The annual salary statistics of mechanical drafters in San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California is shown in Table 1. The wage statistics of mechanical drafters in San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].
| Percentile Bracket | Average Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| 10th Percentile Wage | $41,880 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $51,500 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $73,440 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $95,730 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $116,850 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for mechanical drafters in San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $116,850. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $73,440. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $41,880.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of mechanical drafters from 2012 to 2017.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 5-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | $73,440 | -5.32% | 27.33% |
| 2016 | $77,350 | 13.24% | - |
| 2015 | $67,110 | 21.05% | - |
| 2014 | $52,980 | 3.19% | - |
| 2013 | $51,290 | -4.06% | - |
| 2012 | $53,370 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $73,440 in San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City is in the middle of salary range for mechanical drafters in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of mechanical drafters in San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City is 18.4 percent (18.4%) lower than that in the highest paying San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara and 50.4 percent (50.4%) higher than that in the lowest paying Chico.