Mechanical Drafters Salary — Eugene, Oregon

The average Mechanical Drafters in Eugene, Oregon earns $64,690 a year.

$64,690 / year, mean
↓ 16.4% below national average 33th percentile in Oregon

Eugene pays below most of Oregon for this role, though still within a normal range for the state. That's noticeably below the national average for mechanical drafters, worth factoring into any relocation math. Cost of living here is close to the national average — not a major factor either way. This is a high-confidence estimate, based on a large sample of reported wages.

Percentile within Oregon

0th 50th 100th
Employment (this metro)
30
Estimate confidence
RSE 3.8%
Cost of living 102 #44 most expensive of 188 cities in this dataset 100 = U.S. average · Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024
Crime index 2419 #180 safest of 188 cities in this dataset Per 100k residents · Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer
Median home value $459,366 #31 priciest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: zillow_real
Median household income $69,311 #112 highest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: Census Bureau ACS 5-year

Combining these four figures gives a fuller picture than salary alone: Eugene ranks #44 for cost of living and #31 for home prices among the 188 cities in this pilot dataset, which matters as much as the headline salary number when comparing where to live.

San Jose $101,310 San Francisco $98,950 Seattle $98,470 Beaumont $91,660 San Diego $90,030 Midland $88,440 New York $88,290 Los Angeles $86,410 Houston $86,110 Trenton $85,640 Portland $83,320 San Luis Obispo $83,240 Kiryas Joel $83,090 Santa Maria $82,960 Dallas $81,680 Sacramento $81,410 Oxnard $81,300 Philadelphia $81,100 Bakersfield $80,990 Stockton $80,270 Baltimore $79,700 Detroit $79,190 Grand Rapids $78,580 Syracuse $78,350 Austin $78,250 Riverside $78,250 Bellingham $77,300 San Antonio $76,280 Niles $76,150 Chicago $75,480 Albany $75,090 Virginia Beach $74,650 Elizabethtown $74,350 Tampa $74,060 Harrisburg $73,540 Miami $73,460 Fresno $73,330 Modesto $73,330 Palm Bay $73,140 Richmond $72,920 Ann Arbor $72,720 Buffalo $72,360 Kalamazoo $71,950 Allentown $71,550 Jacksonville $71,490 Longview $71,330 Pittsburgh $71,310 Indianapolis $70,850 Fort Myers $70,710 Jackson $70,370 Louisville $70,140 Deltona $70,110 York $70,000 Reading $69,870 Roanoke $69,830 Lexington $69,680 Rochester $69,430 Lansing $68,870 Salem $68,750 Mount Vernon $68,610 Lakeland $68,470 Columbus $68,110 Sarasota $66,990 Orlando $66,830 Lancaster $66,810 Utica $66,460 Huntington $65,870 Glens Falls $64,940 Eugene $64,690 Amarillo $64,630 Ocala $64,370 Fort Wayne $63,960 Lynchburg $63,620 Spokane $63,430 Yakima $63,270 Chambersburg $62,570 Scranton $61,060 Erie $60,910 Panama City $60,890 McAllen $60,680 Evansville $60,210 Muskegon $60,130 Elkhart $58,620
CityMean salaryvs. Eugene
Albany, New York$75,090+16.1%
Allentown, Pennsylvania$71,550+10.6%
Amarillo, Texas$64,630-0.1%
Ann Arbor, Michigan$72,720+12.4%
Austin, Texas$78,250+21.0%
Bakersfield, California$80,990+25.2%
Baltimore, Maryland$79,700+23.2%
Beaumont, Texas$91,660+41.7%
Bellingham, Washington$77,300+19.5%
Buffalo, New York$72,360+11.9%
Fort Myers, Florida$70,710+9.3%
Chambersburg, Pennsylvania$62,570-3.3%
Chicago, Illinois$75,480+16.7%
Columbus, Indiana$68,110+5.3%
Dallas, Texas$81,680+26.3%
Deltona, Florida$70,110+8.4%
Detroit, Michigan$79,190+22.4%
Elizabethtown, Kentucky$74,350+14.9%
Elkhart, Indiana$58,620-9.4%
Erie, Pennsylvania$60,910-5.8%
Evansville, Indiana$60,210-6.9%
Fort Wayne, Indiana$63,960-1.1%
Fresno, California$73,330+13.4%
Glens Falls, New York$64,940+0.4%
Grand Rapids, Michigan$78,580+21.5%
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania$73,540+13.7%
Houston, Texas$86,110+33.1%
Huntington, West Virginia$65,870+1.8%
Indianapolis, Indiana$70,850+9.5%
Jackson, Michigan$70,370+8.8%
Jacksonville, Florida$71,490+10.5%
Kalamazoo, Michigan$71,950+11.2%
Kiryas Joel, New York$83,090+28.4%
Lakeland, Florida$68,470+5.8%
Lancaster, Pennsylvania$66,810+3.3%
Lansing, Michigan$68,870+6.5%
Lexington, Kentucky$69,680+7.7%
Longview, Texas$71,330+10.3%
Los Angeles, California$86,410+33.6%
Louisville, Kentucky$70,140+8.4%
Lynchburg, Virginia$63,620-1.7%
McAllen, Texas$60,680-6.2%
Miami, Florida$73,460+13.6%
Midland, Texas$88,440+36.7%
Modesto, California$73,330+13.4%
Mount Vernon, Washington$68,610+6.1%
Muskegon, Michigan$60,130-7.0%
New York, New York$88,290+36.5%
Niles, Michigan$76,150+17.7%
Sarasota, Florida$66,990+3.6%
Ocala, Florida$64,370-0.5%
Orlando, Florida$66,830+3.3%
Oxnard, California$81,300+25.7%
Palm Bay, Florida$73,140+13.1%
Panama City, Florida$60,890-5.9%
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania$81,100+25.4%
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania$71,310+10.2%
Portland, Oregon$83,320+28.8%
Reading, Pennsylvania$69,870+8.0%
Richmond, Virginia$72,920+12.7%
Riverside, California$78,250+21.0%
Roanoke, Virginia$69,830+7.9%
Rochester, New York$69,430+7.3%
Sacramento, California$81,410+25.8%
Salem, Oregon$68,750+6.3%
San Antonio, Texas$76,280+17.9%
San Diego, California$90,030+39.2%
San Francisco, California$98,950+53.0%
San Jose, California$101,310+56.6%
San Luis Obispo, California$83,240+28.7%
Santa Maria, California$82,960+28.2%
Scranton, Pennsylvania$61,060-5.6%
Seattle, Washington$98,470+52.2%
Spokane, Washington$63,430-1.9%
Stockton, California$80,270+24.1%
Syracuse, New York$78,350+21.1%
Tampa, Florida$74,060+14.5%
Trenton, New Jersey$85,640+32.4%
Utica, New York$66,460+2.7%
Virginia Beach, Virginia$74,650+15.4%
Yakima, Washington$63,270-2.2%
York, Pennsylvania$70,000+8.2%
Gross salary
64,690/yr
Estimated take-home
49,544/yr
Est. total withheld
23.4%

