SOC 51-2021 · Production Occupations · May 2025

How much do Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers make in Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers in Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC is $60,380. The 10th percentile is $43,130 and the 90th percentile is $78,380. Employment is 230.

Median annual wage

$60,380

10th percentile
$43,130
25th percentile
$47,280
Median
$60,380
75th percentile
$73,730
90th percentile
$78,380
Mean
$59,620

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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Percentile spread

For Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers, the published 10th percentile is $43,130 and the 90th percentile is $78,380. The difference is $35,250, which is 58.4% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $47,280 to the 75th at $73,730, covers $26,450.

The mean annual wage is $59,620, which sits below the median of $60,380. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC median is 25.2% higher than the national median of $48,220 for Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $62,025, which is 28.6% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 18% higher than the North Carolina median of $51,180.

Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC covers more than one state. The state comparison uses North Carolina, the primary state on the BLS area record.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC is 97.348, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $60,380 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers at $62,025 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

One other metropolitan area within 200 miles publishes a annual median for Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers. Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC ranks 1st of 2 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

  • Charleston-North Charleston, SC is 155 miles away, with a median of $60,320 and employment of 40. That median is 0.1% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $59,745, against $62,025 here.

Employment share

Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers accounts for 0.02% of wage-and-salary employment in Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC (230 of 1,358,370). Nationally the occupation is 0.01% of employment (12,840 of 155,495,730). The local share is 2.05 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.

Highest-paying jobs in Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC · Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers by metro · How to read these percentiles · Median and mean · When a wage is not published · How the figures are made · Compare this wage after prices

Questions this page answers

How much do Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers make in Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers in Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC is $60,380. The 10th percentile is $43,130 and the 90th percentile is $78,380. Employment is 230.

How does that compare with the national median for Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers?

The local median is 25.2% higher than the national median of $48,220.

What is Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers pay in Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC is 97.348, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $60,380 is $62,025. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.

How does Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC compare with nearby metros for Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers?

Charleston-North Charleston, SC is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 155 miles away, at $60,320. Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC ranks 1st of 2 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.