Draftsman/designer vs designer

The differences between draftsman/designers and 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 draftsman/designer and a designer. Additionally, a designer has an average salary of $66,347, which is higher than the $52,529 average annual salary of a draftsman/designer.

The top three skills for a draftsman/designer include design layouts, solidworks and shop drawings. The most important skills for a designer are sketch, customer service, and graphic design.

Draftsman/designer vs designer overview

	Draftsman/Designer	Designer
Yearly salary	$52,529	$66,347
Hourly rate	$25.25	$31.90
Growth rate	-3%	3%
Number of jobs	47,341	52,433
Job satisfaction	-	5
Most common degree	Associate Degree, 51%	Bachelor's Degree, 61%
Average age	45	38
Years of experience	12	12

Draftsman/designer vs designer salary

Draftsman/designers and designers have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Draftsman/Designer	Designer
Average salary	$52,529	$66,347
Salary range	Between $30,000 And $89,000	Between $45,000 And $97,000
Highest paying City	Washington, DC	Seattle, WA
Highest paying state	New Jersey	Washington
Best paying company	TalentBurst	Meta
Best paying industry	Technology	Technology

Differences between draftsman/designer and designer education

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

	Draftsman/Designer	Designer
Most common degree	Associate Degree, 51%	Bachelor's Degree, 61%
Most common major	Drafting And Design	Graphic Design
Most common college	Carnegie Mellon University	University of Pennsylvania

Draftsman/designer vs designer demographics

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

	Draftsman/Designer	Designer
Average age	45	38
Gender ratio	Male, 92.2% Female, 7.8%	Male, 56.9% Female, 43.1%
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, 3.4% Unknown, 5.0% Hispanic or Latino, 10.6% Asian, 10.4% White, 70.2% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.4%
LGBT Percentage	6%	13%

Differences between draftsman/designer and designer duties and responsibilities

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.

Designer example responsibilities.

Lead & design all creative content stemming from apparel design to web identity.
Manage various PCB designs utilizing state of the art DFM techniques and comply with company standards.
Utilize CSS, DHTML, HTML, and JavaScript for cross browser, cross platform compatibility and consistency.
Develop different kinds of functions globally, locally for the development of forms using JavaScript, CSS.
Transform customer specifications into usable SolidWorks 3D models and assemblies from which all manufacturing are derived.
Process ECR's and ECO's using Windchill.

Draftsman/designer vs designer skills

Common draftsman/designer skills

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

Common designer skills

Sketch, 10%
Customer Service, 7%
Graphic Design, 6%
CSS, 5%
HTML, 4%
PowerPoint, 4%