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Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers
Mostly untouched
AI barely touches this work so far. The BLS expects 4% fewer of these jobs by 2035.
- Rank
- #534 of 785 jobs, by how much of the work AI does
- US jobs, 2025 to 2035
- -4% All jobs: +3.5%
- Median US pay
- $48,220 a year, 2025
- People doing it
- 12,900 in the US, with about 1,200 openings a year
The work, 14 activities
The job description, marked up.
Every activity in this job, the biggest first. Tap a line for the evidence.
- deleAI does this
- +AIAI helps
- stetStill yours
Still yours: Cut materials18%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Maintain operational records14%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Operate industrial processing or production equipment11%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Assemble equipment or components9%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI does this: Read documents or materials to inform work processes9%
AI performed this in about 1 in 214 Copilot conversations and completed it 87% of the time.
AI helps with this: Select materials or equipment for operations or projects6%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 222 conversations, and it got them there 93% of the time. In this job the work is hands-on, so AI can only assist.
Still yours: Load products, materials, or equipment for transportation or further processing6%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI helps with this: Test performance of equipment or systems6%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 1,100 conversations, and it got them there 92% of the time.
Still yours: Remove workpieces from production equipment6%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Assemble products or work aids4%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Apply protective solutions or coatings3%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Disassemble equipment3%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Maintain tools or equipment3%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Repair tools or equipment3%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
2025 to 2035
Ten years from now.
For every 100 of these jobs in 2025, the BLS projects 96 in 2035. Across all US jobs, about 104.
Even shrinking, it should still see about 1,200 openings a year as people retire or move on.
Nearby
Where your skills travel.
Jobs that share the most work with this one, where AI does less of it.
- Shares 33% of the workElectric Motor, Power Tool, and Related Repairers0% AI does, against 9% here+4.4% by 2035 · $56,210 · High school diploma
- Shares 32% of the workMedical Equipment Repairers2% AI does, against 9% here+12.6% by 2035 · $61,660 · Associate’s degree
- Shares 30% of the workMechanical Door Repairers3% AI does, against 9% here+6.4% by 2035 · $55,720 · High school diploma
The wire
On the wire.
Nothing filed about this job yet. The latest from the Work front:
How to read this file.
deleAI does this. In US Bing Copilot conversations from January to September 2024, AI itself performed the activity, completed it and made a real difference often enough to count.
+AIAI helps. People brought the activity to AI as their own goal, and it usually got them there.
stetStill yours. It barely shows up in AI use, AI rarely finishes it, or in this job it needs hands.
Shares are weighted by how much each activity matters in the job, using O*NET. Microsoft’s own AI applicability score for this job is 0.07, higher than 22% of jobs.
Doing an activity is not doing a job. The researchers behind this data warn against reading it as job loss, and so do we. It is US data; the shape of the work travels.
Sources: Microsoft Research, Working with AI (2025) · O*NET OnLine, 51-2021 · BLS Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
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