How much do Mechanical Drafters make in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX?

Percentile spread

For Mechanical Drafters, the published 10th percentile is $54,440 and the 90th percentile is $101,030. The difference is $46,590, which is 60.4% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $58,660 to the 75th at $95,620, covers $36,960.

The mean annual wage is $78,250, which sits above the median of $77,160. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX median is 7.8% higher than the national median of $71,550 for Mechanical Drafters. In 2024 national prices the local median is $78,682, which is 10% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 2.8% lower than the Texas median of $79,380.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX is 98.066, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $77,160 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Mechanical Drafters at $78,682 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

3 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Mechanical Drafters. Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX ranks 4th of 4 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

• San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX is 80 miles away, with a median of $78,110 and employment of 190. That median is 1.2% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $82,468, against $78,682 here.
• Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX is 141 miles away, with a median of $78,820 and employment of 1,300. That median is 2.2% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $79,916, against $78,682 here.
• Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX is 184 miles away, with a median of $83,200 and employment of 1,620. That median is 7.8% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $80,706, against $78,682 here.

Employment share

Mechanical Drafters accounts for 0.02% of wage-and-salary employment in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX (310 of 1,293,690). Nationally the occupation is 0.03% of employment (39,960 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.93 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.