CAD Drafter Salaries in the United States
How much does a CAD Drafter make in the United States?
CAD Drafters earn $40,000 annually on average, or $19 per hour, which is 49% less than the national average for all working Americans. Our data indicates that the best paid CAD Drafters work for OptiSolar at $73,000 annually while the lowest paid CAD Drafters work for Benchmark Staffing earning approximately $24,000 each year.
Submit a Salary$68K NASA's Average CAD Drafter Salary (1 salaries)
+$28K (51%) more than national average CAD Drafter salary ($40K)
+$3K (4%) more than average NASA salary ($65K)
Equal to average NASA CAD Drafter salary ($68K)
"My salary is not measured in CAD modeling experience but in simulation engineering experience which is comprised of optimizing complex processes."
$58K Sterling Engineering's Average CAD Drafter Salary (1 salaries)
+$18K (36%) more than national average CAD Drafter salary ($40K)
+$9K (16%) more than average Sterling Engineering salary ($49K)
Equal to average Sterling Engineering CAD Drafter salary ($58K)
"Very reasonable if not fair"
$52K Avalon Engineering Inc's Average CAD Drafter Salary (1 salaries)
+$12K (26%) more than national average CAD Drafter salary ($40K)
Equal to average Avalon Engineering Inc salary ($52K)
Equal to average Avalon Engineering Inc CAD Drafter salary ($52K)
"very good"
$50K Sabre Industries' Average CAD Drafter Salary (1 salaries)
+$10K (22%) more than national average CAD Drafter salary ($40K)
+$1K (2%) more than average Sabre Industries salary ($49K)
Equal to average Sabre Industries CAD Drafter salary ($50K)
"It was ok, I learned so much from this job and I had a great experience working in that company. I had more overtime which paid me more than the actual pay."
$50K Eukon Group's Average CAD Drafter Salary (1 salaries)
+$10K (22%) more than national average CAD Drafter salary ($40K)
Equal to average Eukon Group salary ($50K)
Equal to average Eukon Group CAD Drafter salary ($50K)
"Good and it’s fair"
$48K KDC Architects.Engineers' Average CAD Drafter Salary (1 salaries)
+$8K (18%) more than national average CAD Drafter salary ($40K)
+$3K (6%) more than average KDC Architects.Engineers salary ($45K)
Equal to average KDC Architects.Engineers CAD Drafter salary ($48K)
"With my experience, I believe I was underpaid. There was some turnover before I arrived, and I believe the company will pay their employees what they're worth once they have some in position for several years at a time."
$42K Chevron's Average CAD Drafter Salary (1 salaries)
+$2K (4%) more than national average CAD Drafter salary ($40K)
-$16K (32%) less than average Chevron salary ($58K)
Equal to average Chevron CAD Drafter salary ($42K)
"I feel the pay was accurate, being this was my first pipe drafting job."
$42K Team Fishel's Average CAD Drafter Salary (1 salaries)
+$2K (4%) more than national average CAD Drafter salary ($40K)
-$5K (11%) less than average Team Fishel salary ($47K)
Equal to average Team Fishel CAD Drafter salary ($42K)
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$42K Management and Engineering Technologies International, Inc.'s Average CAD Drafter Salary (1 salaries)
+$2K (4%) more than national average CAD Drafter salary ($40K)
Equal to average Management and Engineering Technologies International, Inc. salary ($42K)
Equal to average Management and Engineering Technologies International, Inc. CAD Drafter salary ($42K)
"Based on the city and the type of contracts I worked on, I was slightly underpaid by a dollar or two, but I don't mind because I love my work and I am happy to be doing it."
$40K Autocam Medical's Average CAD Drafter Salary (1 salaries)
Equal to national average CAD Drafter salary ($40K)
-$16K (33%) less than average Autocam Medical salary ($56K)
Equal to average Autocam Medical CAD Drafter salary ($40K)
"I wasn't that good to begin. In the end I felt like my quality of work was worth more money but management didn't want to give anyone quality raises. This company was going through the start up phase so I understand their position."
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