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Civil Drafters

Career and Education Info

Job Numbers and Growth

There are about 116,000 jobs for people working as civil drafters. People pursuing jobs in this occupation should expect a low overall unemployment rate.

Part-Time Work and Self-Employment

Government survey data shows that 6% of employees work fewer than 40 hours per week. Some 5% of civil drafters work primarily as a consultant.

Training and Education

Having a postsecondary vocational award may make it easier to find a job. Employees with a bachelor's degree or higher are 25% of the total. About 62% of civil drafters have some college education, but do not have a degree. High school was all the education required by 13% of workers to get a job. Recommended schools are shown in the column to the right; request information from them to help you decide which, if any, could help you with this career.

Area Job Conditions

Cities with few jobs per capita for employees are South Bend (Indiana), Springfield (Massachusetts), and Detroit (Michigan). The most jobs are found in Santa Barbara (California), Sebastian (Florida), and Kennewick (Washington).

Within the US, the highest salaries for civil drafters are found in Kennewick (Washington), San Jose (California), and Santa Barbara (California), and the lowest are found in College Station (Texas), Waco (Texas), and Brownsville (Texas).

Civil Drafters: Job and Salary Data by Metropolitan Area

The table below shows data for Civil Drafters, as of 2008. The Popularity in Area number tells you how common jobs for Civil Drafters are in the area, compared to other US metro areas. A value of 1.0 means an average number of people in the position for area population. Lower numbers mean fewer of these positions in the metro area. The most popular areas for Civil Drafters are starred .

