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Mechanical Drafters · SOC 17-3013

Mechanical Drafters Salary in the Boulder Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Boulder, CO metro area

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

Median annual wage$102,710
Median hourly wage$49.38

Mechanical Drafters in the Boulder, CO metro area earned a median of $102,710 per year ($49.38 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $71,990 at the 10th percentile to $161,770 at the 90th. BLS estimates 60 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Mechanical Drafters in the Boulder metro area earn more than $102,710 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $84,150 and $159,600.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$71,990$84,150$102,710$159,600$161,770
Hourly$34.61$40.46$49.38$76.73$77.77

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

  • Boulder metro areathis metro area
    $102,710
  • Coloradostate (CO)
    $85,280
  • United Statesnational
    $71,550

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

The median here is +20% vs Colorado overall and +44% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Where this metro sits nationally

$43,680$63,357$83,033$102,710San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $43,680McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $47,400Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $47,570Mobile, AL — $49,210Wilmington, NC — $50,150Montgomery, AL — $50,420Sioux City, IA-NE-SD — $53,630Youngstown-Warren, OH — $55,160Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI — $55,290Yakima, WA — $55,510Boise City, ID — $56,860Evansville, IN — $57,060Cedar Rapids, IA — $57,430Dubuque, IA — $57,440Wausau, WI — $57,920Erie, PA — $57,970Eugene-Springfield, OR — $58,090Winston-Salem, NC — $58,560Amarillo, TX — $58,580Elkhart-Goshen, IN — $58,880Ocala, FL — $59,140Lincoln, NE — $59,190Birmingham, AL — $59,260Asheville, NC — $59,270Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $59,270Florence, SC — $59,320Chambersburg, PA — $59,550Greensboro-High Point, NC — $59,660Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $59,850Glens Falls, NY — $60,130Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL — $60,260Jefferson City, MO — $60,550North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $60,680Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $60,760Lynchburg, VA — $60,930Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $61,060Raleigh-Cary, NC — $61,220Lafayette, LA — $61,240Duluth, MN-WI — $61,270Lancaster, PA — $61,270Eau Claire, WI — $61,290Columbia, SC — $61,300Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $61,330Green Bay, WI — $61,590Manchester-Nashua, NH — $61,670Columbus, IN — $61,730Kenosha, WI — $61,800Salem, OR — $61,850Tucson, AZ — $62,140Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $62,420La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN — $62,550York-Hanover, PA — $62,730Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $62,890Utica-Rome, NY — $62,910Akron, OH — $63,030Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $63,140Reno, NV — $63,180Janesville-Beloit, WI — $63,230Clarksville, TN-KY — $63,400Oshkosh-Neenah, WI — $63,440Oklahoma City, OK — $63,450Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $63,470Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $63,580Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $63,680Toledo, OH — $63,720Canton-Massillon, OH — $63,750Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $63,790Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $63,980St. Cloud, MN — $64,000Appleton, WI — $64,320Springfield, MO — $64,330Chattanooga, TN-GA — $64,510Knoxville, TN — $64,730Cleveland, OH — $64,770Fort Wayne, IN — $64,820Madison, WI — $64,990Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $65,170Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $65,840Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA — $66,020Modesto, CA — $66,060Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $66,090Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $66,170Roanoke, VA — $66,560Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $66,710Worcester, MA — $66,980Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $67,190Mankato, MN — $67,250Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $67,380Springfield, MA — $67,470Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $67,600Elizabethtown, KY — $67,660Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI — $67,750Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $67,850Ann Arbor, MI — $67,980Tulsa, OK — $68,640Jackson, MI — $68,760Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT — $68,830Jacksonville, FL — $68,880Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $68,960Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $69,150Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $69,240Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $69,370Pittsburgh, PA — $69,550Richmond, VA — $69,630Rochester, NY — $69,750Reading, PA — $69,840Fresno, CA — $69,850Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $69,990St. Louis, MO-IL — $70,830Lexington-Fayette, KY — $71,520Longview, TX — $71,790Ogden, UT — $71,860Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $71,920Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $72,170Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $72,500Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $72,510Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $72,540Kalamazoo-Portage, MI — $72,940New Haven, CT — $72,970Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $73,030Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $73,230Sheboygan, WI — $73,440Bellingham, WA — $73,680Omaha, NE-IA — $73,790Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $74,100Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $74,490Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $75,050Grand Forks, ND-MN — $75,160Fond du Lac, WI — $75,240Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $75,360Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $75,510Syracuse, NY — $75,510San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $75,560Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $75,610Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $75,770Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $75,830Stockton-Lodi, CA — $76,170Kansas City, MO-KS — $76,340Portland-South Portland, ME — $76,360Columbus, OH — $76,480Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $76,490Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $76,520Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $76,600Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $77,160Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $77,250Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $77,500Fargo, ND-MN — $77,520Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $77,670Baton Rouge, LA — $77,720Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $77,790San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $78,110Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $78,210Huntsville, AL — $78,250Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $78,350Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $78,640Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $78,790Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $78,820Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $78,990New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $79,130Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $79,180Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $80,510Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $80,550Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $80,780Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $80,970Wichita, KS — $82,590Niles, MI — $82,960Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $83,200San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $83,550New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $84,070Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $84,100Midland, TX — $86,100Idaho Falls, ID — $86,420Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $87,220Colorado Springs, CO — $87,860Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $90,160Albuquerque, NM — $94,140Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $94,470San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $97,450San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $98,310Boulder, CO — $102,710

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 Boulder metro area has the 1st-highest published median for this occupation among the 180 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 mechanical drafters, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.

  • Boulder metro areathis page
    $102,710
  • Denver metro area
    $90,160
  • Colorado Springs metro area
    $87,860

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:

Mechanical Engineers$124,360Industrial Engineers$117,160Aerospace Engineers$167,160Computer Hardware Engineers$161,720Electronics Engineers, Except Computer$132,230Engineers, All Other$137,530

Highest-paying metro areas for mechanical drafterss · Highest-paying occupations in Boulder 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.