Headline risk
13%
Low RiskCoil winders, tapers, and finishers
United States AI Work Index tracks this occupation on the shared structural baseline and then layers on local demand resilience, wages, and confidence.
Why This Score
Share of job tasks that overlap with current AI capabilities
Median annual wage
Projected employment change over 10 years
Typical preparation needed for this occupation
Occupation profile
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.
Task evidence
100% weighted task match · 9% effective coverage
Scores combine AI task overlap, human advantages, and local demand. How it works
United States Now
Median Wage
USD 47,260
Employment 2024
12.2K
Projected Change (2024–34)
-6.3%
Openings (2024–34)
1.2K
Wage distribution
Demand outlook
Overall employment of assemblers and fabricators is projected to grow 1 percent from 2024 to 2034, decline.
Role Profile
Tasks
- 1. Attach, alter, and trim materials such as wire, insulation, and coils, using hand tools. AI use: 0%
- 2. Record production and operational data on specified forms. AI use: 72%
- 3. Cut, strip, and bend wire leads at ends of coils, using pliers and wire scrapers. AI use: 0%
- 4. Review work orders and specifications to determine materials needed and types of parts to be processed. AI use: 0%
- 5. Stop machines to remove completed components, using hand tools. AI use: 0%
- 6. 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. AI use: 0%
Technologies
Requirements
Work context
Worker profile
Median age 37.8 · 122K employed
Under 25: 13% · 25–54: 69% · 55+: 19%
Related
No direct US role match is available yet for this occupation.
Source coverage
11/11 source families · O*NET 30.2 / OEWS 2024 / ORS 2025 / OOH 2025-08-28 / Projections 2024-34 / CPS 2025 / Anthropic task penetration
Mapping quality
crosswalk_exact · employment series present
Narrative & sources
Assemblers and fabricators build finished products and the parts that go into them.
Most assemblers and fabricators work in manufacturing plants. Their duties may involve long periods of standing or sitting. Most work full time, including some evenings and weekends.
The education and qualifications typically needed to enter these occupations vary by industry and employer. Although a high school diploma is enough for most jobs, experience and training are needed for advanced assembly work.
The median annual wage for assemblers and fabricators was $43,570 in May 2024.
Overall employment of assemblers and fabricators is projected to grow 1 percent from 2024 to 2034, decline.
Published limitations
This page shows the local country layer, not realised individual job outcomes. The global structural baseline is shared across countries; only the local demand and wage layer changes here.
Built from O*NET occupation descriptions, task statements, technology skills, work context, Job Zones, Anthropic task penetration, BLS OEWS wages, BLS projection tables, BLS ORS requirements, BLS OOH narrative content, BLS skills data, and BLS CPS occupation age tables.