StateAreaPositionsTypical PayPopularity in Area
AlabamaBirmingham510$43,1201.1
AlabamaDecatur40$31,9500.9
AlabamaDothan50$32,7801
AlabamaFlorence40$35,2301
AlabamaHuntsville290$36,4301.6
AlabamaMobile120$48,8200.8
AlabamaMontgomery160$42,4901.1
AlabamaTuscaloosa80$28,7501.1
AlaskaAnchorage220$49,4501.6
AlaskaFairbanks30$41,7301.2
ArizonaKingman30$39,0100.7
ArizonaPhoenix2,720$46,1101.6
ArizonaPrescott40$38,5200.8
ArizonaTucson500$44,8401.5
ArkansasFayetteville280$37,2401.6
ArkansasFort Smith40$34,5800.4
ArkansasLittle Rock180$45,1000.6
CaliforniaBakersfield310$45,7601.3
CaliforniaChico70$45,3101.2
CaliforniaFresno280$43,1900.9
CaliforniaModesto180$44,5401.3
CaliforniaOakland1,710$60,9201.8
CaliforniaOxnard320$57,8601.2
CaliforniaRiverside990$51,8300.9
CaliforniaSacramento1,250$49,3201.6
CaliforniaSalinas100$52,5000.8
CaliforniaSan Diego1,950$47,5201.6
CaliforniaSan Francisco1,680$58,0601.9
CaliforniaSan Jose760$81,1900.9
CaliforniaSan Luis Obispo230$44,850 2.8
CaliforniaSanta Ana2,050$53,2601.5
CaliforniaSanta Barbara440$55,850 3
CaliforniaSanta Rosa200$54,1501.3
CaliforniaStockton160$46,2800.9
CaliforniaVallejo90$47,8100.9
CaliforniaVisalia80$44,4100.7
ColoradoBoulder290$46,010 2.1
ColoradoColorado Springs220$42,7901
ColoradoDenver1,860$47,8801.6
ColoradoFort Collins270$42,430 2.6
ColoradoGrand Junction60$47,8901.3
ColoradoGreeley40$45,2600.7
ConnecticutBridgeport310$52,8300.8
ConnecticutHartford350$53,2000.7
ConnecticutNew Haven240$59,3701
ConnecticutNorwich80$43,5800.8
DelawareDover50$41,7201.2
DelawareWilmington340$47,2001.2
District of ColumbiaWashington1,920$49,0300.9
FloridaCape Coral220$40,7201.2
FloridaDeltona80$38,3300.6
FloridaFort Lauderdale770$44,5801.2
FloridaFort Walton Beach110$51,7001.8
FloridaGainesville110$39,7301.1
FloridaJacksonville780$42,7201.4
FloridaLakeland310$41,6101.8
FloridaMiami1,390$46,4201.6
FloridaNaples120$50,5701.2
FloridaOcala140$31,8101.8
FloridaOrlando1,620$41,5901.7
FloridaPalm Bay240$44,4301.4
FloridaPensacola250$35,0602
FloridaPort St Lucie140$48,8001.3
FloridaPunta Gorda60$37,2502
FloridaSarasota320$41,7701.4
FloridaSebastian110$44,570 2.9
FloridaTallahassee210$39,7201.5
FloridaTampa1,120$45,8501
FloridaWest Palm Beach650$45,5401.3
GeorgiaAtlanta1,630$45,6700.8
GeorgiaAugusta190$48,6801.1
GeorgiaColumbus50$43,5600.5
GeorgiaMacon60$49,0900.7
GeorgiaSavannah70$43,3000.5
GeorgiaValdosta30$35,3400.7
HawaiiHonolulu680$45,0701.7
IdahoBoise370$42,7001.6
IdahoCoeur Dalene40$39,3000.9
IllinoisChampaign80$40,4301
IllinoisChicago1,980$45,9500.6
IllinoisDecatur40$44,1701.1
IllinoisPeoria110$43,3900.7
IllinoisSpringfield50$46,8800.6
IndianaBloomington50$40,4300.9
IndianaElkhart80$40,1600.7
IndianaEvansville90$38,5900.6
IndianaFort Wayne140$42,1600.8
IndianaGary190$46,3800.8
IndianaIndianapolis830$48,2001
IndianaMichigan City30$43,9300.9
IndianaSouth Bend40$42,9500.3
IowaCedar Rapids120$40,3201
IowaDavenport90$44,6500.6
IowaDes Moines220$47,5300.8
IowaSioux City50$39,4900.9
KansasTopeka50$40,5200.5
KansasWichita210$33,6600.8
KentuckyBowling Green30$31,3600.7
KentuckyLexington230$41,7601.1
KentuckyLouisville380$37,8100.7
LouisianaBaton Rouge480$48,2301.5
LouisianaHouma50$35,1700.6
LouisianaLafayette100$39,2300.8
LouisianaLake Charles40$55,0100.6
LouisianaMonroe60$46,0500.9
LouisianaNew Orleans320$45,6700.7
MaineBangor40$37,5600.8
MainePortland360$44,970 2
MarylandBaltimore810$47,1600.7
MarylandBethesda570$47,9801.1
MarylandSalisbury60$40,1601.4
MassachusettsBarnstable Town110$47,8301.3
MassachusettsBoston2,090$49,3301.3
MassachusettsFramingham100$48,4100.7
MassachusettsLowell40$53,9600.4
MassachusettsSpringfield80$45,1100.3
MassachusettsWorcester80$57,5900.4
MichiganAnn Arbor150$43,0201
MichiganDetroit170$45,0400.3
MichiganHolland30$63,4000.4
MichiganKalamazoo50$44,7800.4
MichiganLansing140$46,6400.8
MichiganNiles50$43,5401
MichiganWarren730$45,9800.7
MinnesotaDuluth100$42,8400.9
MinnesotaMinneapolis1,470$47,9400.9
MinnesotaRochester80$43,4501
MinnesotaSt Cloud70$42,9400.8
MississippiGulfport110$39,1601.2
MississippiHattiesburg50$38,6401.1
MississippiJackson270$38,9701.2
MississippiPascagoula50$43,6501.4
MissouriColumbia80$38,5001.2
