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Drafters, All Other · SOC 17-3019

Drafters, All Other Salary in the Las Vegas Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV metro area

Figures describe the Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not Las Vegas city limits.

Median annual wage$62,400
Median hourly wage$30.00

Drafters, All Other in the Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV metro area earned a median of $62,400 per year ($30.00 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $41,760 at the 10th percentile to $87,040 at the 90th. BLS estimates 150 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Drafters, All Other in the Las Vegas metro area earn more than $62,400 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $58,990 and $73,730.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$41,760$58,990$62,400$73,730$87,040
Hourly$20.08$28.36$30.00$35.45$41.84

A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.

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How this area compares

  • Las Vegas metro areathis metro area
    $62,400
  • Nevadastate (NV)
    $62,400
  • United Statesnational
    $63,520

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

The median here is about the same vs Nevada overall and −2% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Where this metro sits nationally

$34,620$53,363$72,107$90,850Knoxville, TN — $34,620Chattanooga, TN-GA — $37,750Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $47,860Eugene-Springfield, OR — $50,130Tyler, TX — $51,100Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $53,300Lancaster, PA — $55,560College Station-Bryan, TX — $55,590Columbus, OH — $55,630Green Bay, WI — $56,280El Paso, TX — $56,420Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $57,940Lubbock, TX — $58,430Omaha, NE-IA — $58,650Cleveland, OH — $58,690Lincoln, NE — $58,690Salem, OR — $58,800Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $58,810Longview, TX — $58,900Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $59,300North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $59,520Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $59,810Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA — $59,970Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $59,970Lafayette, LA — $60,270San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $60,310Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $60,520Jacksonville, FL — $60,600Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $60,600Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $60,820Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $60,950San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $60,950Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $61,200Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA — $61,260Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $61,360Rochester, NY — $61,530Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $61,800Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $62,080Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $62,400Kansas City, MO-KS — $62,410Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $62,500St. Louis, MO-IL — $62,500Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $62,610Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $62,840Bozeman, MT — $63,200Raleigh-Cary, NC — $63,330Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $63,540Ogden, UT — $63,780Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $64,330Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $64,490Billings, MT — $64,490New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $65,870Stockton-Lodi, CA — $66,010Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $66,240Richmond, VA — $66,710Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $67,320Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $67,670Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $67,770Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $68,020Syracuse, NY — $68,500Modesto, CA — $68,850Tucson, AZ — $69,810Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $70,320Lake Charles, LA — $71,690Missoula, MT — $72,520Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $72,990Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $73,080Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $73,100Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $73,840San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $73,880Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $74,380Alexandria, LA — $74,540Boulder, CO — $74,630Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $75,090Fresno, CA — $75,150Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $76,330Baton Rouge, LA — $77,020Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $78,020Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $79,960Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $80,470New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $81,220San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $82,360San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $90,850

Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.

The Las Vegas metro area has the 45th-highest published median for this occupation among the 83 metro areas where BLS publishes it. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Keep exploring

Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:

Civil Engineers$106,110Architectural and Civil Drafters$65,380Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians$96,660Electrical Engineers$107,390Mechanical Engineers$107,600Surveying and Mapping Technicians$58,780

Highest-paying metro areas for drafters, all others · Highest-paying occupations in Las Vegas Metro

About this estimate

These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.

Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology.

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.