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.
12,840 people do this job in the US. $48,220 a year.
of the working time. Estimate.
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- 91%
Measured, from Anthropic's usage data (2025). Counts help on part of a task.
On the chosen pace and reliability. Estimate.
Share of the working time within reach, now to 2030
What each choice means: , , , , . Every pace starts from .
At this date and pace, models finish tasks up to 4.4 h long four times in five.
How far this has come
With GPT-4, measured in March 2023, 0% of this job's working time was within reach at . With Claude 3.7 Sonnet, measured in February 2025, 2%. With Claude Mythos Preview (early), measured in April 2026, 9%. Today's estimate: 9%.
A backcast: today's task data with the best model METR had measured by each date. It shows how fast the models have moved, not what anyone forecast at the time.
The tasks
Sorted by . 11 tasks from .
| Task | Kind | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disassemble and assemble motors, and repair and maintain electrical components and machinery parts, using hand tools.Done daily by most who do it. | 21% | 2.5 h50 min to 6.7 h | Stays with people | |
| 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.Done daily by most who do it. | 17% | 38 min13 min to 1.7 h | Stays with people | |
| Line slots with sheet insulation, and insert coils into slots.Done daily by most who do it. | 14% | 1.3 h25 min to 3.3 h | Stays with people | |
| Attach, alter, and trim materials such as wire, insulation, and coils, using hand tools.Done daily by most who do it. | 11% | 21 min8 min to 50 min | Stays with people | |
| Examine and test wired electrical components such as motors, armatures, and stators, using measuring devices, and record test results.Done daily by most who do it. | 8% | 38 min17 min to 1.7 h | Stays with people | |
| Review work orders and specifications to determine materials needed and types of parts to be processed.Done daily by most who do it. | 6% | 13 min4 min to 33 min | 100%Half by now | |
| Select and load materials such as workpieces, objects, and machine parts onto equipment used in coiling processes.Done daily by most who do it. | 5% | 13 min4 min to 38 min | Stays with people | |
| Cut, strip, and bend wire leads at ends of coils, using pliers and wire scrapers.Done daily by most who do it. | 5% | 13 min4 min to 33 min | Stays with people | |
| Stop machines to remove completed components, using hand tools.Done daily by most who do it. | 5% | 13 min4 min to 25 min | Stays with people | |
| Apply solutions or paints to wired electrical components, using hand tools, and bake components.Done yearly or less by most who do it. | 4% | 33 min13 min to 1.3 h | Stays with people | |
| Record production and operational data on specified forms.Done daily by most who do it. AI observed on this task. | 3% | 8 min3 min to 21 min | 100%Half by now |
Within reach, per task: the share of the task's time whose instances are short enough for a model to finish at the chosen date, pace and reliability. Half by: the date half of that time comes within reach.
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Where this job works
The industry groups that employ the most of it (BLS, May 2025).
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- Machinery Manufacturing (3331, 3332, 3334, and 3339 only)1,250 people
- Semiconductor and Other Electronic Component Manufacturing1,010 people
- Other Electrical Equipment and Component Manufacturing970 people
Where the most of these jobs are
The metro areas with the most people in it (BLS, May 2025).