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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.

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$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)
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"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)
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"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)
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"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)
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"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)
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"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)
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"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)
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"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)
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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)
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"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)
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"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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