only
- SOC exposure
- 0.0%
- Low · Anthropic AEI
- Automation friction
- 49/100
- Moderate friction; broad SOC seed ORS job-requirements coverage.
- Wages
- $48,220
- No H-1B offered-wage row for this SOC.
- Projected openings
- 1,000
- BLS EP 2024–2034; employment change -6.3%.
- Observed/proxy demand
- —
- FY— certified LCAs; 1,270 postings in 2025.
Skill evidence
MonitoringOperations MonitoringActive ListeningOperation and ControlReading Comprehension
Transition context
- H-1B values are certified Labor Condition Applications, not visa approvals.
- Job postings are seed-static / seed-derived; treat as provider-ready proxy coverage until observed provider data is wired in.
- Transition matches are directional skill-overlap context, not placement guarantees.
- This release is a FutureGrid broad-SOC seed derived from public BLS ORS requirement concepts and categories, not direct occupation-level ORS survey estimates. It describes job requirements, not worker ability, AI capability, or displacement probability. Automation friction is a FutureGrid derived score and should be read alongside exposure, demand, wage, and projection signals.
AI Exposure Analysis
AI Exposure0.0%
AI Resiliency100/100
Exposure BandLow
Sector Avg. Exposure0.7%
Across AI measures
Multiple exposure lenses for this occupation.
22%
Consensus
Actual adoption · Anthropic0%
AI capability · OpenAI22.2%
AI ability · AIOE43.9%
Automation baseline (2013) · Frey & Osborne73%
AI could do ~22.2% of this role but only ~0% is currently done with AI — a large capability-vs-adoption gap.
Top Skills
1.Monitoring
2.Operations Monitoring
3.Active Listening
4.Operation and Control
5.Reading Comprehension
H-1B Visa Sponsorship Demand
View full H-1B trends →No H-1B certified LCA filings recorded for this occupation in FY2016–FY2025.
O*NET occupation profile
What this work involves
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.
Common titles: Armature Winder, Auto-Winder, Coil Finisher, Coil Winder, Hand Winder, Motor Winder
Representative Tasks
- •Operate or tend wire-coiling machines to wind wire coils used in electrical components such as resistors and transformers, and in electrical equipment and instruments such as bobbins and generators.
- •Attach, alter, and trim materials such as wire, insulation, and coils, using hand tools.
- •Cut, strip, and bend wire leads at ends of coils, using pliers and wire scrapers.
- •Review work orders and specifications to determine materials needed and types of parts to be processed.
- •Select and load materials such as workpieces, objects, and machine parts onto equipment used in coiling processes.
Detailed Work Activities
- •Operate metal or plastic forming equipment.
- •Trim excess material from workpieces.
- •Record operational or production data.
- •Assemble electrical or electronic equipment.
- •Cut industrial materials in preparation for fabrication or processing.
Tools & Technologies
Blueprint display softwareElectronic Systems of Wisconsin Motor Test System softwareMachine Control Specialists CoilPro
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Employment Projections & AI Exposure
15
Occupations Shown
0.5%
Avg AI Exposure
1
Bright Outlook
Horizontal bar chart showing occupations with the highest projected annual openings. Each bar length represents annual projected openings. Color uses a gradient from violet (lower) to cyan (higher). Summary statistics are shown above the chart.
Employment & Wage Trend
BLS OEWS, 2019–2025
Multi-year BLS OEWS history for SOC 51-2021: 2019 — employment: 12,690, median wage: $36,520; 2020 — employment: 12,580, median wage: $37,970; 2021 — employment: 11,090, median wage: $38,360; 2022 — employment: 10,860, median wage: $43,160; 2023 — employment: 11,900, median wage: $44,890; 2025 — employment: 12,840, median wage: $48,220.
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS). See /sources.
Sector Comparison
| Metric | This Career | Sector Average |
|---|---|---|
| AI Exposure | 0.0% | 0.7% |
| Outlook | Average | 4% Bright |
| Median Salary | $48,220 | N/A |
| AI Resiliency | 100/100 | N/A |