Mold designer vs draftsman/designer

The differences between mold designers and draftsman/designers can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. While it typically takes 4-6 years to become a mold designer, becoming a draftsman/designer takes usually requires 6-12 months. Additionally, a mold designer has an average salary of $70,906, which is higher than the $52,529 average annual salary of a draftsman/designer.

The top three skills for a mold designer include mold design, plastic injection molds and NX. The most important skills for a draftsman/designer are design layouts, solidworks, and shop drawings.

Mold designer vs draftsman/designer overview

	Mold Designer	Draftsman/Designer
Yearly salary	$70,906	$52,529
Hourly rate	$34.09	$25.25
Growth rate	2%	-3%
Number of jobs	50,597	47,341
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Associate Degree, 48%	Associate Degree, 51%
Average age	41	45
Years of experience	6	12

Mold designer vs draftsman/designer salary

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

	Mold Designer	Draftsman/Designer
Average salary	$70,906	$52,529
Salary range	Between $47,000 And $105,000	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 mold designer and draftsman/designer education

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

	Mold Designer	Draftsman/Designer
Most common degree	Associate Degree, 48%	Associate Degree, 51%
Most common major	Drafting And Design	Drafting And Design
Most common college	Carnegie Mellon University	Carnegie Mellon University

Mold designer vs draftsman/designer demographics

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

	Mold Designer	Draftsman/Designer
Average age	41	45
Gender ratio	Male, 93.4% Female, 6.6%	Male, 92.2% Female, 7.8%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 3.4% Unknown, 4.6% Hispanic or Latino, 9.2% Asian, 10.4% White, 72.4% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.1%	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	5%	6%

Differences between mold designer and draftsman/designer duties and responsibilities

Mold designer example responsibilities.

Manage documentation of existing projects, perform ECN resolutions.
Design and automate electro-mechanical machinery to customer specifications.
Design and automate electro-mechanical machinery to customer specifications.

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.

Mold designer vs draftsman/designer skills

Common mold designer skills

Mold Design, 16%
Plastic Injection Molds, 15%
NX, 7%
Aided Design, 6%
Autocad, 5%
CNC Machines, 5%

Common draftsman/designer skills

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