Home / Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers / Best Cities Best Cities for Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finisherss Cities ranked by purchasing power — where coil winders, tapers, and finisherss get the most value from their salary after accounting for cost of living. A score above 1.00 means better than national average.
How we calculate this: City Score = (Local Salary ÷ National Median) ÷ (Local Cost ÷ National Avg Cost). A score of 1.20 means 20% better purchasing power than average.
# Location Score Raw Salary Adjusted Salary Rent/Income 1 Washington State 1.43 $73,920 $68,891 31% 2 Louisiana State 1.42 $61,480 $68,235 20% 3 Iowa State 1.39 $59,780 $67,018 19% 4 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metro 1.35 $63,230 $65,320 31% 5 Alabama State 1.33 $55,880 $64,156 21% 6 Georgia State 1.31 $59,180 $63,362 29% 7 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro 1.31 $60,380 $63,027 30% 8 Kentucky State 1.25 $53,490 $60,441 21% 9 Missouri State 1.21 $51,490 $58,115 24% 10 Arkansas State 1.20 $50,010 $57,949 21% 11 West Virginia State 1.18 $47,760 $56,722 21% 12 South Carolina State 1.16 $51,670 $56,163 29% 13 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro 1.16 $50,820 $55,724 29% 14 Virginia State 1.13 $56,230 $54,329 34% 15 Indiana State 1.12 $48,920 $54,055 26% 16 Minnesota State 1.12 $52,820 $53,898 29% 17 North Carolina State 1.12 $51,180 $54,216 31% 18 Ohio State 1.10 $47,770 $52,843 26% 19 Pittsburgh, PA Metro 1.09 $48,440 $52,368 29% 20 Pennsylvania State 1.08 $50,380 $51,938 31% 21 Idaho State 1.07 $49,830 $51,637 29% 22 Kansas State 1.07 $46,470 $51,633 27% 23 Utah State 1.07 $51,910 $51,806 34% 24 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro 1.07 $58,340 $51,720 41% 25 Michigan State 1.06 $47,350 $51,300 28% 26 Tennessee State 1.05 $46,280 $50,579 33% 27 Kansas City, MO-KS Metro 1.04 $46,470 $50,075 33% 28 Maryland State 1.03 $54,180 $49,615 37% 29 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro 1.03 $52,660 $49,773 38% 30 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro 1.03 $51,400 $49,662 37% 31 Florida State 1.01 $49,350 $48,621 42% 32 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro 0.98 $45,810 $47,130 42% 33 Wisconsin State 0.97 $43,270 $46,880 30% 34 Illinois State 0.96 $45,020 $46,222 35% 35 New York State 0.96 $52,280 $46,471 42% 36 Texas State 0.96 $44,060 $46,088 38% 37 Colorado State 0.95 $48,470 $45,987 46% 38 Oklahoma State 0.95 $40,490 $45,751 29% 39 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metro 0.95 $45,400 $45,628 39% 40 New Jersey State 0.92 $48,330 $44,421 45% 41 New Hampshire State 0.89 $45,450 $42,877 42% 42 Mississippi State 0.87 $35,730 $42,134 30% 43 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL Metro 0.86 $40,870 $41,492 51% 44 Massachusetts State 0.84 $44,080 $40,627 61% 45 Oregon State 0.84 $41,600 $40,388 46% 46 Connecticut State 0.81 $42,220 $39,238 45% 47 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro 0.81 $46,790 $38,927 81% 48 California State 0.79 $42,330 $38,238 64% 49 Nevada State 0.79 $38,140 $38,064 46% 50 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro 0.68 $38,180 $32,773 71%
Data Sources: Salary: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (OEWS). Cost of Living: BEA Regional Price Parities (2024). Rent: HUD Fair Market Rents (FY2025).