Mechanical Drafters Salary

Average salary, salary range, and compensation data for Mechanical Drafters positions across the United States.

Median Annual Salary

$68,510

National average

Salary Range

$46,500 – $107,600

10th–90th percentile

Data Year

2024

Source: BLS

Mechanical Drafters Salary by City

LocationMedian SalaryMinMax
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$111,820$66,370$185,570
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$94,180$64,230$128,060
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$88,540$58,690$153,020
Boulder, CO$86,500$58,580$157,430
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO$86,230$70,190$110,710
Reno, NV$85,230$59,070$124,110
New Mexico$85,220$59,500$124,800
Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area$85,220$66,420$111,340
Colorado$85,050$55,990$136,580
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO$85,050$59,480$116,580
Bakersfield-Delano, CA$84,790$57,330$114,180
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX$84,640$52,330$163,580
Charleston-North Charleston, SC$84,550$57,730$128,900
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA$84,050$52,700$122,970
Idaho Falls, ID$83,960$52,220$101,140
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA$83,840$59,280$135,570
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT$83,310$61,190$104,690
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL$83,250$58,820$109,160
Midland, TX$82,880$52,000$123,220
Vermont$81,840$52,410$103,140
Burlington-South Burlington, VT$81,840$52,410$103,140
Albuquerque, NM$81,760$52,700$139,390
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD$81,710$50,410$113,090
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA$81,490$50,970$97,150
Ann Arbor, MI$81,380$52,750$102,320
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA$81,180$55,040$115,110
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX$81,180$52,190$171,200
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA$81,160$52,590$131,450
New Haven, CT$80,580$43,830$105,410
Wichita, KS$80,520$50,790$113,750
California$80,430$52,070$125,990
Niles, MI$80,280$58,420$98,990
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ$80,270$44,520$102,900
Arizona$80,270$44,520$102,900
Nevada$79,710$48,160$122,820
Oregon$79,660$50,740$130,690
New Orleans-Metairie, LA$79,560$44,180$122,200
New Jersey$79,190$50,400$120,000
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI$79,060$51,220$112,730
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$79,010$50,160$120,680
Fond du Lac, WI$78,800$59,680$102,560
Trenton-Princeton, NJ$78,330$51,580$101,700
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV$78,280$36,690$118,770
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA$78,200$55,030$111,390
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$78,190$56,020$120,620
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA$77,950$48,060$134,350
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$77,740$56,720$129,580
Flint, MI$77,440$54,730$128,300
Maryland$77,300$50,410$115,390
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$77,220$48,860$104,860
Kansas City, MO-KS$77,070$49,720$117,030
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA$76,960$49,720$103,310
Texas$76,740$49,030$126,870
Saginaw, MI$76,490$62,230$113,150
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS$76,430$45,960$122,880
Rhode Island$76,390$57,100$94,110
Louisiana$75,230$40,430$138,420
Washington$75,190$51,950$143,010
Columbus, OH$74,940$49,150$97,670
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN$74,590$50,410$105,370
Michigan$74,390$49,260$112,410
Stockton-Lodi, CA$74,120$48,290$112,940
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI$74,070$48,930$119,640
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI$73,980$52,600$113,930
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI$73,980$56,830$98,800
Sheboygan, WI$73,920$55,210$104,220
Kansas$73,800$45,980$104,320
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD$73,760$47,110$113,100
Minnesota$73,140$56,050$97,500
Waco, TX$72,740$50,660$98,130
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA$72,580$49,460$94,110
Illinois$72,530$49,050$102,900
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA$72,350$43,860$107,870
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT$72,150$47,820$94,070
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$72,060$49,260$99,210
Fargo, ND-MN$71,860$49,110$84,070
Longview, TX$71,840$49,560$89,710
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC$71,700$51,240$124,940
St. Louis, MO-IL$71,630$49,160$104,310
Massachusetts$71,610$48,860$103,880
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI$71,550$43,660$119,900
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL$71,440$41,600$111,250
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL$71,200$46,360$123,600
Richmond, VA$71,070$49,670$89,760
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN$70,800$50,170$100,780
Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI$70,710$46,110$117,590
Tulsa, OK$70,650$48,000$93,730
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA$70,410$45,870$103,600
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA$70,270$49,740$96,410
Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$70,250$50,580$91,560
Bellingham, WA$70,020$52,640$102,040
Vallejo, CA$69,900$54,480$106,810
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ$69,850$48,930$96,860
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC$69,590$44,320$95,270
Ogden, UT$69,520$52,000$100,910
