Drafters, All Other salary
The median pay for drafters, all other in the United States is $63,520 a year. About 14,470 people hold this job.
- 10th percentile
- $43,420
- 25th percentile
- $51,650
- Median percentile
- $63,520
- 75th percentile
- $79,700
- 90th percentile
- $99,380
Percentiles show the spread of pay, not experience. BLS does not report experience, so reading the 25th percentile as "entry level" is only a rough guide. Data period: BLS OEWS May 2025.
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Highest-paying states · Highest-paying cities
By state
- New Jersey $77,840
- California $73,390
- Wisconsin $73,040
- Washington $72,800
- New York $72,190
- Massachusetts $72,100
- New Hampshire $70,710
- Arizona $70,070
- Utah $69,420
- Louisiana $68,470
- Michigan $67,750
- Mississippi $67,730
- Colorado $67,320
- Virginia $67,220
- Connecticut $66,620
- Kansas $66,040
- Minnesota $63,220
- Montana $63,200
- Georgia $62,400
- Nevada $62,400
- Missouri $61,990
- South Carolina $61,250
- Iowa $60,750
- Texas $59,990
- Florida $59,970
- Vermont $59,930
- North Carolina $59,500
- Oregon $58,790
- Nebraska $58,640
- Indiana $58,600
- Kentucky $57,930
- Ohio $57,610
- Idaho $56,430
- Maryland $55,640
- Maine $55,460
- Pennsylvania $54,240
- Illinois $53,300
- Oklahoma $49,920
- Arkansas $48,020
- Alabama $47,320
By metro area
- San Jose, CA $90,850
- San Francisco, CA $82,360
- New York, NY $81,220
- Detroit, MI $79,960
- Sacramento, CA $78,020
- Baton Rouge, LA $77,020
- Virginia Beach, VA $76,330
- Fresno, CA $75,150
- Providence, RI $75,090
- Boulder, CO $74,630
- Alexandria, LA $74,540
- Boston, MA $74,380
- San Diego, CA $73,880
- Los Angeles, CA $73,840
- Hartford, CT $73,100
- Salt Lake City, UT $73,080
- Seattle, WA $72,990
- Missoula, MT $72,520
- Lake Charles, LA $71,690
- Phoenix, AZ $70,320
- Tucson, AZ $69,810
- Modesto, CA $68,850
- Syracuse, NY $68,500
- Memphis, TN $68,020
- Nashville, TN $67,770
- Oxnard, CA $67,670
- Denver, CO $67,320
- Richmond, VA $66,710
- Grand Rapids, MI $66,240
- Stockton, CA $66,010
- New Orleans, LA $65,870
- Austin, TX $64,490
- Billings, MT $64,490
- Riverside, CA $64,330
- Ogden, UT $63,780
- Minneapolis, MN $63,540
- Raleigh, NC $63,330
- Bozeman, MT $63,200
- Des Moines, IA $62,840
- Portland, OR $62,610
- Atlanta, GA $62,500
- St. Louis, MO $62,500
- Kansas City, MO $62,410
- Las Vegas, NV $62,400
- Buffalo, NY $62,080
- Charlotte, NC $61,800
- Rochester, NY $61,530
- Davenport, IA $61,360
- Slidell, LA $61,260
- Dallas, TX $61,200
- Cincinnati, OH $60,950
- San Antonio, TX $60,950
- Houston, TX $60,820
- Jacksonville, FL $60,600
- Olympia, WA $60,600
- Miami, FL $60,520
- Lafayette, LA $60,270
- Houma, LA $59,970
- Tampa, FL $59,970
- Orlando, FL $59,810
- North Port, FL $59,520
- Washington, DC $59,300
- Longview, TX $58,900
- Philadelphia, PA $58,810
- Salem, OR $58,800
- Cleveland, OH $58,690
- Lincoln, NE $58,690
- Omaha, NE $58,650
- Lubbock, TX $58,430
- Baltimore, MD $57,940
- El Paso, TX $56,420
- Green Bay, WI $56,280
- Columbus, OH $55,630
- College Station, TX $55,590
- Lancaster, PA $55,560
- Chicago, IL $53,300
- Tyler, TX $51,100
- Eugene, OR $50,130
- Chattanooga, TN $37,750
- Knoxville, TN $34,620