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Drafting Techs Salaries, Locations, and Schools



 

Employment Overview

About 25,000 drafting techs can be found working in the US. A low unemployment level has been the case recently. Employees without jobs were about 4%.

Flexibility

Self-employed drafting techs represent an estimated 5% of the total. Workers working part-time accounted for 6% of those employed in 2006.

Education

You'll generally want a postsecondary vocational award for this career path. Of current drafting techs, 25% graduated from college with degrees. Some 62% of workers attened college but did not go on to get a bachelor's degree. A high school education was sufficient for 13% of employees.

Local Outlook

Finding drafting techs is easiest in Lafayette (Louisiana), Seattle (Washington), and New Orleans (Louisiana), and by comparison more challenging in Washington (District of Columbia), Las Vegas (Nevada), and Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania). The pay is best in Oakland (California), Seattle (Washington), and Philadelphia (Pennsylvania) and worst in Shreveport (Louisiana), Des Moines (Iowa), and Knoxville (Tennessee).

Detailed local employment conditions for Drafting Techs in metro areas across the US are shown in the table below.


Local Jobs Info for Drafting Techs

Employment info for Drafting Techs, by metropolitan area (for 2006). A Market Strength rating of 1.0 means the city (and surroundings) has an average number of workers in the occupation for to its population. A higher number indicates relatively more workers for the occupation in that location.

StateCity and SurroundingsMarket StrengthWorkersMedian Wage
AlabamaBirmingham1.67120$44,000
AlabamaHuntsville5.63150$52,000
AlabamaMobile3.3580$41,000
AlaskaAnchorage2.3750$63,000
ArizonaPhoenix0.49130$48,000
ArkansasLittle Rock0.6630$47,000
CaliforniaBakersfield0.8530$52,000
CaliforniaFresno0.8840$53,000
CaliforniaLos Angeles1.19700$58,000
CaliforniaModesto1.8240$46,000
CaliforniaOakland2.02290$70,000
CaliforniaOxnard1.6770$49,000
CaliforniaRiverside0.65120$50,000
CaliforniaSacramento1.58200$52,000
CaliforniaSan Diego1.39260$51,000
CaliforniaSan Francisco0.8110$52,000
CaliforniaSan Jose1.73220$60,000
CaliforniaSanta Ana2.3500$50,000
CaliforniaSanta Rosa2.7170$48,000
ColoradoDenver1.89330$54,000
ConnecticutHartford0.7660$41,000
District of ColumbiaWashington0.34110$46,000
FloridaFort Lauderdale0.7680$41,000
FloridaFort Walton Beach6.8970$39,000
FloridaMiami2.14300$42,000
FloridaOrlando3.48520$37,000
FloridaPalm Bay3.74100$48,000
FloridaSarasota2.84110$41,000
FloridaTampa1.08190$43,000
FloridaWest Palm Beach1.4110$52,000
GeorgiaAtlanta0.97330$52,000
IllinoisChicago1.24670$51,000
IllinoisRockford2.5150$39,000
IndianaElkhart3.560$39,000
IndianaFort Wayne1.3840$49,000
IndianaGary1.0540$52,000
IndianaIndianapolis0.81100$41,000
IndianaSouth Bend2.1840$36,000
IowaDavenport2.4960$41,000
IowaDes Moines1.1450$34,000
KansasWichita2.67110$59,000
KentuckyLexington5.44180$47,000
KentuckyLouisville0.9480$38,000
LouisianaBaton Rouge7.11350$44,000
LouisianaLafayette10.55190$41,000
LouisianaNew Orleans9.24640$50,000
LouisianaShreveport7.14160$36,000
MarylandBaltimore0.55100$38,000
MichiganGrand Rapids1.5280$39,000
MinnesotaMinneapolis0.86220$47,000
MissouriKansas City1.05150$55,000
MissouriSt Louis0.89170$45,000
NebraskaLincoln2.8660$37,000
NebraskaOmaha2.22140$45,000
NevadaLas Vegas0.340$45,000
New HampshireNashua3.3160$46,000
New JerseyCamden1.75130$43,000
New JerseyEdison1.4200$47,000
New JerseyNewark0.3550$49,000
New YorkAlbany1.1670$40,000
New YorkBuffalo0.6850$40,000
New YorkNassau0.97170$51,000
New YorkNew York0.7500$49,000
New YorkRochester0.8660$37,000
North CarolinaCharlotte0.6680$45,000
North CarolinaRaleigh1.57110
OhioAkron1.0850$46,000
OhioCanton2.6360$48,000
OhioCincinnati1.11160$51,000
OhioCleveland0.74110$39,000
OhioColumbus0.790$43,000
OhioDayton0.7440$39,000
OhioToledo0.940$44,000
OregonPortland2.06300$45,000
PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia0.54140$61,000
PennsylvaniaPittsburgh0.2540$43,000
PennsylvaniaYork2.0950$43,000
Rhode IslandProvidence0.7460$44,000
TennesseeChattanooga1.3340$37,000
TennesseeKnoxville2.2100$31,000
TennesseeMemphis1.48130$37,000
TennesseeNashville1.88200$41,000
TexasDallas0.38110$49,000
TexasHouston1.9670$49,000
TexasSan Antonio0.6270$38,000
UtahOgden1.1730$47,000
WashingtonMount Vernon7.7640$46,000
WashingtonSeattle9.931,990$64,000
WashingtonSpokane2.4970$45,000
WashingtonTacoma2.72100$50,000
WisconsinGreen Bay2.2750$33,000
WisconsinMadison1.1150$35,000
WisconsinMilwaukee0.560$45,000
WisconsinWausau5.8950$36,000

 

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