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Drafters, All Other · SOC 17-3019

Drafters, All Other Salary in the San Francisco Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA metro area

Figures describe the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not San Francisco city limits.

Median annual wage$82,360
Median hourly wage$39.60

Drafters, All Other in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA metro area earned a median of $82,360 per year ($39.60 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $64,220 at the 10th percentile to $123,360 at the 90th. BLS estimates 170 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Drafters, All Other in the San Francisco metro area earn more than $82,360 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $70,370 and $100,320.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$64,220$70,370$82,360$100,320$123,360
Hourly$30.87$33.83$39.60$48.23$59.31

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

  • San Francisco metro areathis metro area
    $82,360
  • Californiastate (CA)
    $73,390
  • United Statesnational
    $63,520

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

The median here is +12% vs California overall and +30% 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 San Francisco metro area has the 2nd-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”.

Other metro areas in California

Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for drafters, all other, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.

  • San Francisco metro areathis page
    $82,360
  • San Jose metro area
    $90,850
  • Sacramento metro area
    $78,020
  • Fresno metro area
    $75,150
  • San Diego metro area
    $73,880
  • Los Angeles metro area
    $73,840
  • Modesto metro area
    $68,850

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

Keep exploring

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

Civil Engineers$130,160Industrial Engineers$132,230Mechanical Engineers$161,370Engineers, All Other$159,800Architects, Except Landscape and Naval$126,550Computer Hardware Engineers$203,890

Highest-paying metro areas for drafters, all others · Highest-paying occupations in San Francisco 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.