Topic: DRAFTER/DESIGNER PAYSCALE

[LE]

Location:  South-central Missouri (back in the sticks)
Position: Lead drafter/CAD manager (with 2 CAD stations, not TOO hard)
Tenure: 8 years (& counting......)
Starting pay: $9.00 pr/hr
Present pay: $13.25 pr/hr
Benifits: You GOTTA be kidding!?!

 

(Rewind back to 1974 - I was making $1.20 an hour - Hand drafting - Ink & Pencil)

[Bob Wahr]

(Rewind back to 1974 - I was making $1.20 an hour - Hand drafting - Ink & Pencil)

After taxes, that's about what I'm pulling in now.

[Wanderer]

did all interested parties know that AUGI is running their annual salary survey right now?
Submit responses (anonymously, but, you have to be a member and logged in to Submit) and initial results will be published in the Jan/Feb issue of AUGIWorld, with more to follow on the website.

Assuming previous posters in here saw last year's results and FAQ.

The survey ends on October 31st, only a few days left, please participate.

I take questions/suggestions on the survey year-round at salarysurvey@augi.com (if yahoo email is blocked on your client, my replies could go straight to the dumpster)... of course, please read the FAQ before contacting me, pretty pretty PLEASE. It's pretty much the same questions over and over again.

  good vibes and raises for all!

[BAshworth]

Location: Scottsdale Az.
Title: Architectural & Structural designer drafter / CAD Manager / Whipping boy
Experience: 6 years
Pay: $25 per hour + benefits.

[CADaver]

geez, anybody want some real money and to relocate to beautiful SouthEast Texas? We're pulling kids straight out of 2 year college programs at $15 to $20 an hour with bennies.

[MP]

geez, anybody want some real money and to relocate to beautiful SouthEast Texas? We're pulling kids straight out of 2 year college programs at $15 to $20 an hour with bennies.

Fallin' asleep at work or are you just tryin' to maximize ouput?

[shollinger]

Baton Rouge, LA
Sr. Mech/Piping Designer
Cad Manager
38/hr

[Maverick®]

No No, the dood they got pullin the kids out of school is Bennie.

[MP]

Whoa, that just doesn't sound right at all.

[CADaver]

Whoa, that just doesn't sound right at all.

maybe, but it's better now that we made him quit wearing the silver glove.

[MP]

... and admonished him for dangling kids out the window?

[Wanderer]

geez, anybody want some real money and to relocate to beautiful SouthEast Texas? We're pulling kids straight out of 2 year college programs at $15 to $20 an hour with bennies.

that's pretty good to start.  :kewl:

[Keith™]

damn right ... I barely make that and I have been doing this for more years than I can count ... well not really, but a long time none the less ....
Randy, if I ever have the occasion to move to the area, I will take you up on your offer.

[CADaver]

damn right ... I barely make that and I have been doing this for more years than I can count ... well not really, but a long time none the less ....
Randy, if I ever have the occasion to move to the area, I will take you up on your offer.

Right now we're looking for
Civil/Structural designers (with PDS) 10-20 years experience can get you $30 - $45
Piping designers (PDS experience)  10-20 years experience can get you $35 - $50
Electrical/Instrument Designers (InTools experience) 10-20 years experience can get you $35 - $55
PDS administrators  10-15 years PDS experience can get you $50+

Positions are direct with insurance, paid holidays, vacations, etc.

And we're not the only houses looking for help.  The last estimate we heard was that SouthEast Texas is short roughly 350 designers, and Houston area is short around 500 designers in all disciplines.

[Chuck Gabriel]

What about Civil/Structural designers (without PDS) 10-20 years experience?