Drafters, All Other Salary in Salem, OR

Drafters, All Other pay range in Salem

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $42,700 a year or less, while the top 10% make $77,670 or more. The middle half of other drafters in Salem earn between $48,030 and $64,380.

*Hourly figures assume 2,080 paid hours a year.

Drafters, All Other salary after taxes in Salem

On the average salary of $58,360, a single filer in Salem takes home about $44,945 a year, or $3,745 a month and $1,729 every two weeks. Taxes take 23% of gross pay.

Single filer, standard deduction: federal income tax (2026 brackets), Social Security, Medicare and state income tax (2025 rules). Portland-area Metro and Multnomah County taxes and the 0.1% statewide transit tax are not included.

Is Salem a good place for other drafters? Pay vs. cost of living

Prices in the Salem area are 4% above the U.S. average (BEA price parity 103.6), so the average $58,360 buys what about $56,305 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 1.1 times the median wage of all jobs in Salem ($55,310). A typical home costs $454,689, or 7.8 years of this average salary before tax.

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Drafters, All Other salary in other Oregon cities

Salem ranks 2nd of 3 Oregon metro areas for this job; Portland pays the most ($68,810).

All Drafters, All Other salaries in Oregon

Highest-paying cities for other drafters

San Jose, CA pays this job the most of the metro areas we cover ($91,260).

Drafters, All Other salary by city

Related jobs in Salem

• Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians$86,540 a year
• Architectural and Civil Drafters$71,050 a year
• Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other$71,010 a year
• Mechanical Drafters$68,750 a year
• Surveying and Mapping Technicians$64,300 a year
• Electrical Engineers$124,320 a year
• Electronics Engineers, Except Computer$119,080 a year
• Civil Engineers$116,280 a year

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