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Electrical and Electronics Drafters · SOC 17-3012

Electrical and Electronics Drafters Salary in the Denver Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO metro area

Figures describe the Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not Denver city limits.

Median annual wage$79,530
Median hourly wage$38.24

Electrical and Electronics Drafters in the Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO metro area earned a median of $79,530 per year ($38.24 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $57,580 at the 10th percentile to $132,970 at the 90th. BLS estimates 560 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Electrical and Electronics Drafters in the Denver metro area earn more than $79,530 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $63,350 and $101,650.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$57,580$63,350$79,530$101,650$132,970
Hourly$27.68$30.46$38.24$48.87$63.93

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

  • Denver metro areathis metro area
    $79,530
  • Coloradostate (CO)
    $79,300
  • United Statesnational
    $76,870

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

The median here is about the same vs Colorado overall and +3% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Where this metro sits nationally

$53,070$73,890$94,710$115,530Huntsville, AL — $53,070Birmingham, AL — $53,490San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $55,110Omaha, NE-IA — $56,180Wichita, KS — $57,650Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $57,860Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $58,230New Haven, CT — $61,690Richmond, VA — $62,100Cleveland, OH — $62,710Baton Rouge, LA — $63,020Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $64,030Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $64,930Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $65,020Pittsburgh, PA — $65,880Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $66,910Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $67,100Urban Honolulu, HI — $67,670Reno, NV — $68,480Fresno, CA — $68,640Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $68,710Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $69,500Joplin, MO-KS — $70,010Visalia, CA — $70,400Tulsa, OK — $70,590Kansas City, MO-KS — $70,720Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $70,880Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $70,940Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $72,720Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $72,930Springfield, MO — $73,360Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $73,530Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $74,000Knoxville, TN — $74,390Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $74,470San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $74,520Columbia, SC — $74,590Green Bay, WI — $74,690Syracuse, NY — $74,720Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $74,880St. Louis, MO-IL — $75,000Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $75,030Jacksonville, FL — $75,780Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $75,870Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $75,870Portland-South Portland, ME — $75,940Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $75,960Colorado Springs, CO — $76,380Oklahoma City, OK — $76,560Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $76,580Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $76,610Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $76,950Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $77,100Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $77,120Cedar Rapids, IA — $77,150Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $77,630Greensboro-High Point, NC — $77,810New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $77,830Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $78,170Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $78,170Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $78,350Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $78,450San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $78,530Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $78,900Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $79,160Madison, WI — $79,220Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $79,530Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $79,580Fargo, ND-MN — $79,710Chattanooga, TN-GA — $79,830Rochester, NY — $79,910Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $79,990Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $80,100Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $81,230Raleigh-Cary, NC — $81,960Tucson, AZ — $81,970Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $82,320Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $82,400Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $83,100Columbus, OH — $83,700Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $84,090Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $84,680San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $84,680Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $86,140Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $87,010Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $90,360Boise City, ID — $97,550Worcester, MA — $98,610Anchorage, AK — $98,920Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $100,090Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $100,420Manchester-Nashua, NH — $102,810Boulder, CO — $103,910San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $115,530

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 Denver metro area has the 28th-highest published median for this occupation among the 94 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 Colorado

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

  • Denver metro areathis page
    $79,530
  • Boulder metro area
    $103,910
  • Fort Collins metro area
    $82,400
  • Colorado Springs metro area
    $76,380

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$104,710Mechanical Engineers$128,180Electronics Engineers, Except Computer$127,260Electrical Engineers$119,020Industrial Engineers$108,680Architectural and Civil Drafters$79,860

Highest-paying metro areas for electrical and electronics drafterss · Highest-paying occupations in Denver 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.