Electrical and Electronics Drafters · SOC 17-3012

Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Electrical and Electronics Drafterss

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025U.S. metropolitan areas

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for electrical and electronics drafters. Areas where BLS suppressed the median are not ranked (3 such areas are excluded here). Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Top 25 of 94 metro areas

Electrical and Electronics Drafters: metro areas with the highest published median annual wages, May 2025
#	Metro area	Median annual	Employment	Per 1,000 jobs
1	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$115,530	480	0.4
2	Boulder, CO	$103,910	40	0.2
3	Manchester-Nashua, NH	$102,810	160	0.8
4	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT	$100,420	100	0.2
5	Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA	$100,090	30	0.1
6	Anchorage, AK	$98,920	60	0.4
7	Worcester, MA	$98,610	70	0.2
8	Boise City, ID	$97,550	80	0.2
9	Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT	$90,360	40	0.1
10	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	$87,010	250	0.1
11	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$86,140	340	0.1
12	Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX	$84,680	230	0.2
13	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$84,680	290	0.1
14	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$84,090	220	0.1
15	Columbus, OH	$83,700	120	0.1
16	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	$83,100	720	0.2
17	Fort Collins-Loveland, CO	$82,400	Not published	Not published
18	Salt Lake City-Murray, UT	$82,320	120	0.1
19	Tucson, AZ	$81,970	80	0.2
20	Raleigh-Cary, NC	$81,960	190	0.3
21	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$81,230	250	0.1
22	Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN	$80,100	170	0.2
23	Charleston-North Charleston, SC	$79,990	60	0.1
24	Rochester, NY	$79,910	100	0.2
25	Chattanooga, TN-GA	$79,830	50	0.2

Full state and metro tables, the national distribution, and the pay map are on the Electrical and Electronics Drafters overview.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.