Architectural and Civil Drafters Salary

Median Salary
$66,150
per year
Hourly Rate
$31.80
per hour
Employment
103,700
jobs in the U.S.

Salary Distribution

10th percentile
$46,260
25th percentile
$55,650
Median
$66,150
75th percentile
$80,870
90th percentile
$99,710

💰 Architectural and Civil Drafters Salary by State

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StateMedianvs. National
District of Columbia$97,880+48.0%
Massachusetts$76,990+16.4%
California$76,520+15.7%
Colorado$76,370+15.4%
Connecticut$76,290+15.3%
New York$76,260+15.3%
Maryland$75,180+13.7%
Georgia$74,940+13.3%
Oregon$74,000+11.9%
Delaware$73,040+10.4%
Washington$73,000+10.4%
Rhode Island$71,700+8.4%
Minnesota$70,680+6.8%
Tennessee$69,220+4.6%
Nevada$67,000+1.3%
Maine$66,200+0.1%
Montana$65,750-0.6%
West Virginia$65,640-0.8%
New Hampshire$65,300-1.3%
Pennsylvania$64,800-2.0%
Arizona$64,750-2.1%
North Dakota$64,720-2.2%
South Carolina$64,680-2.2%
Utah$64,290-2.8%
Iowa$64,220-2.9%
Wyoming$63,730-3.7%
Hawaii$63,510-4.0%
Virginia$63,450-4.1%
Texas$63,320-4.3%
New Jersey$62,960-4.8%
Wisconsin$62,930-4.9%
North Carolina$62,750-5.1%
Florida$62,640-5.3%
Arkansas$62,420-5.6%
Kansas$62,220-5.9%
Oklahoma$62,140-6.1%
Missouri$61,940-6.4%
Idaho$61,840-6.5%
Nebraska$61,550-7.0%
Ohio$61,450-7.1%
Louisiana$61,010-7.8%
Vermont$61,000-7.8%
Kentucky$60,120-9.1%
Indiana$60,000-9.3%
Mississippi$59,920-9.4%
Michigan$58,330-11.8%
Illinois$58,240-12.0%
Alabama$57,100-13.7%
South Dakota$52,470-20.7%
New Mexico$50,230-24.1%

