Electrical and Electronics Drafters · SOC 17-3012
Electrical and Electronics Drafters Salary in the Santa Maria Metro Area
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA metro area
Figures describe the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not Santa Maria city limits.
Electrical and Electronics Drafters in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA metro area earned a median of $64,030 per year ($30.78 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $59,280 at the 10th percentile to $115,870 at the 90th. BLS estimates 30 people work in this occupation in the area.
Pay distribution
Half of Electrical and Electronics Drafters in the Santa Maria metro area earn more than $64,030 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $59,280 and $98,990.
| Wage | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $59,280 | $59,280 | $64,030 | $98,990 | $115,870 |
| Hourly | $28.50 | $28.50 | $30.78 | $47.59 | $55.71 |
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.
How this area compares
- Santa Maria metro areathis metro area$64,030 median for Santa Maria metro area; middle half earns $59,280 to $98,990
- Californiastate (CA)$78,310 median for California; middle half earns $63,180 to $102,530
- United Statesnational$76,870 median for United States; middle half earns $61,430 to $96,730
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is −18% vs California overall and −17% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Where this metro sits nationally
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 Santa Maria metro area has the 83rd-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 California
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.
- Santa Maria metro areathis page$64,030 median for Santa Maria metro area; middle half earns $59,280 to $98,990
- $115,530 median for San Jose metro area; middle half earns $75,320 to $172,200
- $84,680 median for San Francisco metro area; middle half earns $67,640 to $108,580
- $78,450 median for Oxnard metro area; middle half earns $51,660 to $106,760
- $77,630 median for Los Angeles metro area; middle half earns $63,200 to $100,920
- $76,950 median for Sacramento metro area; middle half earns $68,040 to $96,310
- $76,580 median for Bakersfield metro area; middle half earns $60,180 to $95,200
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:
Highest-paying metro areas for electrical and electronics drafterss · Highest-paying occupations in Santa Maria 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.