Single filer, federal + Oregon state tax + FICA, 2025 rates. Does not include state-specific payroll withholdings beyond income tax (see Data transparency). Not tax advice — verify with a professional for your specific situation.

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Community reality check

Community reality check for Eugene

These notes add local color around Eugene, Oregon: comfort ranges, budget constraints and location trade-offs reported in public discussions.

Relocation gap2.0× calculator gap
City comparison anecdotal

Discussion highlights that calculators may imply roughly 2x gross income for comparable standard of living, while some employers offer only about 10% location premiums. Tech total compensation can be an exception, so the page should distinguish salary from total compensation.

2.0×calculator multiplier10%HCOL premium cited$200KAtlanta TC example$450KBay Area TC example

Anecdotal public-discussion signals, not official salary data, rent data or financial advice. Read this alongside the official figures on the page.

Data transparency

Sources used for this page

Official occupation and area metadata behind the visible salary, cost, housing and safety signals.

Occupation 17-3013 SOC code
Official area Eugene-Springfield, OR BLS metro/geographic area
Area code 21660 Stable geographic key
Reference year 2025 BLS OEWS
Cost: bea_realHousing: zillow_realCrime: latest availableNet-pay source: or_dor_verificado 2025
Metro also includes
Springfield
No additional caveats are attached to this row.
Methodology

How this page is built

The salary figure is the mean annual wage reported by the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) program for this occupation and metro area. Percentile and national-average comparisons are calculated directly from the 188 cities currently in this dataset, not from a fixed external benchmark. Cost of living, crime and housing figures come from BEA, FBI and Zillow respectively — see "Data transparency" above for the exact sources and reference years used on this specific page.

Confidence: the RSE (relative standard error) shown under Overview indicates how reliable the salary estimate is for this metro — a lower RSE means a larger underlying sample.

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Where this is

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Highlighted: Oregon

Population (metro area)
382,628