New York$69,440$51,780$109,210
Fresno, CA$69,330$47,720$95,730
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL$69,200$45,400$101,680
Modesto, CA$69,080$49,160$109,110
Tucson, AZ$69,000$51,390$106,990
Huntsville, AL$68,830$44,140$129,520
Pittsburgh, PA$68,790$48,300$91,090
Utah$68,520$47,840$94,070
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL$68,480$43,840$111,480
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL$67,900$46,620$113,170
Kennewick-Richland, WA$67,900$48,420$98,500
Rochester, NY$67,770$49,670$94,370
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY$67,750$52,700$102,580
Oklahoma City, OK$67,610$47,220$109,760
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR$67,510$57,040$79,260
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN$67,430$48,380$120,110
Connecticut$67,420$41,200$102,580
Northwestern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area$67,420$54,770$85,580
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL$67,400$37,170$107,970
Waterbury-Shelton, CT$67,380$38,990$99,620
Columbus, IN$67,380$50,080$104,230
Elizabethtown, KY$67,010$61,470$109,250
Mankato, MN$66,960$51,840$79,180
Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT$66,870$44,810$72,810
Terre Haute, IN$66,800$50,070$86,180
Missouri$66,740$47,120$104,740
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN$66,660$47,310$96,560
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX$66,620$48,100$105,040
Cedar Rapids, IA$66,570$46,810$86,360
South Carolina$66,450$50,810$120,900
Ohio$66,290$46,900$96,910
Oklahoma$66,280$44,370$103,510
Pennsylvania$66,170$47,370$94,000
North Dakota$66,140$49,180$80,020
Clarksville, TN-KY$66,050$50,610$94,200
Rockford, IL$65,860$52,530$98,610
Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area$65,840$45,910$104,480
Ocala, FL$65,790$47,190$78,100
Omaha, NE-IA$65,750$53,820$102,530
St. Cloud, MN$65,640$48,880$88,020
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL$65,590$36,690$107,210
Cleveland, OH$65,470$47,630$92,000
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN$65,410$46,920$90,060
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC$65,310$48,440$81,790
Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area$65,290$48,020$79,940
Glens Falls, NY$65,210$52,550$86,260
York-Hanover, PA$65,210$48,900$89,490
Iowa$65,160$49,760$97,130
Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area$65,160$52,730$82,120
Akron, OH$65,140$47,830$93,450
Kentucky$65,110$47,630$96,560
Lexington-Fayette, KY$65,110$46,810$94,320
Georgia$65,050$41,580$100,860
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area$65,050$49,520$95,070
Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area$64,980$46,820$94,710
Worcester, MA$64,870$44,400$101,360
Spartanburg, SC$64,830$50,850$126,170
Virginia$64,820$43,880$89,010
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH$64,800$46,910$91,160
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI$64,760$50,280$93,950
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC$64,750$49,790$85,210
Roanoke, VA$64,690$48,600$79,970
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX$64,680$47,850$94,590
Toledo, OH$64,670$46,920$97,600
Baton Rouge, LA$64,660$33,040$123,510
Harrisonburg, VA$64,660$43,510$84,740
Syracuse, NY$64,570$51,170$93,230
Duluth, MN-WI$64,560$48,580$81,430
Central New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area$64,440$41,120$86,560
Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$64,400$48,250$88,920
Reading, PA$64,310$52,630$88,460
Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area$64,310$38,550$82,570
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY$64,270$48,730$92,790
Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT$64,240$45,620$83,500
Appleton, WI$64,240$49,740$91,920
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT$64,230$39,920$97,910
Western Washington nonmetropolitan area$64,210$51,800$75,280
Tennessee$64,180$45,560$109,500
Lansing-East Lansing, MI$63,970$47,290$96,520
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN$63,950$45,890$88,960
Port St. Lucie, FL$63,940$46,060$111,840
Idaho$63,900$45,780$97,240
Boise City, ID$63,900$43,860$90,490
Canton-Massillon, OH$63,870$49,920$91,840
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL$63,700$40,410$90,140
West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$63,640$42,070$81,910
Salem, OR$63,600$50,610$102,110
Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$63,600$43,670$84,350
Delaware$63,560$42,910$85,390
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC$63,500$45,700$89,590
Lancaster, PA$63,480$48,800$84,350
West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$63,240$47,370$91,490
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY$63,230$49,920$114,140
West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area$62,990$44,310$94,280
Columbia, SC$62,920$35,090$92,350
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI$62,900$49,780$90,700
Springfield, MO$62,620$46,330$76,380
Janesville-Beloit, WI$62,550$50,620$82,790
Florida$62,360$38,990$110,890
Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area$62,250$45,830$76,820
Raleigh-Cary, NC$62,240$49,410$86,280
Indiana$62,240$45,060$93,080
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN$62,110$41,820$79,230
Longview-Kelso, WA$62,030$41,940$84,300
Lafayette, LA$62,020$36,770$94,310
North Carolina$61,990$44,270$84,350
Wisconsin$61,960$47,900$89,980
Erie, PA$61,760$45,870$77,910
Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area$61,620$50,580$80,320
Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area$61,610$47,730$80,320
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area$61,420$40,660$77,910
North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous)$61,410$44,130$108,830
Springfield, MA$61,370$43,860$94,050
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA$61,340$47,860$83,720
Elkhart-Goshen, IN$61,030$47,530$86,620
Asheville, NC$60,820$48,400$87,150
Greensboro-High Point, NC$60,820$39,880$81,960
Montgomery, AL$60,770$30,740$86,470
Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$60,740$47,040$85,220
El Paso, TX$60,670$44,040$88,670
Arkansas$60,620$47,270$74,950
Memphis, TN-MS-AR$60,620$38,300$91,090
Jacksonville, FL$60,580$36,810$111,080
Kansas nonmetropolitan area$60,460$41,450$75,200
Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area$60,320$45,820$96,020
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA$60,210$52,530$86,390
Knoxville, TN$60,080$45,560$93,800
Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$60,000$47,260$104,280
West Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$60,000$48,690$84,760
Maine$59,960$50,690$74,350
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA$59,950$48,320$82,320
Amarillo, TX$59,920$47,270$98,950
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR$59,890$47,270$75,170
Green Bay, WI$59,860$49,110$85,420
Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA$59,770$50,480$94,620
Eau Claire, WI$59,750$44,910$80,340
Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area$59,670$33,550$78,520
Evansville, IN$59,630$39,750$90,780
Chattanooga, TN-GA$59,490$41,120$95,760
Fort Wayne, IN$59,480$40,660$83,930
Madison, WI$59,350$48,770$87,930
Utica-Rome, NY$59,320$44,700$90,290
Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$59,120$37,820$73,760
Manchester-Nashua, NH$59,100$33,660$89,140
Wausau, WI$59,080$46,170$75,630
Mississippi$58,760$38,380$102,170
Lynchburg, VA$58,760$42,580$89,880
Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$58,760$45,690$82,870
Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$58,750$41,440$85,590
Joplin, MO-KS$58,650$43,110$79,810
Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$58,650$48,810$74,120
Western Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$58,590$49,240$75,570
Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area$58,440$44,150$77,570
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC$58,390$40,070$86,690
Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$58,260$45,390$79,940
Kenosha, WI$58,250$32,620$79,020
Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$58,240$37,440$87,930
East Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$58,210$46,650$92,410
North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$58,070$38,750$87,920
Florence, SC$57,930$57,930$76,370
Youngstown-Warren, OH$57,710$41,600$94,210
South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$57,700$47,280$79,560
Charleston, WV$57,630$49,080$72,370
Montana$57,590$49,350$73,390
Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$57,440$45,710$70,210
Northeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$57,330$34,400$74,790
Lincoln, NE$57,190$46,640$83,210
West Virginia$57,040$47,530$76,070
North Missouri nonmetropolitan area$56,920$45,350$79,060
New Hampshire$56,460$37,820$86,560
Eugene-Springfield, OR$56,270$47,300$87,730
Corpus Christi, TX$56,240$43,910$150,980
Northern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area$55,990$47,530$88,890
Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$55,740$40,970$75,650
Sussex Delaware nonmetropolitan area$54,830$40,130$70,850
Winston-Salem, NC$53,780$45,500$75,710
Southwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area$53,240$31,840$84,210
Wyoming$52,660$45,440$89,480
Nebraska$52,620$40,030$81,100
Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL$52,610$40,130$77,560
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH$52,340$44,740$73,320
Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$51,540$37,820$77,430
South Dakota$51,270$40,770$67,600
Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area$50,830$44,860$74,830
South Georgia nonmetropolitan area$50,470$41,480$80,000
Birmingham, AL$50,220$32,990$78,840
East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area$49,650$37,330$76,370
Alabama$49,580$34,080$89,680
Lower East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$49,390$39,150$64,010
San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR$49,310$29,000$62,030
Puerto Rico$49,310$28,600$62,030
Jackson, TN$49,240$38,500$64,360
North Georgia nonmetropolitan area$47,360$41,420$68,100
Mobile, AL$45,100$34,950$68,390
Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area$43,890$38,400$64,780
South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area$41,200$40,030$57,820
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL$40,910$38,990$99,980
North Florida nonmetropolitan area$40,780$40,770$83,080

Frequently Asked Questions

How much does a Mechanical Drafters make?β–Ύ

The median annual salary for a Mechanical Drafters is $68,510, with a typical range of $46,500 – $107,600 depending on experience, location, and employer.

What is the starting salary for a Mechanical Drafters?β–Ύ

Entry-level Mechanical Drafters positions typically start around $46,500 per year. Salaries increase significantly with experience and specialization.

Where do Mechanical Drafterss earn the most?β–Ύ

Mechanical Drafterss tend to earn the highest salaries in major metropolitan areas. Use the salary by city table above to compare compensation across different locations.