Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers · SOC 51-2021

Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finisherss

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025U.S. metropolitan areas

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for coil winders, tapers, and finishers. Areas where BLS suppressed the median are not ranked. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Top 25 of 40 metro areas

Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers: metro areas with the highest published median annual wages, May 2025
#	Metro area	Median annual	Employment	Per 1,000 jobs
1	Appleton, WI	$66,630	40	0.4
2	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	$63,230	220	0.1
3	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY	$61,990	280	0.6
4	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	$61,510	40	0.0
5	Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC	$60,380	230	0.2
6	Charleston-North Charleston, SC	$60,320	40	0.1
7	Richmond, VA	$60,310	60	0.1
8	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$58,340	70	0.0
9	York-Hanover, PA	$57,550	50	0.3
10	Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	$52,660	100	0.1
11	Canton-Massillon, OH	$51,460	40	0.3
12	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	$51,400	60	0.0
13	Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN	$51,270	50	0.0
14	Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	$50,820	60	0.0
15	Birmingham, AL	$50,160	70	0.1
16	Providence-Warwick, RI-MA	$49,340	70	0.1
17	St. Louis, MO-IL	$49,170	140	0.1
18	Youngstown-Warren, OH	$48,840	90	0.6
19	Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN	$48,760	150	0.1
20	Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH	$48,680	80	0.2
21	Pittsburgh, PA	$48,440	200	0.2
22	Utica-Rome, NY	$48,420	40	0.4
23	Cleveland, OH	$47,770	230	0.2
24	Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	$47,460	760	0.2
25	Fort Wayne, IN	$46,900	110	0.5

Full state and metro tables, the national distribution, and the pay map are on the Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers overview.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.