MissouriJefferson City80$32,2701.4
MissouriJoplin40$35,3900.6
MissouriKansas City1,110$46,8101.2
MissouriSpringfield200$39,1401.2
MissouriSt Louis1,320$45,9001.1
MontanaBillings130$42,4502
MontanaGreat Falls40$40,4401.5
MontanaMissoula40$30,5301
NebraskaLincoln150$45,0101.1
NebraskaOmaha260$42,4200.6
NevadaCarson City30$51,9801.5
NevadaLas Vegas740$49,4700.9
NevadaReno130$48,9100.7
New HampshireManchester70$47,8700.8
New HampshireNashua70$42,9700.6
New HampshirePortsmouth40$46,0700.9
New JerseyAtlantic City80$41,1500.6
New JerseyCamden350$43,3800.7
New JerseyEdison850$45,6900.9
New JerseyNewark900$45,5801
New JerseyOcean City50$51,3801.6
New JerseyTrenton260$48,2901.4
New JerseyVineland30$49,1300.7
New MexicoAlbuquerque640$40,5501.8
New MexicoLas Cruces40$32,3400.8
New MexicoSanta Fe110$49,920 2.2
New YorkAlbany290$41,8100.7
New YorkBinghamton110$38,2301.2
New YorkBuffalo220$43,0000.5
New YorkGlens Falls50$35,2601.2
New YorkNassau930$51,8300.8
New YorkNew York4,130$52,7700.9
New YorkPoughkeepsie150$51,1500.7
New YorkRochester170$44,5000.4
New YorkSyracuse170$40,6100.6
North CarolinaCharlotte920$48,1601.1
North CarolinaDurham220$44,5700.9
North CarolinaFayetteville70$51,7000.7
North CarolinaGreensboro200$42,9100.6
North CarolinaGreenville50$39,8100.9
North CarolinaRaleigh860$45,5601.9
North CarolinaRocky Mount60$42,7401.3
North CarolinaWilmington180$47,6101.5
North CarolinaWinston Salem150$44,1000.8
North DakotaFargo150$34,2401.5
OhioAkron230$40,8800.8
OhioCanton90$43,0300.6
OhioCincinnati660$44,3400.7
OhioCleveland340$45,7100.4
OhioColumbus620$43,3200.7
OhioDayton170$43,4300.5
OhioToledo250$48,2000.9
OhioYoungstown100$44,9000.5
OklahomaOklahoma City490$42,3501
OklahomaTulsa420$46,6401.1
OregonBend90$49,9201.6
OregonCorvallis40$49,7701.7
OregonEugene220$41,8301.7
OregonMedford80$44,9801.2
OregonPortland1,380$43,3101.5
OregonSalem110$43,4700.9
PennsylvaniaAllentown460$42,6101.5
PennsylvaniaAltoona70$38,2101.5
PennsylvaniaErie60$37,8300.6
PennsylvaniaHarrisburg330$43,1601.2
PennsylvaniaLancaster300$41,0801.4
PennsylvaniaLebanon40$35,9401.1
PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia1,950$43,1601.1
PennsylvaniaPittsburgh1,240$44,0601.2
PennsylvaniaReading180$42,0701.3
PennsylvaniaScranton150$35,1400.7
PennsylvaniaState College50$33,1901.1
PennsylvaniaWilliamsport60$38,7901.5
PennsylvaniaYork170$45,6101.1
Rhode IslandProvidence360$46,9400.7
South CarolinaCharleston300$48,8701.2
South CarolinaColumbia200$42,7200.6
South CarolinaGreenville280$53,5201
South CarolinaMyrtle Beach110$47,5501.1
South DakotaRapid City70$31,0501.4
South DakotaSioux Falls120$37,1701
TennesseeChattanooga130$50,9000.6
TennesseeKingsport60$39,6600.6
TennesseeKnoxville300$44,4101
TennesseeMemphis410$52,8200.7
TennesseeNashville650$51,4700.9
TexasAustin960$42,4201.4
TexasBrownsville90$25,5100.9
TexasCollege Station110$28,1201.7
TexasDallas2,700$47,4401.4
TexasEl Paso180$37,5800.8
TexasFort Worth710$46,3300.9
TexasHouston3,300$50,2601.4
TexasLaredo60$26,7200.9
TexasLongview50$34,1600.6
TexasLubbock80$29,1900.8
TexasMcallen160$28,4200.8
TexasSan Antonio1,120$39,8601.5
TexasTyler120$38,6001.6
TexasVictoria30$44,8000.8
TexasWaco40$25,9600.5
TexasWichita Falls60$30,3001.3
UtahLogan70$39,1402
UtahOgden120$42,1900.7
UtahProvo170$39,4101.2
UtahSalt Lake City1,010$43,8501.8
UtahSt George80$36,800 2.1
VermontBurlington110$46,8901.2
VirginiaBlacksburg50$36,7401
VirginiaCharlottesville100$45,0601.3
VirginiaHarrisonburg40$37,7500.9
VirginiaLynchburg140$36,7701.7
VirginiaRichmond550$45,1601
VirginiaRoanoke100$40,0100.7
VirginiaVirginia Beach570$40,0500.8
VirginiaWinchester40$39,1001
WashingtonBellingham80$50,2501.2
WashingtonBremerton100$41,8101.5
WashingtonKennewick210$64,370 2.8
WashingtonOlympia100$39,8401.3
WashingtonSeattle2,200$45,2701.7
WashingtonSpokane220$39,1001.2
WashingtonTacoma270$50,4901.1
West VirginiaCharleston70$43,7700.6
WisconsinEau Claire50$42,9100.8
WisconsinGreen Bay70$42,7000.5
WisconsinJanesville60$39,8301.1
WisconsinMadison260$45,7500.9
WisconsinMilwaukee750$45,8401
WisconsinWausau60$43,9701.1
 

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