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What drafting technologists make
Experienced technologist
$66,000
Junior drafter
$45,000
Senior or lead
$101,000
Job Bank's national median is about $31.79 an hour, roughly $66,000 a year full time. The top of the range is not general drafting: it is people who have moved into structural steel detailing, pipe design or managing the 3D model on big projects.