Building drafter vs draftsman/designer

The differences between building drafters and draftsman/designers can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 6-12 months to become both a building drafter and a draftsman/designer. Additionally, a building drafter has an average salary of $53,715, which is higher than the $52,529 average annual salary of a draftsman/designer.

The top three skills for a building drafter include autocad, and . The most important skills for a draftsman/designer are design layouts, solidworks, and shop drawings.

Building drafter vs draftsman/designer overview

	Building Drafter	Draftsman/Designer
Yearly salary	$53,715	$52,529
Hourly rate	$25.82	$25.25
Growth rate	-3%	-3%
Number of jobs	6,879	47,341
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Associate Degree, 33%	Associate Degree, 51%
Average age	45	45
Years of experience	12	12

Building drafter vs draftsman/designer salary

Building drafters and draftsman/designers have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Building Drafter	Draftsman/Designer
Average salary	$53,715	$52,529
Salary range	Between $36,000 And $79,000	Between $30,000 And $89,000
Highest paying City	-	Washington, DC
Highest paying state	-	New Jersey
Best paying company	-	TalentBurst
Best paying industry	-	Technology

Differences between building drafter and draftsman/designer education

There are a few differences between a building drafter and a draftsman/designer in terms of educational background:

	Building Drafter	Draftsman/Designer
Most common degree	Associate Degree, 33%	Associate Degree, 51%
Most common major	Drafting And Design	Drafting And Design
Most common college	University of Michigan - Ann Arbor	Carnegie Mellon University

Building drafter vs draftsman/designer demographics

Here are the differences between building drafters' and draftsman/designers' demographics:

	Building Drafter	Draftsman/Designer
Average age	45	45
Gender ratio	Male, 95.7% Female, 4.3%	Male, 92.2% Female, 7.8%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 3.1% Unknown, 5.2% Hispanic or Latino, 11.7% Asian, 7.0% White, 72.3% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.7%	Black or African American, 3.1% Unknown, 5.2% Hispanic or Latino, 11.7% Asian, 7.0% White, 72.3% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.7%
LGBT Percentage	6%	6%

Differences between building drafter and draftsman/designer duties and responsibilities

Building drafter example responsibilities.

Learned and utilize AutoCAD by practicing several drawing types from restaurants to hotels.
Render complete assemblies of conveyor systems to customer's specifications using SolidWorks.
Utilize extensive skills in CADD technology, complement by construction industry expertise to provide tailor designs meeting customer needs.

Draftsman/designer example responsibilities.

Manage and supervise other draftsmen.
Assist with structural steel detailing, machine design, CNC graphics and ceramics machine design projects.
Detail preliminary design drawings to create BOM's, production use shop layouts, and specific details.
Travele to various work sites to dimension and sketch details of the projects.
Develop and maintain current Revit templates for consistency and overall visual quality of projects.
Design and draft building components from red lines create by MEP engineers with revit software.

Building drafter vs draftsman/designer skills

Common building drafter skills

Autocad, 100%

Common draftsman/designer skills

Design Layouts, 16%
Solidworks, 10%
Shop Drawings, 5%
R, 4%
HVAC, 4%
Customer Specifications, 3%