🏙️ Architectural and Civil Drafters Salary by Metro Area

Metro AreaMedianvs. National
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT$84,440+27.6%
Rochester, MN$83,780+26.7%
Waterbury-Shelton, CT$83,630+26.4%
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$82,820+25.2%
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$81,130+22.6%
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA$80,040+21.0%
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO$79,860+20.7%
Lake Charles, LA$79,540+20.2%
Dalton, GA$79,410+20.0%
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$79,310+19.9%
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA$78,340+18.4%
Lexington Park, MD$78,010+17.9%
Chico, CA$77,850+17.7%
Manhattan, KS$77,810+17.6%
Helena, MT$77,320+16.9%
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT$77,190+16.7%
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$77,170+16.7%
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA$76,950+16.3%
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$76,630+15.8%
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$76,020+14.9%
Napa, CA$76,000+14.9%
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$75,830+14.6%
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD$75,810+14.6%
Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA$75,750+14.5%
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA$75,560+14.2%
Vallejo, CA$75,460+14.1%
Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA$75,290+13.8%
Boulder, CO$75,200+13.7%
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN$75,010+13.4%
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX$74,230+12.2%
Savannah, GA$74,190+12.2%
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA$74,180+12.1%
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA$73,930+11.8%
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA$73,700+11.4%
Pittsfield, MA$73,130+10.6%
Kennewick-Richland, WA$72,590+9.7%
Worcester, MA$72,310+9.3%
Madison, WI$72,210+9.2%
Knoxville, TN$72,180+9.1%
Sheboygan, WI$72,040+8.9%
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI$72,020+8.9%
Gainesville, GA$71,930+8.7%
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA$71,860+8.6%
Salem, OR$70,870+7.1%
Dover, DE$70,840+7.1%
Stockton-Lodi, CA$70,800+7.0%
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA$70,780+7.0%
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX$70,730+6.9%
Portland-South Portland, ME$70,610+6.7%
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA$70,580+6.7%
Baton Rouge, LA$70,300+6.3%
Springfield, MA$70,080+5.9%
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN$70,010+5.8%
Reno, NV$69,650+5.3%
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC$69,440+5.0%
Missoula, MT$68,760+3.9%
Tucson, AZ$68,640+3.8%
Visalia, CA$68,470+3.5%
Charleston-North Charleston, SC$68,460+3.5%
Topeka, KS$68,290+3.2%
Altoona, PA$68,230+3.1%
Pittsburgh, PA$68,160+3.0%
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ$68,120+3.0%
Amherst Town-Northampton, MA$68,020+2.8%
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA$67,930+2.7%
Bismarck, ND$67,780+2.5%
Greeley, CO$67,720+2.4%
Cheyenne, WY$67,640+2.3%
Bend, OR$67,410+1.9%
York-Hanover, PA$67,360+1.8%
Barnstable Town, MA$67,250+1.7%
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD$67,020+1.3%
Bakersfield-Delano, CA$66,930+1.2%
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$66,890+1.1%
Ithaca, NY$66,690+0.8%
Wilmington, NC$66,660+0.8%
Medford, OR$66,590+0.7%
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT$66,550+0.6%
Salinas, CA$66,470+0.5%
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL$66,370+0.3%
Syracuse, NY$66,140-0.0%
Raleigh-Cary, NC$65,840-0.5%
Billings, MT$65,820-0.5%
Dubuque, IA$65,760-0.6%
Naples-Marco Island, FL$65,470-1.0%
New Haven, CT$65,400-1.1%
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV$65,380-1.2%
Santa Fe, NM$65,370-1.2%
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ$65,310-1.3%
Modesto, CA$65,230-1.4%
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL$65,160-1.5%
Memphis, TN-MS-AR$65,090-1.6%
Fargo, ND-MN$65,030-1.7%
Greenville, NC$64,900-1.9%
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA$64,900-1.9%
Kahului-Wailuku, HI$64,850-2.0%
Rochester, NY$64,770-2.1%
Killeen-Temple, TX$64,700-2.2%
Tulsa, OK$64,610-2.3%
Trenton-Princeton, NJ$64,590-2.4%
Longview, TX$64,470-2.5%
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ$64,420-2.6%
Coeur d'Alene, ID$64,360-2.7%
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN$64,350-2.7%
Fresno, CA$64,280-2.8%
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA$64,240-2.9%
Punta Gorda, FL$64,200-2.9%
St. Cloud, MN$64,130-3.1%
Urban Honolulu, HI$64,130-3.1%
Columbia, SC$64,110-3.1%
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC$63,940-3.3%
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO$63,930-3.4%
Bozeman, MT$63,880-3.4%
Manchester-Nashua, NH$63,850-3.5%
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI$63,850-3.5%
State College, PA$63,850-3.5%
Oklahoma City, OK$63,840-3.5%
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA$63,770-3.6%
Ames, IA$63,620-3.8%
Lancaster, PA$63,570-3.9%
Kansas City, MO-KS$63,520-4.0%
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL$63,450-4.1%
Rockford, IL$63,440-4.1%
Redding, CA$63,410-4.1%
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY$63,250-4.4%
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR$63,230-4.4%
Greensboro-High Point, NC$63,230-4.4%
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH$63,200-4.5%
Omaha, NE-IA$63,200-4.5%
Spartanburg, SC$63,200-4.5%
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA$63,180-4.5%
Port St. Lucie, FL$63,170-4.5%
Boise City, ID$63,160-4.5%
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX$63,120-4.6%
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL$63,120-4.6%
Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL$63,120-4.6%
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY$63,070-4.7%
