Electronic Component Manufacturing Workers

How to become a Capacitor Maker

Official Chinese title (2022 occupational classification): 电容器制造工

Also called: Film Capacitor Paper and Film Cutter, Film Capacitor Metalliser, Film Capacitor Assembler, Mica Capacitor Maker, Ceramic Capacitor Maker, Aluminium Foil Etching and Oxidation Worker, Tantalum Capacitor Forming and Sintering Worker, Tantalum Capacitor Formation and Coating Worker, Electrolytic Capacitor Assembler, Variable Capacitor Assembler

Uses equipment and tooling such as cutting and forming machines to make fixed and variable capacitors with many kinds of dielectric.

Main tasks

Cutting capacitor paper, lacquer film, plastic film, metal foil, metallised dielectric and insulating materials on cutting machines
Coating paper, film and other dielectrics with a thin metal layer using deposition or vacuum evaporation equipment
Making electrodes on mica sheets with silver printing and similar equipment
Making metallised electrodes on the ends of ceramic parts with specialist equipment
Winding capacitor paper and electrode foil into cores with tabs or leads on winding equipment
Assembling cores and parts into mica, ceramic or film capacitors with tooling and instruments
Treating aluminium foil with etching, annealing and forming equipment to grow an oxide layer on the surface
Pressing tantalum powder and wire into shape on forming machines and sintering them into tantalum pellets in vacuum furnaces
Growing an oxide layer on tantalum pellets in forming tanks to make the anode, then building a manganese dioxide cathode layer on the oxide
Assembling cores, parts and electrolyte into electrolytic capacitors with equipment, jigs and instruments
Assembling and adjusting variable capacitors, using spin riveters, high frequency furnaces, instruments and jigs
Ageing and testing capacitors with test equipment and instruments

Pay · AI and this job

Median pay in China: CN¥71,200 a year (2025).
Middle half: CN¥56,600 to CN¥89,200. One in ten earn less than CN¥42,700 and one in ten more than CN¥110,600.
This is the figure for the mid group Computer, Communications and Other Electronic Equipment Manufacturing Workers, not for this job alone.
National figure: wage prices of enterprise employees from the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security (MOHRSS) enterprise pay survey. The public sector and the self-employed are not covered.
Guangzhou only: median CN¥80,746 a year (2025), middle half CN¥50,393 to CN¥99,138.
This is the figure for the mid group Computer, Communications and Other Electronic Equipment Manufacturing Workers, not for this job alone.
Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.

Who does this work

The census group Computer, Communications and Other Electronic Equipment Manufacturing Workers holds 1.88% of everyone employed in China; 41.6% of its workers are women (2020 Census).
57.1% are under 35, 39.7% are 35 to 54 and 3.2% are 55 or older. The middle age band is 30 to 34.
Census figures for the whole mid group (2020 long-form sample), not for this job alone.

Questions people ask

How much does a Capacitor Maker earn in China?

Across China, the median pay of enterprise employees is CN¥71,200 a year (Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security (MOHRSS), 2025). The public sector and the self-employed are not covered. It is the figure for the mid group Computer, Communications and Other Electronic Equipment Manufacturing Workers. In Guangzhou alone it is CN¥80,746 a year (2025).

Will AI change the work of a Capacitor Maker?

Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.

Sources

Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security (MOHRSS): 2025 enterprise pay survey information: wage prices of enterprise employees by occupation mid group, and digital occupations (P10 to P90 annual CNY) (2025 (published 2026-07-08)), retrieved 5 October 2026
Guangzhou Human Resources and Social Security Bureau: Guangzhou 2025 labour market wage prices (P10 to P90 annual CNY by occupation) (2025 (enterprise pay survey)), retrieved 4 October 2026
National Bureau of Statistics of China: China Population Census Yearbook 2020, long-form tables 4-6 and 4-7 (employed by occupation mid group, sex, age) (2020 Census long form (10% sample)), retrieved 4 October 2026
International Labour Organization, Generative AI and Jobs: A Refined Global Index of Occupational Exposure (ILO Working Paper 140, Gmyrek et al.) (ILO Working Paper 140, May 2025, Annex Table A1), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 4 October 2026

Sources: Occupational Classification of the People's Republic of China (2022 edition, public consultation draft), Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, State Administration for Market Regulation and National Bureau of Statistics; Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, 2025 enterprise pay survey information; Guangzhou Human Resources and Social Security Bureau, 2025 labour market wage prices; National Bureau of Statistics of China (www.stats.gov.cn), 2020 Population Census yearbook; Ministry of Education, vocational education major profiles (2022 revision) and undergraduate major catalogue (2025); Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, national vocational qualifications catalogue (2021); O*NET interest scores (CC BY 4.0); ILO global generative AI exposure index (CC BY 4.0). Figures processed by Peernovo. English text, translations and the matching of occupations to ISCO-08, majors, degree fields and qualifications by Peernovo.

Descriptions and tasks are Peernovo's own words, written from the facts in the Occupational Classification of the People's Republic of China (2022 edition). Job titles and work types are the classification's own.

Updated 5 October 2026