Eugene-Springfield, OR$62,960-4.8%
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN$62,900-4.9%
Richmond, VA$62,830-5.0%
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL$62,780-5.1%
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL$62,780-5.1%
Akron, OH$62,670-5.3%
Cedar Rapids, IA$62,660-5.3%
Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA$62,630-5.3%
Bellingham, WA$62,620-5.3%
Bangor, ME$62,610-5.4%
Clarksville, TN-KY$62,550-5.4%
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC$62,480-5.5%
St. Louis, MO-IL$62,430-5.6%
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL$62,420-5.6%
Charlottesville, VA$62,400-5.7%
Green Bay, WI$62,380-5.7%
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY$62,360-5.7%
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI$62,330-5.8%
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN$62,330-5.8%
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI$62,300-5.8%
Jacksonville, FL$62,180-6.0%
Cleveland, OH$62,130-6.1%
Youngstown-Warren, OH$62,080-6.2%
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC$62,030-6.2%
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA$62,020-6.2%
Ogden, UT$61,980-6.3%
Corpus Christi, TX$61,960-6.3%
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI$61,960-6.3%
Logan, UT-ID$61,930-6.4%
Toledo, OH$61,930-6.4%
Yuma, AZ$61,900-6.4%
Appleton, WI$61,890-6.4%
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA$61,860-6.5%
Colorado Springs, CO$61,850-6.5%
Janesville-Beloit, WI$61,850-6.5%
Great Falls, MT$61,790-6.6%
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL$61,740-6.7%
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL$61,720-6.7%
Williamsport, PA$61,710-6.7%
Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT$61,690-6.7%
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD$61,630-6.8%
Midland, TX$61,610-6.9%
Burlington-South Burlington, VT$61,590-6.9%
Macon-Bibb County, GA$61,490-7.0%
Flint, MI$61,440-7.1%
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV$61,440-7.1%
Eau Claire, WI$61,350-7.3%
Columbus, OH$61,310-7.3%
Duluth, MN-WI$61,270-7.4%
Kingston, NY$61,230-7.4%
St. George, UT$61,130-7.6%
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI$61,090-7.6%
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC$61,080-7.7%
Roanoke, VA$61,080-7.7%
Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA$60,990-7.8%
Yakima, WA$60,950-7.9%
Charleston, WV$60,920-7.9%
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC$60,880-8.0%
Springfield, MO$60,880-8.0%
Grand Forks, ND-MN$60,800-8.1%
Reading, PA$60,800-8.1%
Johnson City, TN$60,530-8.5%
Athens-Clarke County, GA$60,520-8.5%
Gainesville, FL$60,460-8.6%
Lawrence, KS$60,380-8.7%
Erie, PA$60,320-8.8%
Lansing-East Lansing, MI$60,310-8.8%
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL$60,240-8.9%
Huntsville, AL$60,170-9.0%
Iowa City, IA$59,990-9.3%
Evansville, IN$59,890-9.5%
Winchester, VA-WV$59,860-9.5%
Wausau, WI$59,850-9.5%
Fort Smith, AR-OK$59,820-9.6%
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL$59,760-9.7%
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR$59,740-9.7%
Lincoln, NE$59,640-9.8%
Asheville, NC$59,560-10.0%
Twin Falls, ID$59,370-10.2%
Ann Arbor, MI$59,280-10.4%
Amarillo, TX$58,900-11.0%
Sioux Falls, SD-MN$58,860-11.0%
Peoria, IL$58,820-11.1%
Terre Haute, IN$58,820-11.1%
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN$58,810-11.1%
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN$58,800-11.1%
Chattanooga, TN-GA$58,780-11.1%
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX$58,750-11.2%
Canton-Massillon, OH$58,730-11.2%
Joplin, MO-KS$58,690-11.3%
Ocala, FL$58,660-11.3%
Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL$58,660-11.3%
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA$58,640-11.4%
Sherman-Denison, TX$58,630-11.4%
Chambersburg, PA$58,550-11.5%
Jefferson City, MO$58,420-11.7%
Grand Junction, CO$58,350-11.8%
Idaho Falls, ID$58,310-11.9%
Abilene, TX$58,290-11.9%
Wildwood-The Villages, FL$58,290-11.9%
Tyler, TX$58,230-12.0%
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH$58,180-12.0%
Elkhart-Goshen, IN$58,080-12.2%
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS$57,940-12.4%
Jackson, MS$57,790-12.6%
Waco, TX$57,650-12.8%
Valdosta, GA$57,540-13.0%
Birmingham, AL$57,510-13.1%
Columbia, MO$57,410-13.2%
Lynchburg, VA$57,310-13.4%
Rapid City, SD$57,300-13.4%
Winston-Salem, NC$57,180-13.6%
Fort Wayne, IN$57,110-13.7%
Brunswick-St. Simons, GA$57,060-13.7%
Las Cruces, NM$56,980-13.9%
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA$56,810-14.1%
Mobile, AL$56,800-14.1%
Guam$56,710-14.3%
Columbus, GA-AL$56,430-14.7%
Wichita, KS$56,270-14.9%
Fayetteville, NC$56,120-15.2%
Tallahassee, FL$55,710-15.8%
Lexington-Fayette, KY$55,640-15.9%
El Paso, TX$54,840-17.1%
College Station-Bryan, TX$54,620-17.4%
Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ$53,500-19.1%
Albany, GA$52,990-19.9%
Bowling Green, KY$52,980-19.9%
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI$52,790-20.2%
Lubbock, TX$52,780-20.2%
Johnstown, PA$52,750-20.3%
Montgomery, AL$52,550-20.6%
Bloomington, IN$52,410-20.8%
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL$52,260-21.0%
Traverse City, MI$52,050-21.3%
Champaign-Urbana, IL$51,920-21.5%
Pocatello, ID$51,900-21.5%
Auburn-Opelika, AL$50,950-23.0%
Lafayette, LA$49,990-24.4%
Dothan, AL$49,260-25.5%
Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI$48,880-26.1%
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX$48,710-26.4%
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL$48,520-26.7%
Pueblo, CO$48,060-27.3%
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX$47,790-27.8%
Tuscaloosa, AL$47,460-28.3%
Albuquerque, NM$46,740-29.3%
San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR$45,070-31.9%
Puerto Rico$44,720-32.4%
Ponce, PR$36,940-44.2%
Data Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS). Data reflects the most recent annual survey.